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This is an examination into the reasons why crimes and accidents earn more news coverage than development and policy issues affecting thousands of people. Containing revealing interviews with both journalists and city officials, this is a comprehensive look at how the economic motives of media owners, professional motives of journalists, and the strategies of media-wise politicians shape the news we see and hear, thereby influencing urban policy.

Making Local News

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 08/12/1997
    ISBN13: 9780226423487, 978-0226423487
    ISBN10: 0226423484

    Number of Pages: 270

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    This is an examination into the reasons why crimes and accidents earn more news coverage than development and policy issues affecting thousands of people. Containing revealing interviews with both journalists and city officials, this is a comprehensive look at how the economic motives of media owners, professional motives of journalists, and the strategies of media-wise politicians shape the news we see and hear, thereby influencing urban policy.

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