The journalist as promoter, celebrity, and joker
New research paper published in Social Media + Society.
Category: News
Coronavirus wake-up call for journalism
In this conversation with coach and author Caroline Stokes, we talked about the COVID-19 shock to the system for journalism, accelerating layoffs and closures across the board. In…
Social media dimensions explored in Digital Journalism paper
Taking as starting point the nature of social media platforms, Claudia Mellado and I propose five analytical dimensions to investigate journalism on Twitter and Instagram in our latest…
Data journalism, misinformation and COVID-19
Download an advance version of my chapter with Oscar Westlund on data journalism in times of pandemic.
Special issue on incidental news published in Journalism
A special issue on incidental news that I co-edited has been published in the leading peer-reviewed journal, Journalism. The issue was put together by guest editors Neta Kligler-Vilenchik…
Paper on post-publication gatekeeping published in JMCQ
I have a new paper published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. The article, “Post-publication gatekeeping: The interplay of publics, platforms, paraphernalia and practices in the circulation of…
Impact of not for profit journalism
My paper with Mary Lynn Young on the role of peripheral actors in the production and circulation of journalism has just been published. The paper, From Peripheral to…
OsloMet Digital Journalism Fellow keynote
I was honoured to visit OsloMet University in Norway as a Digital Journalism Research Fellow in October 2019. I was a guest of the Digital Journalism Research Group,…
$2.5 million grant for journalism innovation announced
Together with my UBC School of Journalism colleague, Mary Lynn Young, I am leading a multi-million dollar research project on journalism innovation, working with a team of leading…
Data Journalism and the Regeneration of News book published
I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book, Data Journalism and the Regeneration of News, co-authored with my UBC colleague, Mary Lynn Young. Published by…