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The study used five categories to evaluate the news outlets:
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Authority: Was the coverage first-hand & from the battlefield?
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Depth: How comprehensive, complex & diverse was the coverage?
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Source Balance: How balanced was the use of sources?
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Frame Balance: Was one side given more focus than the other?
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| Empathy: How personal & compassionate was the coverage of victims? |
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Excellent |
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Very Good |
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Average |
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Not Acceptable |
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| Jad Melki: Project Director |
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Jad Melki, the research director of ICMPA and a faculty member at the Salzburg Academy, is a visiting professor at Towson University and Johns Hopkins University, teaching courses on research methods, media and society, media literacy, and media, war and terrorism. Melki has been a broadcast and online journalist for over 10 years working with American and Arabic media. He was part of the webby award and Press Club award winning Hot Zone team (Yahoo! News), covering the Hezbollah-Israel war of summer 2006. Melki was a project manager at the Salzburg Global Seminar and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the College of Journalism at UMD. more information
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| Dr. Susan D. Moeller: Supervisor |
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| Susan Moeller, the director of ICMPA, is a professor of media and international affairs at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism and the School of Public Policy. Moeller is also the the co-director of the Salzburg Academy. Author of Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death and Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combat, Moeller was formerly the director of the Journalism Program at Brandeis University. more information |
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| Paul Mihailidis: Editor |
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| Paul Mihailidis, PhD, full-time faculty at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, serves as the ICMPA’s program director for the Salzburg Academy Program on Media and Global Change, in addition to being part of the faculty. Mihailidis currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA). more information (pdf) |
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| Senior Coders |
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| Spring 2007 |
Fall 2006 |
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| Diatz, Jennifer |
Amey, Valerie |
| Fitzwater, Caitlin R |
Cheney, Zachary |
| Kelley, Lisa Marie |
Farina, Allison Lee |
| Ng, Sin-Yee |
Harris, Geneva A |
| Savanick, Anya |
Kikena, Marta |
| Spangler, Sara Lynn |
Moon, Benjamin |
| Weaver, Brittany Elizabeth |
Rivera Ruiz, Ricardo Jose |
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Tener, Keerin |
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| Coders |
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| Spring 2007 |
Fall 2006 |
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| Banias, Meghan |
Aloisio, Meredith Christine |
| Bartman, Kirstyn Elizabeth |
Berju, Candice |
| Benn, Joshua Louis |
Brand, Alison T |
| Benson, Danica M |
Brown, Ronald R |
| Bowers, Keri L |
Browning, Amber Nicole |
| Bozzone, Timothy John |
Cammarata, Jennifer Nicole |
| Casse, Yaye Aminata-Gaye |
Castillo, Courtney Jill |
| Conn, Sarah M |
Cavuoti, Rocco |
| Damrongsri, Audrey |
Chikatsu, Ai |
| Daymude, Colleen Marie |
Crowder, Trina Marie |
| Decatur, Diana Lee |
Dalecki, Stephanie Kathryn |
| Deutch, Lauren April |
Davis, Ruth Elizabeth |
| Dombroskie, Joshua Eric |
Deiuliis, Kristin |
| Dooley, Ryan Andrew |
Denaro, Jennifer |
| Dour, Erica |
Fisher, Brian |
| Fiore, Danielle Deborah |
Fisher, Tiffany Lanei |
| Glasscock, Lyndsay Morgan |
Flyntz, Terence Joseph |
| Hayes, Yesha Adele |
Funderburk, Kristi Lynn |
| Head, Emily Suzanne |
Geisendaffer, Ashley Marlene |
| Helm, Stephen |
Grauer, Kimberly Susan |
| Holshue, Jennifer Elizabeth |
Griffin, Joseph Albert |
| Howell, Ashley Marie |
Holben, Elisabeth Blair |
| Hugo, Anna Maria |
Jahn, Chelsey Nicole |
| Johanson, Kristen |
Jaskulsky, Samuel H. |
| Johnson, Christina Anne |
Johnson, Abigail Louise |
| Jones, Dean M |
Krause, Jason Thomas |
| Lang, Allison Marie |
Kruh, Rachel Beth |
| Lee, Catherine Marie |
Mazurczak, Nadiya S |
| Liscinsky, Lindsey M. |
McComiskey, Sean |
| Madon, David Lawrence |
McKee, Jhamal Robert |
| Mahoney, Lindsay M |
Meyer, Christine Aileen |
| Mc Jimpsey, Christina Marie |
Mickey, Vanessa Joy |
| McCarthy, Shannon Marie |
Oehler, Jessica Lee |
| McConaty, Crystal Michelle |
Ransom, Megan Cathleen |
| McNamara, Katherine |
Raval, Aditya S |
| Mullaney, Karen L |
Riegger, Meghen Mary |
| Nizard, Mathias Eduardo |
Roth, Dana Marie |
| Pasco, Jill Michelle |
Schlining, Kyle Rae |
| Pipitone, Lauren |
Schweitzer, Shawna Nicole |
| Poole, Robert Brandon |
Shek, Erin Lynn |
| Rosenbaum, Remy |
Smith, Matthew Clark |
| Smith, LoVeta Antwanette |
Sothoron, Reed |
| Stelter, Brian Patrick |
Spencer, Amanda Rae |
| Thomas, Kadie Leigh |
Szczyglowski, Derek James |
| Toplanchik, Lindsay Marie |
Tepie, Pierre Louis |
| Tsakiris, Dorothea Anastasia |
Thomas, Ashlee |
| Tupaj, Amber Lee |
Thompson, Amber |
| Webb, Etagegne Mulualem |
Yoo, Albert |
| White, Rachel Marie |
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| Wiltshire, Teresa M |
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| Witomski, Jessica |
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| Woods, Liza Michelle |
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Hezbollah won. 
