Covering the Great Recession

Covering the Great Recession

• Overview
• Story Lines: Banks, Stimulus and Detroit Dominate the Narrative
• Who Drove the Economic News (and Who Didn’t)?
• “Meme Tracker” Analysis: What Ideas Reverberated in the Media?
• Why Did Coverage of the Economy Decrease?
• How Economic Coverage Varied by Media Sector
• Methodology
• Topline

Tracking the Economic Slow Down

Clunkers Make Good Copy

Most Newsworthy Moments of the Financial Meltdown

The Meltdown and the Media

The X-Mas Retail Story – Bah Humbug

Detroit’s Troubles Make Big News – Sometimes

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