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Good News for Editors<\/strong><\/a>\nSmall, medium papers that invested in newsrooms see higher revenue\n<\/strong>As part of the first phase of a plan to look at the relationship between journalistic quality and profits, Project for Excellence in Journalism director Tom Rosenstiel presented initial data at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention in New Orleans on April 9, 2003<\/p>\n\n

The presentation also included the following remarks:<\/p>\n\n

Introduction: Why measure quality?<\/strong><\/a>\nFrom ASNE president Diane McFarlin.<\/p>\n\n

What 35 Years of Academic Research Tells Us<\/strong><\/a>\nOn news content quality, newsroom expenditures, circulation\/penetration, and revenues.<\/strong>\nEsther Thorson looks at the research. All of it.<\/p>\n\n

News Staffing and Profits<\/strong><\/a>\nThe business case for better journalism.<\/strong>\nRick Edmonds writes about staffing and news capacity.<\/p>\n\n

Finding the ‘Sweet Spot’<\/strong><\/a>\nNewsroom staffing can haunt profitability when too low or too high.<\/strong>\nPhil Meyer correlates quality to economic performance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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