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Newsworthiness: Timing and Space Allocation Here is a summary, on the subject of newsworthiness: timing and space allocation, of the official contents of the code of conduct Rights and Responsibilities of the Press in Quebec. The first column contains the rights of media organizations and journalists, and the second column, the responsibilities with regard to the information they broadcast or publish.
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NEWSWORTHINESS: TIMING AND SPACE ALLOCATION
It is the prerogative of the press outlet to allocate its space or air time among the various stories that it has chosen to cover. No one else has a right to influence its decisions on what is to run, when it is to run, or how much space or time is to be allotted.
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NEWSWORTHINESS: TIMING AND SPACE ALLOCATION The information produced by the media is the result of choices that must be made in a spirit of fairness and justice. These choices can only be judged using a combination of qualitative and quantitative measures. While the length of an article or broadcast cannot be ignored, the importance of the information and the degree of public interest are often more pertinent, and in assessing coverage, it is important to look not only at one or two days’ stories but at how an ongoing story has been covered over a period of time.
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