Newsrooms accommodate data-based news work
JL Boyles, E Meyer - Newspaper Research Journal, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
JL Boyles, E Meyer
Newspaper Research Journal, 2017•journals.sagepub.comSimilar to prior cycles of newsroom specialization, news organizations must integrate the
expertise of data journalists. Based upon 18 in-depth interviews with data journalism leaders
within American newspapers, this study examines how newsrooms are restructuring to
accommodate data news work. More specifically, the research identifies four “critical
junctures” by which newspapers expand data journalism operations. The interviews
establish that expanding a paper's commitment to data journalism requires reorganizing the …
expertise of data journalists. Based upon 18 in-depth interviews with data journalism leaders
within American newspapers, this study examines how newsrooms are restructuring to
accommodate data news work. More specifically, the research identifies four “critical
junctures” by which newspapers expand data journalism operations. The interviews
establish that expanding a paper's commitment to data journalism requires reorganizing the …
Similar to prior cycles of newsroom specialization, news organizations must integrate the expertise of data journalists. Based upon 18 in-depth interviews with data journalism leaders within American newspapers, this study examines how newsrooms are restructuring to accommodate data news work. More specifically, the research identifies four “critical junctures” by which newspapers expand data journalism operations. The interviews establish that expanding a paper’s commitment to data journalism requires reorganizing the newsroom with new layers of structural complexity.
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