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Recent articles of interest published in scholarly journals:
"Evaluating Journalism: Towards an assessment framework for the practice of journalism," by Ivor Shapiro, Journalism Practice 4 (2), April 2010
"The Globe on Saturday, The World on Sunday: Toronto weekend editions and the influence of the American Sunday paper, 1886-1895", by Sandra Gabriele and Paul Moore, Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol 34, No 3 (2009)
"CCTV surveillance and the poverty of media discourse: A content analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage", by Josh Greenberg and Sean Hier, Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol 34, No 3 (2009)
News consumers are shifting their attention to online products much faster than ad spending, but the money will catch up, the study argues. "All of which suggests that if traditional news organizations are to 'survive' and eventually thrive in this digital age, they need to radically change course and transform their century-old business model, following much of the same game plan used by ... niche information providers - of shedding legacy costs as quickly as feasible, while simultaneously and aggressively re-building community and revenue online."
There is clearly defined space for the public to participate in journalism, writes Alfred Hermida, but there are still very few signs that news organizations are reinventing their relationship with the audience.In a special issue, Journalism examines how transformations in the media business are impacting working conditions and labour practices in the journalism workplace. Articles include:
"Compressed dimensions in digital media occupations: Journalists in transformation," by Amy Schmitz Weiss and Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce
"Token responses to gendered newsrooms: Factors in the career-related decisions of female newspaper sports journalists," by Marie Hardin and Erin Whiteside
"The performative journalist: Job satisfaction, temporary workers and American television news," by Kathleen M. Ryan
"Structure, agency, and change in an American newsroom", by David M. Ryfe
"Watchdog or witness? The emerging forms and practices of videojournalism," by Sue Wallace
"The shaping of an online feature journalist," by Steen Steensen
"Between tradition and change: A review of recent research on online news production," by Eugenia Mitchelstein and Pablo J. Boczkowski
For a full list of articles with abstracts, please click on ‘More’.
Findings
edited by DAVID SECKO
assistant editor ELYSE AMEND
Each month, we review scholarly studies of journalism as a practice and as an institution. David Secko is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at Concordia University (Montréal). He teaches science reporting and does research on theoretical practices in science journalism. He currently leads the Concordia Science Journalism Project (CSJP).
Elyse Amend is a freelance writer and research assistant for the CSJP. She recently completed her MA in Journalism Studies at Concordia University.
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