Most members of the American public will never read this article. Instead, they will obtain much of their information about education from the news media. Yet little academic research has examined the type or quality of education research and expertise they will find there. Through the lens of gatekeeping theory, this mixed-methods study aims to…

Finds that coverage of the President continued to increase, but coverage of Congress did not over a 16-year period, based on a content analysis of the "New York Times" and the "Buffalo Evening News." (Author/RB)

Reports that newspaper readers rated precision journalism articles no better than traditional news articles on several dimensions of credibility. (FL)

Reports that many daily newspapers are staffed with environmental reporters whose allegiance to environmental protection transcends obeisance to environmental organizations; who try to overcome barriers presented by reporting conventions, editors' constraints, and publishers' controls to keep environmental reporting alive; and who construct…

Shows that two competing daily newspapers mirror each other in the inaccuracies perceived by persons mentioned in local news stories. (KS)

Analyzes the interviewing methods of reporter Fallaci and finds that she asks tough questions from a subjective perspective. (FL)

Reveals that 16 percent of stories carried on the United Press International A wire (which carries stories of national interest) were about women, and of these, 89 percent were hard news stories. (FL)

Concludes that large newspapers give more coverage to robust Presidents. (FL)

Reports that, overall, 80 percent of the national and international stories in "Time" and "Newsweek" contain anonymous attribution. (FL)

Reports that more than a third of the 437 newspapers surveyed revealed that they have used polls to gather information for news stories and that most did so for the first time in the last decade. (Author/FL)

Reports the response of the German press to the threat of Nazism during the 1920s and early 1930s prior to Hitler's rise to power. (RB)

Concludes that the typical environmental reporter is a journalism graduate and experienced newsman, but has a minimal background in the related sciences. (RB)

Study finds a lower accuracy and higher error rate for science news coverage than for earlier studies of regular news coverage. (RB)

Reports that a majority of editors surveyed oppose the use of hidden recording devices of any kind. (FL)