Eddy Borges Rey interview

VIDEO: Data journalism and citizen data literacy

Our interview with Eddy Borges-Rey deals with the relation between data journalism and civic data literacy. Motivations for and findings from research are offered along with describing current data journalism practices in the United Kingdom. Editor’s note: At Journalism Research News, we are currently experimenting with video interviews from researchers. Therefore we warmly encourage any … Continued

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Published: 5 May 2016
Gamification of journalism video interview

VIDEO: Gamification of journalism

In our interview with Raul Ferrer Conill, a PhD candidate at Karlstad University, we dive into the topic of gamification. Ferrer Conill explains gamification of journalism and shares interesting findings from his ongoing research. Editor’s note: At Journalism Research News, we are currently experimenting with video interviews from researchers. Therefore we warmly encourage any feedback! … Continued

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Published: 22 Apr 2016

ARTICLE: Profitable is not the same as sustainable

Defining the “sustainability” of news ventures on the basis of their financial profitability may be misleading, writes Naomi Sakr, of University of Westminster. Sakr interviewed the staff of three Egyptian news start-ups and researched relevant documents, both internal and external. The three companies, Mada Masr, Mantiqti and Welad Elbalad were all founded between 2013 and … Continued

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Published: 1 Feb 2016

ARTICLE: A study in rejection of objectivity

The Dutch news website De Correspondent has pointedly and successfully rejected the journalistic norm of objectivity, writes Frank Harbers, of University of Groningen. Harbers analyzed 63 stories published on the site, and interviewed a senior editor. A new way of doing journalism was De Correspondent‘s aim from the outset, the author writes. This is manifested … Continued

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Published: 27 Jan 2016

REPORT: Robo-journalists and bendy smartphones

The Reuters Institute is launching its new Digital News Project with a set of technology and industry predictions for 2016. Digital News Project is an international research project examining cross-national developments in journalism and news media. The first of eight industry-focused reports is called Journalism, Media and Technology Predictions, 2016. It offers a glimpse into some of the technology … Continued

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Published: 12 Jan 2016
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ARTICLE: Innovation in Spanish public service media

There has been a deep controversy in Europe with respect to media policies, new technologies and public service media. A study by David Fernández-Quijada, Montse Bonet, Roberto Suárez Candel and Luis Arboledas, deals with this issue. By conducting interviews and analyzing policy documents, the article studies how three Spanish public service media organisations apply technological … Continued

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Published: 7 Sep 2015

ARTICLE: News startups and innovation

News startups have taken on a notable role in the journalism industry. These new organizations are often backed by large investors, venture capital, and technology entrepreneurs. A newly published study by Matt Carlson and Nikki Usher examines 10 news startups by focusing on the manifestos the organizations offer when they introduce themselves to the public. These texts provide examples … Continued

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Published: 1 Sep 2015

REPORT: New challenges for news agencies

News agencies have great potential even amidst the tumult of media market changes, but they need to adapt quickly to stay relevant, writes the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism fellow Jairo Mejia, of the news agency EFE. Mejia went through contemporary literature on the topic and interviewed staff members at three news agencies … Continued

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Published: 30 Mar 2015

ARTICLE: Data journalism, revenue creation and others

A new issue of the open access journal Journal of Media Innovations is out. As described in its introductory editorial, the issue provides a “diverse bouquet” of media scholarship. Included are several articles, detailed below, of interest to journalism scholars.   Josef Trappel, of University of Salzburg, writes about research on communication innovation in general. … Continued

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Published: 11 Mar 2015

ARTICLE: Same “crisis” in different media environments

A transnational discourse of newspapers’ crisis has emerged in countries with different situations, write Michael Brüggemann, of University of Hamburg, Edda Humprecht and Frank Esser, both of University of Zürich, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, of University of Oxford, Kari Karppinen, of University of Helsinki and Alessio Cornia, of University of Perugia (names not in original order). … Continued

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Published: 24 Feb 2015