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This article is focused on the use of the news sources by Print Media in incident & crime reports. Official sources and agencies have a greater presence in analyzed newspapers. The Police is the major official and specialized source, and EFE Agency is the mostly quoted by journalists. The unofficial sources more often used by reporters are, in first place, the unidentified or confidential sources (commonly quoted generically as “according to consulted sources”) following the family and neighborhood sources. Graphic sources are becoming increasingly important in crime & incident reports and come mostly from photographers working for the newspapers and agencies. Reporters employ a large number of sources inadequately identified.

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The article is an historical and journalistic study about El Caso, an events weekly newspaper, which was published during 40 years in Spain. We analyze the historic evolution of this publication, from Franco’s dictatorship to the coming of the democracy, as well as its style and its striking covers. This newspaper was one of the most successful in Spain over the 20th century, was a remarkable example of profitable popular press, and its director, Eugenio Suárez, created one of the first Spanish Media groups.

Abstract

The article analyzes and describes the thematic contents of incident reports in the press. Incident reports belong to the area of specialized journalism, because of the topic it deals and broadcasts. Most of its contents are related to bad news. The two major thematic categories of incident reports are crimes and accidents. The types of incidents that are mainly featured in the press are homicides, traffic accidents, drug dealing and burglary.