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Missing: News Coverage of Communities of Color

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"A survey released in July by the Radio-Television News Directors Association and Ball State University found that about 21 percent of journalists working in local TV were minorities, virtually unchanged from the year before. ... A study released in June by the John and James L. Knight Foundation found that 73 percent of the nation's 200 largest newspapers employ fewer minorities than they did at some year between 1990 and 2004," writes Eric Deggans. "Why does this matter?

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St. Petersburg Times, August 18, 2005
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Media
Race / Ethnic Issues

You Can't Be Neutral on a Freedom Walk, Media Told

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

The Washington Post "is withdrawing its offer of free advertising for an organized event by the Defense Department," after its sponsorship drew criticism from peace groups and the Newspaper Guild, which represents 1,400 Post employees.

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Washington Post, August 16, 2005
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Media
U.S. Government
War / Peace

Al Jazeera International Enlists PR Help

Submitted by Laura Miller on

Al Jazeera International has retained Brown Lloyd James (BLJ), a PR firm with offices in New York, Washington and London, as its agency of record. Set to launch in 2006, Al Jazeera International will be the 24-hour English-language news channel run by the Qatar-base company.

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PR Week (sub req'd), July 25, 2005
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International
Media
Public Relations

Doctored Health News

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on

"Health reporters should not rely on prepackaged stories," writes Maria Dorfner, whose company NewsMD Communications produces health-related videos. "Physicians who migrate to television news may lack actual reporting or producing skills." According to Dorfner, this results in their "relying heavily on prepackaged content.

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Broadcasting & Cable (sub. req'd.), July 11, 2005
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Health
Media
Public Relations

Surveying the Fake News Scene

Graphic from Associated Press Television News' website, advertising their VNR services.What do you think about fake news? That's what the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has been asking our readers for the past two weeks.

We surveyed people about what the disclosure guidelines should be for video news releases (VNRs) and audio news releases (ANRs). (We do define "fake news" more broadly, as not just TV and radio segments provided by outside parties, but also pundit payola and any other media manipulation falsely presented as independent journalism. However, brevity is the soul of good survey response rates!)

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