by LNIC | Aug 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Understanding Local Journalism Employment
Table of Strengths/Weaknesses of Various Approaches MethodStrengthsWeaknesses Occupational and Labor Statistics National scope Consistency over time Legitimacy for trend analysis Occupational categories align poorly with newsroom roles Weak geographic specificity...
by LNIC | Aug 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Understanding Local Journalism Employment
American Press Institute. “Survey History.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://americanpressinstitute.org/api-media-inclusion-impact-survey/survey-history/ Angelucci, Charles, and Julia Cagé. “Newspapers in Times of Low Advertising Revenues.” American Economic Journal:...
by LNIC | Aug 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Understanding Local Journalism Employment
Pick Your Time Period Once you’ve defined your unit of analysis and your geographic scope, it’s important to clarify your time period. Over what length of time are you interested in studying journalism employment? Are you most interested in recent trends to the...
by LNIC | Aug 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Understanding Local Journalism Employment
Outline Your Geographic Scope Once you have determined the purpose of your study and clarified your concepts, you must also clearly define your geographic scope. Are you measuring local journalism in a particular community, city, or county? Statewide? Regionally?...
by LNIC | Aug 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Understanding Local Journalism Employment
Step 6: Investigate Through Analysis You have now taken the necessary steps ahead of conducting your analysis. You have established your research purpose(s) and selected your unit(s) of analysis. You have clarified your key concepts, defined your geographic scope and...
