Dailies still do ‘heavy lifting’ in government news, despite cuts

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 23-39

  Lacy, Stephen ^a   Fico, Frederick G ^a   Baldwin, Thomas ^a   Bergan, Daniel ^a   Wildman, Steven S ^a   Zube, Paul ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84911024929     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953291203300203     Document Type: Article

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