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3. Focus group paper-and-pencil survey questions 8 1. What are one or two of the most important issues facing your community? 2. What are your primary sources of local news? 3. Do you get the local news that you need? Why or why not? 4. Are there specific topics, issues or activities you feel are covered too much in the local news media, and are there topics or issues you feel aren’t covered enough? 5. Do you think it’s more important to learn about the problems in your community or about the solutions to those problems? Some combination of both? 6. What is one thing your local news media could do to be more useful, more relevant to you? """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 8 "These"focus"group"questions"were"modeled"off"a"similar"set"of"focus"group"discussions"hosted"in"three"New" Jersey"communities"by"a"team"of"Rutgers"University"researchers"for"a"June"2015"study"called,"“Assessing"the" Health"of"Local"Journalism"Ecosystems:"A"Comparative"Analysis"of"Three"New"Jersey"Communities”:" http://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/mpiicnew/wpccontent/uploads/sites/129/2015/06/AssessingcLocalc Journalism_FinalcDraftc6.23.15.pdf" " 29"
Appendix C: Story coding analysis Table 1: Selected news outlets and dates coded Montana Publishing Dates selected Target area Anaconda Leader Semi-weekly Jan. 22-Feb. 5, 2016 Anaconda, MT Bitterroot Star Weekly Jan. 6-Feb. 3, 2016 Stevensville, MT/regional Valley Journal Weekly Jan. 6-Feb. 3, 2016 Ronan, MT Philipsburg Mail Weekly Jan. 7-Feb. 4, 2016 Philipsburg, MT Seeley Lake Pathfinder Weekly Dec. 31, 2015-Jan. 28, 2016 Seeley Lake, MT Daily Interlake Daily Feb. 7-13, 2016 Regional Montana Public Radio Daily Jan. 18-22, 2016 Regional KPAX Daily Feb. 21-27, 2016 Regional Flathead Beacon Daily Jan. 17-22, 2016 Regional Ravalli Republic Daily Jan. 17-22, 2016 Regional Missoulian Daily Jan. 21-27, 2016 Regional Colorado/New Mexico Publishing Dates selected Las Vegas Optic Weekly Nov. 25-Dec. 22, 2015 Las Vegas, NM Albuquerque Journal, Weekly Nov. 20-Dec. 18, 2015 Regional "Northern Journal" KUNM Daily Nov. 25-Dec. 22, 2015 Regional Denver Post, Sunday section Weekly Jan. 3-24, 2016 Regional KSFR Daily Nov. 25-Dec. 22, 2015 Regional Santa Fe New Mexican Daily Jan. 24-30, 2016 Regional Center Post Dispatch Weekly Nov. 26-Dec. 24, 2015 Center & Saguache, CO Crestone Eagle Monthly Oct.-Dec., 2015 Crestone & Saguache, CO Saguache Crescent Weekly Nov. 12-Dec. 17, 2015 Saguache, CO Alamosa Valley Courier Daily Dec. 8-12, 2015 Alamosa, CO Valley Daily Post Weekly Nov. 12-Dec. 10, 2015 Espanola, NM Taos <strong>News</strong> Weekly Nov. 18-Dec. 16, 2015 Taos, NM Rio Grande Sun Weekly Nov. 12-Dec. 10, 2015 Espanola, NM Pueblo Chieftain, San Luis Valley Bureau Daily Nov. 21-Dec. 22, 2015 Regional 30"
Page 1 and 2: ! ! Mountain News Deserts An audit
Page 3 and 4: Executive Summary When it comes to
Page 5 and 6: Methodology SJN explored and assess
Page 7 and 8: Findings: Google Surveys Our Google
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Page 11 and 12: Findings: Focus Group Surveys A nea
Page 13 and 14: Findings: Focus group discussions D
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Page 21 and 22: Findings: News content analysis How
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Page 25 and 26: Conclusion This study encompassed a
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Page 33 and 34: Appendix D: Target communities demo
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