Newsroom decisions and autonomy in Missouri newspaper's abortion reporting in spring 2019
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to explore how newspaper journalists in Missouri covered the abortion issue around May 2019. Although research on abortion reporting and journalistic theories have been developed, not all previous research has combined them. This study is a case study of abortion reporting in Missouri in spring 2019 based on interviews with nine journalists who either reported or edited for a newspaper based in Missouri. The research questions are about the process in which the journalists covered the controversial issue, optimal approach to abortion reporting that newspaper journalists in Missouri want to realize, and the challenges for the journalists to cover abortion. Based on a qualitative study with an emphasis on interviewing, this research will see how journalists in Missouri reported or edited abortion stories so that the findings can help enhance news coverage about abortion in the future.
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