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Table 1 Characteristics of articles

From: Reporting on the opioid crisis (2000–2018): role of The Globe and Mail, a Canadian English-language newspaper in influencing public opinion

Location of article

# of articles (% of totala)

Article type

# of articles (% of total)

Banner headline

80 (12.3%)

Human interest stories

50 (7.8%)

Front page other section

137 (21.1%)

News report

469 (72.1%)

Front section (but NOT front page)

322 (49.5%)

Opinion/editorial

121 (18.6%)

Not front page or front section

111 (17.1%)

Other (statistics, exposés etc.)

10 (1.5%)

  1. aNote that some articles did not have a location/page listed