Covering Religion News at Daily Newspapers.

Autor/in	Buddenbaum, Judith M.
Titel	Covering Religion News at Daily Newspapers.
Quelle	(1987), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Media Research; News Media; News Reporting; Newspapers; Occupational Surveys; Religion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medienforschung; Nachrichtenwesen; News report; Reportage; Newspaper; Zeitung; Berufsanalyse
Abstract	A study surveyed the religion news reporters at daily newspapers in all circulation classes to assess the current state of the religion beat. Mail surveys were completed by 141 newspapers. Information concerning the following areas was solicited: (1) demographic characteristics (respondent's age, sex, religious preference), (2) staffing arrangements (respondent's title, supervisor's title, amount of time devoted to religion news coverage), (3) allocation of space, and (4) news-gathering practices (use of personal contacts, wire services, specialized religion news services). Findings indicated that approximately two-thirds of religion reporters at smaller newspapers and slightly over half of the journalists at papers with circulations over 50,000 were women. Religious preferences closely paralleled those of the population as a whole. Approximately half of the respondents reported being college graduates. Only 25% said they work full time on religion news, and 82% work alone. Among all respondents, approximately two-thirds used personal contacts frequently to find stories. Most respondents indicated that they had authority to decide which stories they would cover personally. A composite of the typical religion reporter, according to this survey, was a protestant, college-educated female, religiously active, with about ten years' experience in journalism and about four years' experience covering religion news. (Tables of data are included.) (AEW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC