Mainstream, new media getting a weekly checkup

[babylonsister]

Researchers routinely study the coverage of specific media outlets.

With The Tyndall Report, for example, media analyst Andrew Tyndall reports weekly on each of the Big Three networks' evening newscasts. The Center for Media and Public Affairs examines a variety of media fare, analyzing everything from political reporting to the jokes on late-night talk shows.

But no group has ever studied what all forms of media are reporting day to day.

That will change this month when the Project for Excellence in Journalism kicks off an ambitious weekly study of what stories almost three dozen media sources are reporting, what news they view as important and how reporting differs among outlets.

To be analyzed are nine daily newspapers, as diverse as The New York Times and the Austin American-Statesman; morning and evening newscasts on ABC, NBC and CBS; prime-time talk shows on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC; headlines from CBS and ABC Radio; and various Internet bloggers.

Each Tuesday, PEJ will issue a report on its website (journalism.org.) about the media agenda — what was covered and what wasn't. It will include an index of the top stories each week and a narrative analyzing the twists and turns of the coverage. The report also will include a breakdown of the differences among the media sectors.

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http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2007-01-01-media-mix_x.htm

[rusty charly]

1. too bad this wasn't around for the last 5 or 6 years

[SoCalDem]

2. Key phrase... "various Internet bloggers."

I'll reserve judgment until I see which ones they use