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Table 37

Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 37
NEWSPAPER TRADEOFFS
"Would you rather see your newspaper …"
Total Newsroom
Increase story count on news pages (with admittedly less detail in each story) OR
21%
Increase the amount of detail included in news stories (with admittedly fewer stories)?
57
Don't know/can't choose
22
Devote more space to "hard" news (local, world, national) OR
56%
Devote more space to "softer" content (features, human interest stories)?
19
Don't know/can't choose
25
Publish more "good news" stories, even if they're only interesting rather than important OR
31%
Publish only important newsworthy stories?
43
Don't know/can't choose
26
Use A-1 only for the top stories of the day OR
30%
Regularly run features and "reader interest" stories on A-1?
63
Don't know/can't choose
7
Allow journalists to integrate their own knowledge and insight into news stories OR
55%
Confine journalists to reporting only the facts in news stories?
38
Don't know/can't choose
7

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