Box Scores and Bylines

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TIMEFRAME	% OF ALL STORIES
Primary Season	25
Early Campaign	51
Convention Time	18
Post Convention	7
STORY LENGTH	%
100 Words or Fewer	3
101-500 Words	22
501-1000 Words	63
Above 1000 Words	12
STORY ORIGINATION	%
Staff Reported	62
Wire	19
Staff Column	17
Combo Staff/Wire	1
No Source/Can't Tell	1
STORY TRIGGER	%
Spontaneous News/Action	2
Coverage of Planned Events/Actions	88
Newsroom-Initiated/Other	10
STORY TOPIC	%
Sports Genres	91
Basketball	29
Baseball	20
Football	16
Golf	5
Hockey	5
Olympics	4
Auto-Racing	2
Tennis	1
Soccer	1
Other sports genres	7
Sports Issues	3
Other	6
SOURCES NAMED W/ RELATIONSHIP IDENTIFIED	%
None	11
One	14
Two or Three	41
Four or More	34
ANONYMOUS SOURCING	%
No “anonymous” or “unnamed” sources	98
“Anonymous” or “unnamed” sources present	2
PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS	%
Mix of Opinions	12
Mostly One Opinion	3
All of One Opinion	7
NA/Non-controversial	77
STAKEHOLDER PRESENCE	%
One	14
Two	44
Three	14
Four or More	28
JOURNALIST OPINION/SPECULATION	%
No opinion present	70
One statement of opinion	14
Two or more statements of opinion	16
Not applicable (opinion piece)	*
FEMALE SOURCES	%
0	86
1	8
2	3
3	2
Four or More	1
MALE SOURCES	%
0	14
1	16
2	19
3	20
Four or More	30