Reimagining Local Journalism: A Community-centered Intervention

Wenzel, Andrea; Crittenden, Letrell

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2021.1942148

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“…These concerns are not distinctive to UK local journalism. Instead, they echo broader debates around the representation of local areas, particularly in marginalized communities (Wenzel and Crittenden, 2021). They highlight another distinctive way in which local journalism entrepreneurs claim epistemic authority: Based on their knowledge of the community, they can provide more nuanced and “balanced” coverage which does justice to the distinctiveness of the place.…”

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Origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs

Wahl‐Jorgensen

2022

Journalism

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This paper investigates the origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs in the UK, based on 57 in-depth interviews and a survey of 116 practitioners, carried out in 2020–2021. In doing so, it focuses on the motivations and identities of editors of what are variably known as community journalism outlets and hyperlocals. These outlets represent a growing sector which has filled the gap left behind by the closure and consolidation of local and regional newspapers. Many have been established over the past decade, frequently by journalists previously working for traditional media organisations. Drawing on insights from the field of social enterprise, the article shows that, like other social entrepreneurs, community journalists are driven by a range of motivations: Their decisions to start up new outlets are frequently informed by economic conditions, including gaps in the local news market. But more importantly, they also tend to be strongly influenced by normative ideals, including the desire to improve their communities through news provision. The distinctive articulation of these normative ideals demonstrates that local journalism entrepreneurs embody distinctive professional identities associated with conceptions of what constitutes “good” local journalism. These are tied to the provision of news which authentically captures the experience of the local community. Editors’ origin stories reveal an emphasis on authority grounded in knowledge of, and a passionate attachment to, the local community.

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Origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs

Wahl‐Jorgensen

2022

Journalism

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“…Likewise, the past collaborations have attempted to challenge journalism’s emphasis on competition (Graves and Konieczna, 2015), shift routines and expand who participates (Konow-Lund, 2019). Past and ongoing efforts in Philadelphia have included collaborations organized by individual newsrooms, external journalism support organizations, and media funders that have brought together partner newsrooms to report on particular issues or elections coverage (Anderson, 2013; Wenzel and Crittenden, 2021).…”

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Mutual aid for local journalism?: A public media collaborative

Wenzel

2023

Journalism

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This study looks at a public media station’s effort to build a “mutual aid journalism collaborative” connecting a cohort of community and ethnic media journalists, podcasters, bloggers, and social media influencers, most of whom had a mission of serving Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities in a U.S. metro region. Using a communication infrastructure theory framework to explore how this initiative affected local “storytelling networks,” this study draws from observations, interviews with project partners and station staff, focus groups and interviews with newsroom staff, and focus groups with community members. The study reflects on how the project conceived of community engagement and how it positioned itself as “mutual aid” from within a mainstream majority white news institution. It examines how the project challenged dominant norms around “objectivity” as it strengthened connections between public media and grassroots influencers, but also the limitations the project faced connecting to broader community constituencies.

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It’s Not All Bad News: Solutions-Oriented Journalism Approaches

Thier

2024

Palgrave Handbook of Science and Health Journalism

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Reimagining Local Journalism: A Community-centered Intervention

Cited by 16 publications

References 36 publications

Origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs

Origin stories of local journalism entrepreneurs

Mutual aid for local journalism?: A public media collaborative

It’s Not All Bad News: Solutions-Oriented Journalism Approaches

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