National outlets warrant separate sampling because their framing differs from local papers.

Evidence

We anticipated that a large national newspaper, like the New York Times, might present different frames and claimsmakers than the other papers. Hence, we randomly sampled 100 articles before President Trump’s campaign and 98 articles after the election that matched our key terms in the New York Times. — Emily Greene-Colozzi, Amy Adamczyk, and Senahan Kiyal Keles, Differences in Religious Framing of…, 44

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the local-versus-national media framing literature and to any work on how outlet tier shapes sourcing of claimsmakers.