Bridging past and future: Using history and practice to inform social scientific study of foreign newsgathering

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2010

Abstract

Sourcing is a bedrock routine of American journalism, but little is known about how it may have evolved over time. This exploratory study combines social scientific and historical methods to examine sourcing in New York Times coverage of two incidents separated by decades: the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, and the Russian invasion of Chechnya in 1994. We find that while official sources have long been a mainstay of American reporting abroad, correspondents in the more recent case also made greater use of local eyewitnesses and media sources. Archival research and interviews reveal the contextual factors shaping these changes. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journalism Studies

First Page

683

Last Page

699

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