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Sarah Hartley rounds up the investigation into council coverage in local newspapers
- Paul
- January 14, 2010
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Sarah Hartley has written a roundup of the findings so far in the investigation into council coverage in local newspapers.She writes:"Sadly, the results so far don’t show a very healthy situation at those newspapers which have been analysed, with many seemingly pushing out local authority press releases or inserting the ‘usual suspect’ councillor quotes into stories which originate elsewhere."Not all of the 31 people who’ve signed up to take part in this project have come...
Council coverage In The Wilts & Glos Standard and Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
- Paul
- December 22, 2009
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More local newspapers have been covered in the investigation into local council coverage.The Wilts & Glos Standardhas a quarter of news pages referring to council affairs although "some of the references are brief; or an addition to an existing story; or to satisfy the need for a quick quote. There is little evidence, as far as I can see, of monitoring council meetings or writing more in-depth pieces about local politics.""Some of these stories seem to...
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Investigated: council coverage in the Witney Gazette, Banbury Cake and Cotswold Journal
- Paul
- December 02, 2009
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Three more local newspapers have been covered as part of the investigation into local council coverage.The Witney Gazette sees 2.5 of its 20 pages of news devoted to council affairs in the local and surrounding council authorities;The Banbury Cake sees 1.25 of its 13 pages of news devoted to council affairs - although the dominance of advertising means there are actually only the equivalent of around 4.5 news pages when that is taken into account.The...
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Council coverage in the Lancashire Evening Post
- Paul
- November 30, 2009
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Ed Walker has been looking at council coverage in the Lancashire Evening Post as part of the investigation into 'How much local council coverage is there in your local paper?' He writes: "I found that there were 35 pages devoted to news on 23/11, 25/11 and 27/11 and of these 6.25 pages were given over to ‘council reporting’. "Like others I’ve been finding there is little reporting of council meetings, more stories are created from council press...
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Council Coverage in The Oxford Times
- Paul
- November 27, 2009
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Journopig has added analysis of The Oxford Times to the investigation into 'How much local council coverage is there in your local paper?'26 of the newspaper's 184 pages are devoted to news, and of those: "We counted the equivalent of just three pages of council stories within this 26 page total, using Sarah’s guide to counting up coverage; but we were being generous by including brief mentions of, or quotes by, councils or councillors. "We...
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