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01.13.2009 10:56 am

Chicago Tribune will print tabloid edition for street sales

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Chicago Tribune will print a tabloid edition for street sales and a broadsheet size for home delivery, media columnist Phil Rosenthal reports on chicagotribune.com:

“The Chicago Tribune on Monday will hit the streets - and its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times - with a newly…

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11.26.2008 11:21 am

Study ranks topics covered by the media

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A study of media coverage of health care found that it’s the 8th biggest topic, getting 3.6 percent of all coverage. The report — by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism – notes that “this is more than…

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11.11.2008 11:33 am

Some very kind words for the Drudge Report

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jack Shafer’s latest “Press Box” column on Slate.com praises the Drudge Report.

The article, titled “Don’t count Drudge out. His demise is overreported once again,” chronicles Drudge’s “rise and fall” through the years — at least in the eyes of other print…

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09.08.2008 4:31 pm

The news media and Palin

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There’s an interesting give-and-take going on between many in the media and the GOP about examining the record of Sarah Palin. Even as  journalists report on Palin,  they also seem to feel the need to rationalize doing so.

The New York…

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07.24.2008 3:45 pm

Are photos of funerals intrusive?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A caller last night strongly objected to photos of grieving relatives on Wednesday’s front page and Metro cover. She called the photos intrusive and disrespectful.

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Each photo accompanied stories related to two deaths that drew heavy media coverage the past few…

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