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How Lawmakers Use Reporters: Differences in Specialization and Goals.
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Fico, Frederick – Journalism Quarterly, 1984
Explores how Indiana state legislators use statehouse reporters for information and publicity purposes, identifies characteristics of lawmakers associated with particular motivations for using reporters, and relates these characteristics to how reporters are perceived to influence the policy making process. (FL)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Legislators, Media Research, News Reporting
Perceived Roles and Editorial Concerns Influence Reporters in Two Statehouses.
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Fico, Frederick – Journalism Quarterly, 1985
Examines the usefulness of constructs tapping "external" and "internal" influences on statehouse reporters in Michigan and Indiana. (FL)
Descriptors: Editing, Influences, Legislators, Media Research