Cebu’s English-language dailies shifted coverage from local to presidential elections

Weeks 3 and 4 (February 28-March 13) of the monitoring period showed an increase in the percentage of election-related reports in Cebu’s English-language dailies from 19 percent to 22 percent (335 election-related reports to 1,511 news hole). Both Sun.Star Cebu and The Freeman allocated 23 percent of their news holes to election-related reports while the Cebu Daily News had 19 percent. A shift in emphasis from the local to the Presidential elections was evident.

For the full report, please visit CMFR’s microsite on the Monitor of the News Media Coverage of the 2010 National and Local Elections (www.cmfr-phil.org/mediaandelections).

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