Abstract
Two dailies in the same city, the Miami Herald and the News, with widely differing circulations and geographical distributions, were analyzed to determine differences in coverage of a local civil disturbance: rioting in the Overtown community following the fatal shooting of a black by a Miami police officer. The larger Miami Herald devoted proportionately less space to the incident and less front-page space than did the News. However, the Herald had a higher percentage of background information in its coverage. The Herald did improve its civil disturbance reportage in this 1982–83 incident compared with a previous event in 1980.
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