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Welcome to NRJ OnlineWelcome to the new NRJ Web site. We have refined the old one to bring you a more updated, easily negotiated site. Please take some time to navigate through it and provide us with feedback, which you can send to nrj@newspaperresearchjournal.org. For returning users, please take notice of some our new features, including online manuscript submission and sample articles.
Newspaper Research Journal is a refereed journal published quarterly that reaches more than 1,000 journalism students, scholars and media professionals in the United States and 20 countries.
NRJ comprehensively answers questions about U.S. newspaper performance and related topics of interest. Significant themes of research range from balance and fairness to the use of computer analysis in newspaper reporting. NRJ is unique because it provides a forum for comprehensive, current research and discussion on print journalism, serving as a bridge between newspaper professionals and scholars.
NRJ’s office is at the University of Memphis. The journal is published by the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Monday, June 16 2008 @ 10:15 AM CDT
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The second issue of volume 29 was delivered in June. Here are the headlines from Spring 2008:
- "Official Sources Dominate Domestic Violence Reporting,"
by Cathy Ferrand Bullock
- "How Online Journalists Rank Importance of News Skills,"
by Shahira Fahmy
- "Survey Measures Burnout In Newspaper Sports Editors,"
by Scott Reindary
- "Suicide Story Frames Contribute to Stigma,"
by Valica Boudry
- "Tribune-Review Revives Competition in Pittsburgh,"
by Linda Steiner and Nora Bird
- "Comparison of Demographics For Media in 1995, 2006,"
by Guido H. Stempel III and Thomas Hargrove
- "Study Asks If Reporters' Gender or Audience Predict for Paper's Cancer Coverage,"
by Maria E. Len-Rios, Sun-A Park, Glen T. Cameron, Douglas L. Duke and Matt Kreuter
Thursday, April 03 2008 @ 10:44 AM CDT
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With the new year comes a new volume of NRJ. The first issue of volume 28 was delivered in March. Here are the headlines from winter 2008
- "Black Newspapers in 1968 Offer Panthers Little Support,"
by Brian Thornton and William P. Cassidy
- "Study of City Editors Raises Concern of Job Satisfaction,"
by Charles St. Cyr
- "Okinawans' Voices Heard In Rape Crisis Coverage,"
by Beverly Horvit
- "Mad Cow Coverage More Positive in Midwest Papers,"
by Michel M. Haigh, Michael Bruce and Elizabeth Craig
- "Reporters See Indifference On Genetically Modified Food,"
by Linda Steiner and Nora Bird
- "U of Florida Students Prefer Campus Paper to Free Daily,"
by Steve J. Collins and Cory L. Armstrong
- "Justices Treat Newspapers Differently in Oral Arguments,"
by Edward L. Carter and James C. Phillips
Tuesday, March 18 2008 @ 09:53 AM CDT
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NRJ accepted 26 percent of its submissions on first review in 2007. Fifty-one percent of submissions were rejected outright, and 24 percent were offered the opportunity to revise and resubmit.
Click "read more" below to see a table of our acceptance rates going back to 2001.
Monday, March 17 2008 @ 09:06 AM CDT
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Due to circumstances beyond our control, we believe that the summer 2007 issue (volume 28, number 3) of Newspaper Research Journal was not mailed to our subscribers. We apologize for the inconvenience and assure you that we are working to rectify the problem.
We are printing a second run that will be sent to all of our subscribers by May 1. We currently do not have enough extra copies of the issue to fill individual claims. However, if you need a copy of the journal for a patron immediately, please contact us by phone at (901) 678-4238 or by e-mail at nrj@newspaperresearchjournal.org.
Thank you for your continued patronage of Newspaper Research Journal and your patience as we resolve this problem.
Monday, March 17 2008 @ 09:01 AM CDT
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Here's what's inside the fall 2007 issues of NRJ.
- "Kansas Readers Feel Loss When Town's Paper Closes,"
by Steven Smethers, Bonnie Bressers, Amber Willard, Linda Harvey and Gloria Freeland
- "Study Compares Yahoo! News Story Preferences,"
by Patricia A. Curtin, Elizabeth Dougall and Rachel Davis Mersey
- "U.S. Weekly Newspapers Embrace Web Sites,"
by Jennifer Wood Adams
- "Basic Journalism Skills Remain Important in Hiring,"
by Tamyra Pierce and Tommy Miller
- "Sports Journalists Who Blog Cling to Traditional Values,"
by Brad Schultz and Mary Lou Scheffer
- "Papers Lead TV in Covering Complex Environmental Issues,"
by Daniel Riffe, Stephen Lacy and Daniel Reimold
- "Journalism's 'Dirty Data' Below Researchers' Radar,"
by Marcus Messner and Bruce Garrison
Wednesday, September 26 2007 @ 03:23 PM CDT
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The summer 2007 issue has been printed and delivered. Here are the articles inside:
- "Impact of Unnamed Sources on Credibility Not Certain," by Ron F. Smith
- "One-Third of Copy Editors Dissatisfied with Their Jobs," by Andrew Zahler
- "Iraq War Coverage Differs in U.S., German Papers," by Lori Herber and Vincent F. Filak
- "Women Leave Journalism for Better Pay, Work Conditions," by Tracy Everbach and Craig Flournoy
- "Paper Endorse Incumbents Four-to-One over Challengers," by Mark D. Harmon
- "Region, Circulation Influence Newspapers' Ad Refusals," by Sandra H. Utt
- "Use of Rich Media Differs at Newspaper, TV Web Sites," by Edgar Huang
- "Embedded Versus Unilateral Perspectives on Iraq War, by Shahira Fahmy and Thomas J. Johnson
Tuesday, July 03 2007 @ 02:50 PM CDT
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The spring 2007 issue is in libraries now. Here are some headlines that lie under the glossy white cover.
- "How Three Editors Explain Decisions to Their Readers," by Neil Nemeth
- "Online Revue Business Model Has Changed Little Since 1996," by Donica Mensing
- "Vietnam Comparisons Spike With U.S. Fatalities in Iraq," by Joe Hayden
- "Use of Anonymous Sources Declines in U.S. Newspapers," by Renee Martin-Kratzer and Esther Thorson
- "Effects of Sources in Coverage or Same-Sex Marriage," by Rhonda Gibson and Bob Hester
- "Most Rely on Newspapers For Local Business News," by Daniel Riffe and Bill Reader
The next issue is in production and should be available before the end of the summer.
Saturday, April 07 2007 @ 08:46 PM CDT
Views: 610
The winter edition of Newspaper Research Journal (Vol. 28, no. 1) has been released. Stay tuned because the spring journal will be right on its heels.
Headlines from Vol. 28, no. 1:
"Newspaper Reading Supports Community Involvement," by Leo W. Jeffres, Jae-won Lee, Kimberly Neuendorf
"Negative Articles Predict Clinical Trial Reluctance," by Maria Len-Rios and Qi Qiu
"Agenda Diversity Indicates Newspaper Quality," by Hugh Culbertson
"Online Editors Rate Web News Quality Criteria," by George Albert Gladney, Ivor Shapiro, Joseph Castaldo
"Where Do Ohioans Get Their Environmental News," by Stephen Lacy, Daniel Riffe, Miron Varouhakis
"What Photo Editors/Mangers Want Photo Students to Learn," by Michelle I. Seelig
"Use of Blogs as a Source of News Presents Little Threat to Mainline News Media," by Thomas Hargrove and Guido H. Stempel III
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Saturday, March 03 2007 @ 07:26 PM CST
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Newspaper Research Journal vol. 28, no. 1 was released recently to our subscribers and editorial board. This issue provided several interesting findings, which you can read more about in the current edition of the journal. Feel free to search for full-text articles through EbscoHost.
Saturday, March 03 2007 @ 07:22 PM CST
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Results of Gannett Purchase of Indianapolis Star Mixed
Partial Pre-Publication Review Gaining Favor at Newspapers
Problems Found in Reporting USA Today Pre-Election Polls
Surveys Show TV/Newspapers Maintaining Partnerships
Business Model Promotes Better Newspapers
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About NRJ OnlineWelcome to NRJ Online! Newspaper Research Journal is a refereed journal published quarterly that focuses on topics of interest to journalism and mass communication students, scholars and media professionals. NRJ comprehensively answers questions about U.S. newspaper performance and related topics of interest. Significant themes of research range from balance and fairness to the use of computer analysis in newspaper reporting.
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