User:Steve Quinn/1a-VNRs and churn

" Churnalism is a form of journalism in which press releases, stories provided by news agencies, and other forms of pre-packaged material, instead of reported news, are used to create articles in newspapers and other news media. " - Wikipedia article - "Churnalism"

" Karen Ryan is a public relations specialist, and former television news reporter, who became famous for producing controversial video news releases created to promote the Medicare and education systems for the United States government. " - Wikipedia article - "Karen Ryan"

Background

 * SPIN

Print

 * Fearing the rise of 'churnalism'
 * Press Think article
 * Reporting Live, Outside Credibility. NYT.
 * Is It Journalism, or Just a Repackaged Press Release?. The Atlantic


 * Search words "Press release journalism".

DHHS and Video News Releases
GAO decision - Matter of: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Video News Releases


 * Google search results


 * GAO March 10, 2004, opinion
 * GAO study - video news releases

Commercial PR

 * Examples of VNRs (probably sent to "local" news stations all over the place)
 * Video News Release Samples

Test
Joker, Rice, Particle, Garth View