Looking Behind the Scenes of Political Coverage By Jennifer McGrady, Shanto Iyengar and William F. Woo• Journalist’s Trade• September 15, 2005 A study compares national presidential press coverage with local reporting on congressional races and emerges with some unexpected findings. Read more
The Superpredator Script By Franklin D. Gilliam Jr. and Shanto Iyengar• Journalist’s Trade• December 15, 1998 The funeral of a Boston youth. Photo by Stan Grossfeld. There is little doubt that television coverage contributes to the public hysteria about youth crime. In particular, local television news plays … Read more