People who are neither professional journalists nor typical audience members participate in producing journalism for many different reasons, writes Laura Ahva, of University of Tampere. Ahva interviewed 69 actors associated with one of three participatory publications: Cafébabel, Voima, and Södra Sidan. The interviews confirmed the earlier findings of Nico Carpentier: the actors participated not only … Continued

New special issue of European Journal of Communication is out now. The issue is called Future priorities in European media and communication research and there is also some interesting texts concerning journalism. For example Slavko Splichals and Peter Dahlgrens article reflects on contemporary processes of de-professionalisation of journalism, its consequences for democratic processes and challenges to citizen journalism. The issue … Continued