by LNIC | Jul 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Assessing 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 defined your geographic scope, your timeframe, and your key...
by LNIC | Jul 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Assessing Local Journalism Employment
Clarify Your Concepts Next, it’s important to define the concepts you plan to use for your study. Two aspects that are key to any journalism employment study include: who counts as a journalist, and what counts as local. Who counts as a journalist? While this...
by LNIC | Jul 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Assessing Local Journalism Employment
Sample Survey Questions We compiled two different sets of questions below that were used in the 2024 Washington Local News Landscape Survey and the 2025 University of Minnesota Survey. 2024 Washington Local News Landscape Survey Hello, may I speak with [name]....
by LNIC | Jul 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Assessing Local Journalism Employment
Establish Your Approach Based on your study’s purpose, scope, and conceptual definitions, you can determine which journalism employment research approach and corresponding methodology is most appropriate. Several approaches are outlined below, with associated...
by LNIC | Jul 23, 2026 | SCOPE IT: Assessing Local Journalism Employment
Creating a Baseline Understanding of How to Measure Journalism Employment Journalism is in a state of crisis in many parts of the world, including in the United States, with implications for civic life and democratic governance. Academic institutions and nonprofit...
