Everyman News: The Changing American Front Page"Examines how newspapers have changed over the past few years, becoming story papers. Comparing 850 stories, story approaches, and unofficial sourcing in twenty American newspapers from 2001 and 2004, Weldon reveals a shift toward features over hard news, along with an increase in anecdotal or humanistic approaches to all stories"--Provided by publisher. |
Contents
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An Anecdotal Companion to History | 30 |
Giving Readers What They Want | 45 |
Chapter 4 Citizen Journalism and Chicken Little | 60 |
Chapter 5 Whats Blogging Got to Do with It? | 77 |
Chapter 6 Humanizing the News after 911 | 87 |
Chapter 7 The Old the New the Good the Bad and the Long and the Short of Narrative | 99 |
Chapter 8 Diversity of Thought Shifts Content | 116 |
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accessed June AEJMC Conference Anchorage Daily anecdotal or humanistic Arizona Republic Arkansas Democrat Gazette Atlanta Journal-Constitution audience bloggers blogs Chicago Tribune citizen journalism citizen journalists coverage culture Dan Gillmor diversity editor everyman everyman journalism feature leads feature stories features and hard front page features front page non-features front page stories front-page graphs 4 rating humanistic leads Idaho Statesman includes unofficial sources interview with author Katrina Knight Ridder lower in story measures the prominence mention of unofficial Miami Herald newspapers studied newsroom Nieman Reports non-features in 2001 number of features Number of front paper percent increase Percentage of front personal stories Portland Press Herald Prominence of unofficial Pulitzer rating several mentions San Jose Mercury Score section measures September 11 sources in 2001 stories with narrative story 2 rating-up story includes unofficial storytelling summary news leads tell Times-Picayune unofficial sources Prominence Washington Post women writing wrote York
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Page 17 - Kitchell1 of Daytona came running down the beach, and as he ran the air was filled with clothes. If he had pulled a single lever and undressed, even as the fire horses harness, he could not seem to me to have stripped with more speed.
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