The passive journalist: How sources dominate local news

Journalism Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-500

  O'Neill, Deirdre ^a   O’Connor, Catherine ^a  

^a LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local newspapers; Public interest; Public relations; Sources; Standards; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849116886     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780802281248     Document Type: Article

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