(INFLIBNET Center, 2004-11) Keisham, Sangeeta; Chakrabarty, T K
Local dailies play an important role in disseminating information pertaining to the various
communities of the society at the regional or state level. The present paper aims at examining
the contents and coverage of news items in some selected local dailies published in the state
of Manipur. With the help of ‘ statistical tools’ an attempt has been made to explore and
identify the pattern of the contents selected for the accommodation in some of the columns
like Headline, Article and Letter to Editor.