Contextual journalism calls for depth of news reporting rather than “just the facts.” A national survey of local television (TV) journalists indicated the increasing popularity of this more comprehensive reporting form. Although news sociologists contend that local TV routines facilitate the production of quick, less substantive stories, TV respondents in the present study highly valued comprehensive, contextual news styles—even more than newspaper journalists. Building on the work of Weaver and colleagues’ “American Journalist” project, TV news workers in this survey preferred contextual roles, such as alerting the public of potential threats and acting in a socially responsible way, but also valued traditional broadcasting roles, such as getting information to the public quickly. TV news roles were compared to those of newspaper journalists to analyze how professionals in different media view their work identities.

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语境新闻要求新闻报道的深度，而不仅仅是“事实”。对地方电视台 (TV) 记者的全国调查表明，这种更全面的报道形式越来越受欢迎。尽管新闻社会学家认为本地电视节目有利于制作快速、内容较少的故事，但本研究中的电视受访者高度重视综合性、情境性的新闻风格——甚至比报纸记者还要多。在 Weaver 及其同事的“美国记者”项目的工作基础上，本次调查中的电视新闻工作者更喜欢情境角色，例如提醒公众注意潜在威胁和以对社会负责的方式行事，但也重视传统的广播角色，例如快速向公众获取信息。