| 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
|