The “Gate Keeper”: A Case Study in the Selection of News

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  • DWDavid Manning White
    David Manning White
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Abstract
In one of the first studies of its kind, all the wire stories used and all those rejected by a non-metropolitan newspaper over a seven-day period are classified by content, and the reasons given by the telegraph editor for his choices are analyzed. Dr. White is research professor of journalism at Boston University.