Newsrooms as Sites of Community and Identity: Exploring the Importance of Material Place for Journalistic Work

Effective leadership in journalism: Field theory in how journalists evaluate newsroom leadership

“…This study also reflects the role leadership and influence play in the workplace. Conversant with Örnebring et al (2016), the newsroom would seem essential in that "the workplace (or meso) level acts as an intermediary between influences on the institutional and individual levels; the workplace is where autonomy is negotiated on a day-to-day basis" (p. 308; see also Maares et al, 2023). In an era of digital work, where remote work has become more commonplace, we also have witnessed a decline in productivity (Burns & Dunsmuir, 2022).…”

“…Journalists also seek a type of symbolic capital, specific to the field, which offers a "rising recognition of journalism as being important and justified in its own right by both journalistic peers and other social elites" (Hovden, 2008, p. 113). Newsrooms of course represent a microcosm of the overall journalistic field, but aspects of capital can supersede local structures-hence, it would be possible for a dominant actor in the field to not necessarily hold the dominant title in a local newsroom (Maares et al, 2023).…”

What is Rural Journalism? Occupational Precarity and Social Cohesion in US Rural Journalism Epistemology

“…Recent reconceptualizations of space and place point to the importance of "connectivity" rather than territory or geography (Heley & Jones, 2012, p. 209) and eschew long held stereotypes of rural life (Fulkerson & Thomas, 2016). Scholarship points to the centrality of place in shaping both journalistic work and identity (Maares et al, 2023).…”