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| Documentation and interpretation of results | Write The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age | Various | In production at University of Missouri Press for publication in Fall 2004 |
| Explication of Influence Theory | Write a summary article | In Newspaper Research Journal, Winter 2004 Issue | |
| Accuracy audit (mail survey) | Measure the reporting accuracy of as many of the 33 newspapers in our sample as time and money will allow. Correlate accuracy with credibility and penetration. | Knight Foundation communites plus selected Putnam communities plus Raleigh and Durham | Surveys complete for 22 newspapers in 20 cities. |
| Bibliography of news quality and credibility | Compile existing quality measures | articles 1983-2003 | Developed by Thorson
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| Copy editor assessment (mail survey) | Evaluate the constraints on quality�s last gatekeepers. | National sample of newspapers, with PPS selection | Data analyzed |
| Carolina Poll | Replicate KF and Putnam surveys in Raleigh-Durham | Telephone RDD sample | Design and IRB by Robert L. Stevenson. Fielded March 18-22. Data merged with KF surveys |
| Content analysis quality assessment | Replicate and update Leo Bogart�s 1978 quality assessment | Knight Foundation communites plus selected Putnam communities plus Raleigh and Durham (N= 35) | Student projects 2002. Papers presented at AAPOR, May 2003. |
| Quality priorities of newspaper editors | Replication of 1978 Bogart survey | ASNE members | Meyer-K.H.Kim paper
presented to AEJMC, Kansas City, July 30, 2003.
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| Effect of credibility on circulation penetration | Documentation of the death spiral | 21 KF communities plus Durham and Raleigh | Meyer-Zhang paper
Presented to AEJMC, Miami Beach, Aug. 10.
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| Editorial staff turnover | Measure turnover as a factor in quality | ASNE members | Abandoned |
| Trends in editorial staffing | Measure staff size as a factor in quality | About 1000 ASNE member newspapers | Meyer-M.Kim paper
Presented to AEJMC, Miami Beach, Aug. 7, 2002. Published in Newspaper Research
Journal 24:3 (Summer 2003)
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| Effects of minority staffing on minority readers | Search for specific effects of ASNE minority program | 21 papers, secondary analysis of KF, ASNE data | Report by Terry Adams and Johanna Cleary presented to SAPOR, Oct. 4, 2002 |
| The virtuous cycle | Toward a theory of newspaper marketing | Various | Preliminary results presented to ASNE, April 9, 2003 |
| History of investor relations for newspaper companies (with Jane Cote, Washington State University - Vancouver) | Learning how the newspaper business reached its present relationship with investors and their analysts through interviews with participants in that history | Convenience sample of available players | IRB approved May 14, 2002. Eight interviews completed. |
| Connecting credibility to ad revenue | Adjust published advertising rates for differences in market characteristics so that they can be tested for correlation with newspaper credibility | 23 newspapers from KF and Carolina surveys | Report
Presented at AAPOR conference,
May 17, 2003 |
| Measuring readability | Establish a mean Flesch formula as a quality measure | KF communities and others | Data collection complete for 40 newspapers |
| Finding DICTION applications | Develop a measure of community connection
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KF communities and others | M.A. thesis project 2003 |
| Editing accuracy | Assess copy editors' attention to spelling and grammar | The KF newspapers and others | Student project, Fall 2002. |