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Journal Volume: Volume 7 Issue 1

Audience (2016)

Volume 7, Number 1 Issue of the #ISOJ Journal

This seventh issue of the journal focuses on the role of audience engagement editors in the newsroom, the impact of product development on the journalism practice, the power of the Medium platform for publishers and independent journalists, and journalists’ perceptions of statistics and data journalism. In addition, the issue also examines the importance of podcasts in today’s news environment, the social capital investment in digital news startups, and the power of digital media on memory of significant news events.  Read More

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Knowing the Numbers: Assessing Attitudes among Journalists and Educators about Using and Interpreting Data, Statistics, and Research

By John Wihbey and Mark Coddington [Citation: Wihbey, J., & Coddington, M. (2017). Knowing the Numbers: Assessing Attitudes among Journalists and Educators about Using and Interpreting Data, Statistics, and Research. #ISOJ Journal, 7(1), 5-24.] Understanding statistics and quantitative information is becoming increasingly important to journalism practice. Drawing on survey data that includes more than 1,000 journalists and …  Read More

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An Exploratory Exercise on Journalistic Initiatives on Medium

By Maria Clara Aquino Bittencourt [Citation: Bittencourt, M.C.A. (2017). An Exploratory Exercise on Journalistic Initiatives on Medium. #ISOJ Journal, 7(1), 130-148.] This work presents an initial exploratory exercise of a research project which investigates the transformations and continuities of digital journalism through an in-depth study on journalistic initiatives on the Medium platform. This study identifies the use of …  Read More

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Managing Digital Products in a Newsroom Context

By Cindy Royal [Citation: Royal, C. (2017). Managing Digital Products in a Newsroom Context. #ISOJ Journal, 7(1), 45-66.] Digital media tools provide new ways for media companies to distribute information and engage the public. This study explores the emerging, technology-influenced role of managing digital media products through the observations of innovators and early adopters in these positions. It …  Read More

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Decoding the Podaissance: Identifying Community Journalism Practices in Newsroom and Avocational Podcasts

By Marcus Funk [Citation: Funk, M. (2017). Decoding the Podaissance: Identifying Community Journalism Practices in Newsroom and Avocational Podcasts. #ISOJ Journal, 7(1), 67-88.] Scholars and journalists are fond of contrasting podcasting with terrestrial radio. The better comparison, however, is with traditional community journalism. This almost year-long qualitative analysis of newsroom and avocational podcasts adopt a predominate focus on …  Read More

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Social Capital to the Rescue of the Fourth Estate: A Playbook for Converting Good Will into Economic Support

By James Breiner [Citation: Breiner, J. (2017). Social Capital to the Rescue of the Fourth Estate: A Playbook for Converting Good Will into Economic Support. #ISOJ Journal, 7(1), 107-128.] Digital media entrepreneurs often lack the financial capital necessary to launch and sustain their operations and appear to be unattractive investments. However, there is ample theoretical work about …  Read More

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Negotiating Change: Audience Engagement Editors as Newsroom Intermediaries

By Karin Assmann and Nicholas Diakopoulos [Citation: Assman, K., & Diakopoulos, N. (2017). Negotiating Change: Audience Engagement Editors as Newsroom Intermediaries. #ISOJ Journal, 7(1), 25-44.]   In an effort to address their newly empowered and increasingly fragmented audiences, many newsrooms are hiring editors tasked with audience engagement. This paper investigates this new genre of news workers, the scope …  Read More