Although journalism and media coverage are known to induce, inform, and affect public accountability processes, little is known about media-covered accountability. This study therefore explores accountability processes of Danish and Flemish agencies as subjects of the news. Drawing on news construction literature, our quantitative content analysis of newspaper coverage (N = 13,540) focuses on the presence of accountability processes in media coverage and the extent to which organizational characteristics (task, political salience, and size) are related to this phenomenon. Horizontal accountability forums have the highest media presence. Opinions from horizontal forums, vertical forums, and citizens appear less frequently for service-providing organizations.

尽管众所周知，新闻和媒体报道会诱导、告知和影响公共问责程序，但对媒体报道的问责制知之甚少。因此，本研究探讨了丹麦和佛兰德机构作为新闻主题的问责程序。借鉴新闻构建文献，我们对报纸报道（N = 13,540）的定量内容分析侧重于媒体报道中问责过程的存在以及组织特征（任务、政治显着性和规模）与这一现象相关的程度。横向问责论坛的媒体参与度最高。对于提供服务的组织，来自横向论坛、纵向论坛和公民的意见出现频率较低。