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Elite And Non-Elite Sourcing In Civic And Traditional Journalism News Projects, Jennifer M. Roush

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This project consists of two studies used to analyze "elite," media-savvy, and "non-elite," non-media savvy, sources in civic and traditional journalism. For the first study, four newspaper series about mining and aging, 22 articles total, examined source use in the practice of civic journalism. The results for the mining comparison were significant; however, the results for the aging comparison were not significant. For the second study, the writers and editors of the news projects, and other journalism professionals were interviewed to determine the cause of the mixed significance. The interviews revealed the intentions of the civic writers were not the …