The John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award for Freedom of the Press and the People's Right to Know, 1995 / "Not Just Another Business" by Ben H. Bagdikian / Tucson, Arizona, May 1, 1996

The John Peter Zenger and Anna Catherine Zenger Award for Freedom of the Press and the People's Right to Know, 1997 / Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center / Tucson, Arizona, May 1, 1998

The John Peter & Anna Catherine Zenger Award for Freedom of the Press and the People's Right to Know, 2001 / Louis D. Boccardi and The Associated Press / Tucson, Arizona, March 29, 2001

The John Peter Zenger Award 1954-1955-1956 / Addresses by Palmer Hoyt, Basil L. Walters, James S. Pope / 1954 Award, Palmer Hoyt, Editor and Publisher, The Denver Post, Address given November 21, 1954 / 1955 Award, Basil L. Walters, Executive Editor, The Chicago Daily News, Address given January 15, 1956 / 1956 Award, James S. Pope, Executive Editor, The Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, Address given January 13, 1957

The John Peter Zenger Award for Freedom of the Press and the People's Right to Know, 1966 / A Responsible Press is a Free Press, An Address by William R. Mathews, Editor and Publisher, The Arizona Daily Star, on behalf of Arthur Krock, Former Washington Columnist for The New York Times

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 310-326).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

A content analysis of 36 newspapers in 12 states were examined to determine if balanced reporting of pesticide and water issues existed in 1995. There were two hypotheses explored in this study: One, that journalists tend to bias their reporting of pesticide and water issues by using more mentions from environmental groups than other sources; and two, that journalists tend to bias their reporting by using more negative terminology than positive terminology when reporting on pesticide and water issues.An on-line search using the Lexis-Nexis newspaper database produced 302 usable articles for this study. The number of mentions of environmental groups, government agencies and agri-industry officials were listed in coding sheets. Also, negative versus positive terminology was coded.A chi-square analysis of coded data derived from the selected articles demonstrated that journalists use a balance of sources when reporting on pesticide and water issues. However the analysis also shows that journalists frequently use more negative terminology, such as "toxic," or "contaminated," than positive when writing about pesticide and water issues.Recommendations at the end of this study are made to help reporters understand more thoroughly the definitions of some of the terminology they use in writing about pesticide and water issues. / Department of Journalism