Abstract
An economic model is tested against a journalistic model at the first stage of news production in three local television newsrooms, one each in a medium, large and very large market. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to measure effort the station exerted to learn of newsworthy events. The economic model of inexpensive, passive discovery is generally supported over the journalistic model of active surveillance.
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