{"id":7243,"date":"2017-04-27T10:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:25:50","slug":"local-and-regional-news-coverage-about-the-flint-water-crisis-was-minimal-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/local-and-regional-news-coverage-about-the-flint-water-crisis-was-minimal-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Local and regional news coverage about the Flint water crisis was minimal in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-controller\" id=\"odinzqzjmw\"><div style=\"display: none\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-responsive-container-view\" id=\"ymviymymtv\">\n\n<div id=\"g-2014-media-line-chart-box\" class=\"ai2html\">\n\t<!-- Generated by ai2html v0.61 - 2017-04-24 - 16:44 -->\n\t<!-- ai file: 2014-media-line-chart -->\n\n\t<style>\n\t\t.g-artboard {\n\t\t\tmargin:0 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id=\"g-ai0-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6128%;left:24.4881%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6128%;left:59.9376%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:73.6128%;left:88.3556%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle11\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai0-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:77.7736%;left:0.1537%;width:100.0963%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle9\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. 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id=\"g-ai3-36\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:57.532%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">M<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-37\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:60.8181%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-38\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:63.7353%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">J<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-39\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:66.6209%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">A<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-40\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:69.5148%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">S<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-41\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:72.2511%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">O<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-42\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:75.2347%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">N<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-43\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:67.822%;left:78.165%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">D<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-44\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.8459%;left:24.7547%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle15\">2014<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-45\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.8459%;left:57.7551%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2015<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-46\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:70.8459%;left:86.7551%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle12\">2016<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"g-ai3-47\" class=\"g-Assets_Layer g-aiAbs\" style=\"top:74.5898%;left:0.4102%;width:99.2122%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"g-aiPstyle13\">Note: Data represent stories identified in local, regional and national news media and were retrieved from LexisNexis and ProQuest News &amp; Newspapers databases. Local and regional news media include daily, weekly and alt-weekly newspapers in the Flint and Detroit regions, as well as the digital outlet MLive.com. National news media include national newspapers and TV network evening programming. 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