Television Reporters' Perceptions of How Television and Newspaper Competition Affects City Hall Coverage

Abstract

A national sample of 303 television reporters found variations across markets in their perceptions of the effects of television competition on city hall coverage. However, respondents were nearly equally divided about whether television competition increased the number of city hall stories they produced, made it more difficult to find time to provide in-depth coverage of the beat, and caused them to report municipal government stories they otherwise might have missed. Competition from daily newspapers was believed to have more impact on certain facets of their city hall reporting than television competition.

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