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ARTICLE: Quantifying audiences is not new, but it is more impactful than before

News organisations have been trying to measure their audiences for many decades – long before the internet and measuring instruments based on it proliferated, writes Rodrigo Zamith, of University of Massachusetts Amherst. Zamith’s recent article chronicles the history of audience quantification and reviews the research on it. The current increase in using analytical software and … Continued

Tags: audience, journalistic profession
Published: 9 Mar 2018

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REPORT: Women of color are heavily underrepresented in the United States’ news media

The new report by the U.S.-based organization The Women’s Media Center examined where women journalists of color are in legacy print, radio, TV and digital news. The industry studies on gender and race used in the report were released last year by the American Society of News Editors and the Radio Television Digital News Association. … Continued

Tags: journalistic profession, representation, United States
Published: 8 Mar 2018

CFP | 22.3. | Cultural journalism in the 21^st century

A book on contemporary cultural journalism and education thereof is being coordinated by Montserrat Jurado Martín, of University of Elche, and Beatriz Peña Acuña, of Universidad Católica de Murcia. They are now accepting chapter proposals for the book. The book will be entitled “Cultural Journalism in the 21st Century: Innovative teaching contents” and it will … Continued

Tags: CFP, cultural journalism, journalism education, journalistic profession
Published: 2 Mar 2018

PAPER: Automated fact-checking is making progress, although unevenly so

The current information ecosystem has created a dire need for increased fact-checking, and researchers and practitioners alike are experimenting feverishly with automating the process. Lucas Graves, of University of Oxford, has reviewed current literature and interviewed some of the experts in the field in order to gain an overview of the state of the art. … Continued

Tags: journalistic profession
Published: 2 Mar 2018

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ARTICLE: “Audience engagement” is important, yet dangerously nebulous

The position of “engagement editor” has become increasingly common in, and important to newsrooms – yet their task is inherently conflicted, Raul Ferrer-Conill, of Karlstad University, and Edson C. Tandoc Jr., of Nanyang Technological University, write. The authors interviewed 15 engagement editors and others with similar duties from around the world. When asked to to … Continued

Tags: journalistic norms, journalistic profession
Published: 26 Feb 2018

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ARTICLE: Human-written, automated and combined news articles were seen equally as credible

As many news organizations are already using computer algorithms to produce journalistic content, questions about how audiences view these stories arise. Anja Wölker and Thomas E. Powell of the University of Amsterdam, did an experiment on how readers perceive different forms of automated journalism in regard to credibility of the message and source. Their online … Continued

Tags: audience, computer assisted reporting, journalistic profession
Published: 21 Feb 2018

ARTICLE: Writing about asylum seekers is permeated by tension

Journalists find it valuable to tell asylum seekers’ personal stories in order to show that they are humans “like us”, but telling those stories is not easy, write Mervi Pantti and Markus Ojala, both of University of Helsinki. The authors interviewed 24 Finnish journalists experienced with the topic, representing a total of 14 national, regional … Continued

Tags: crisis journalism, Finland, journalistic profession, representation
Published: 12 Feb 2018

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ARTICLE: Financial journalism is limited in its influence

After the global financial crisis in 2007-2008, financial journalism has often been criticized for not fulfilling its role as a watchdog for businesses and the financial sector. Nadine Strauß of the University of Amsterdam, examined the role of financial journalists in financial markets in today’s high-frequency information and news era. She surveyed 40 US financial … Continued

Tags: economic journalism, journalistic profession, United States
Published: 1 Feb 2018

ARTICLE: Work in broadcasting still requires suppressing “blackness”

African-American broadcast journalists still feel pressure to downplay their natural features in order to fit in the newsroom, Indira S. Somani and Natalie Hopkinson, both of Howard University, write. The authors interviewed 23 black, American broadcast journalists over their experiences. Many of the interviewees described feeling pressure to change their appearance towards a more White … Continued

Tags: journalistic profession, United States
Published: 29 Jan 2018

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ARTICLE: How do journalists, NGO’s and government delegations interact?

United Nations’ climate change conferences gather delegations from governments and non-governmental organisations from around the world. These events are also keenly observed by a number of journalists, making the events interesting venues for researching journalist-source interaction. A team of researchers interviewed a total of 106 journalists, delegates and NGO representatives at three conferences, and supplemented … Continued

Tags: environmental journalism, journalistic profession, sources
Published: 29 Jan 2018