Covid-19: The first 100 days of U.S. news coverage

There is a new 2-part report from Project Information Literacy: Covid-19: The first 100 days of U.S. news coverage. 

Report 1 includes "interactive data visualizations showing the results of a computational analysis of 125,696 news articles from 66 widely-read national, metropolitan, and digital-only news websites. A follow-up analysis identifies the top 12 news outlets producing the most coverage (N=74,737) of Covid-19. ... Certain stories were amplified and re-circulated across news sites and on social media, thus creating a network of diverse contributors to this vast news ecosystem." 

"In Report 2, a content analysis of 532 randomly selected news images from the top 12 outlets examined the visual representation of the coronavirus story. Five dominant visual themes – fear, hope, loneliness, determination, and grief – emerged from the sample of news images analyzed. ... Applying a critical lens to how the news constructs our understanding of events develops information agency and makes individuals more discerning news consumers. Teaching and learning for librarians, educators, students, and journalists that make use of interactive news datasets and information visualizations from the series are included for building students’ news and visual literacy skills." 

Head, A., Braun, S., MacMillan, M., Yurkofsky, J. and Bull, A. (2020). Covid-19: The first 100 days of U.S. news coverage: Lessons about the media ecosystem for librarians, educators, students, and journalists. Project Information Literacy Research Institute. https://projectinfolit.org/publications/covid-19-the-first-100-days/
Photo by Sheila Webber: someone else's vines, September 2020