October 6, 2008
David Bauder, Associated Press, October 6, 2008

Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, October 6, 2008
David Carr, New York Times, October 5, 2008
Nat Ives, Advertising Age, October 6, 2008
Michael Malone, Broadcasting & Cable, October 6, 2008
Mike Shields, Media Week, October 6, 2008
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, October 6, 2008
Miguel Helft, New York Times, October 5, 2008
Georg Szalai, Hollywood Reporter, October 5, 2008
 

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Media Narrative Whipsaws Between Bailout and Debate : September 22 - 28, 2008

In a week in which he injected both suspense and personal dramatics into the campaign storyline, Republican John McCain was the leading newsmaker. But after a debate that the public scored differently than the press, it was Barack Obama getting the more positive headlines.

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The Palin Phenomenon

In the period that stretched from her introduction as John McCain’s running mate to the run-up to this week’s vice-presidential debate, Sarah Palin generated an extraordinary amount of media attention. In fact, when it comes to making headlines, no one has topped the Alaska Governor.

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News Coverage of Immigration 2007

How do the news media cover the issue of immigration? A new PEJ study, produced in collaboration with the Brookings Institution and The University of Southern California Norman Lear Center, reveals the uneven, and episodic nature of the media's approach, based on a close look at the year 2007.

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PEJ's News Coverage Index captures and analyzes some four dozen news outlets in real time to determine what stories the national news media is covering. The 2007 raw data is now available online; it totals 70,737 stories, and is offered in SPSS through the use of zip files along with the coding scheme.
The fifth annual State of the News Media 2008 includes a Survey of Journalists, a Year in the News, a look at the Future of Advertising, an analysis of Citizen Media sites, and more. It also analyzes the major trends in the eight main sectors of media.
The latest edition of Elements is completely updated and includes a new 10th principle--the rights and responsibilities of citizens--flowing from new power conveyed by technology to citizens as consumers and editors of their own news and information.