Few Top Editors Blog about News Decisions

While many journalists urge the use of online blogs to disclose how news decisions are made as a means to enhance credibility, this analysis of 280 newspaper websites finds that only 39 have a top editor who blogs and only a few ever discuss news decisions.

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