Exhibit 996 · Research report (not peer reviewed)
How News Happens: A Study of the News Ecosystem of One American City
Government, at least in this study, initiates most of the news.
Study of the 53 outlets producing local news in Baltimore for one week in July 2009 and six major storylines. Finds that eight in ten stories studied repeated or repackaged previously published information, that 95% of stories with new information came from traditional media, and that in the six storylines 63% of stories were initiated by government officials, led first by the police, and 14% by the press.
- Source
- Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism
- Date
- 11 January 2010
- Quoted from
- Findings summary, report p. 4
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2010/01/PJBaltimoreStudy2010.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- One city, one week, six storylines; the report states these limits.