1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAlan Durninghttps://www.sightline.org/profile/alan-durning/The Geography of News - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ulLRBBg3Qa"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2004/10/05/the_geography_o/">The Geography of News</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2004/10/05/the_geography_o/embed/#?secret=ulLRBBg3Qa" width="600" height="338" title="“The Geography of News” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="ulLRBBg3Qa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In June, I posted a link to a continuously updated “map” of what’s in the news. Today, another map of the news. In the graphic below, the size of each state is proportional to the number of times it appeared in the dateline of wire-service news stories between 1994 and 1998. Notice how small all […]