Toward A New Visual Culture Of The News

Solaroli, Marco

doi:10.1080/21670811.2015.1034523

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“…All five newspapers use generic and archival pictures for their digital news sites. This is similar to international developments when it comes to digital news sites (Solaroli, 2015;Vobic & Tomanić Trivundža, 2015). For instance, Dagens Nyheter respondents explain that they used considerably more archival and generic images as a result of the pandemic.…”

Section: Sourcing From the Outside: Agencies Freelancers Generic Imagery And The Publicmentioning

confidence: 67%

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Nilsson

2021

Journalistica

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This study explores the impact of organizational changes on newspaper photo departments, an area of newsrooms that have arguably been particularly affected by structural changes in the field of journalism Through qualitative interviews with editors responsible for photojournalism at five Swedish newspapers that have experienced recent changes to photo staffing and routines for the sourcing of images, the study explores the following questions: Which routines do the newspapers have for sourcing images, in terms of in-house staff and external sources? How do notions of visual quality and external factors, such as audiences and competition, contribute to shaping the newspapers’ visual strategies? Findings indicate that newspapers rely on staff photojournalists for unique and in-depth coverage, but less for routine and breaking news. A certain expansion of photojournalism was found in some newsrooms where it is seen as a competitive edge; which, in part, challenges a “discourse of doom.” Uncertainty about the support for visual strategies in newsrooms lacking visual leadership was also found.

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Section: Sourcing From the Outside: Agencies Freelancers Generic Imagery And The Publicmentioning

confidence: 67%

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Nilsson

2021

Journalistica

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“…These issues have provoked a need to understand how citizen photojournalism and professional photojournalism can coexist, and how they should be valued for their societal contributions (Solaroli, 2015;Borges-Ray, 2015). And even as the use of citizen-produced photojournalism has grown, preliminary eye-tracking research has demonstrated that audiences both recognize and value the technical proficiency of professional photojournalists (Quinn, 2015).…”

Section: What Is Really Social Photojournalism?mentioning

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Really Social Photojournalism: A Call to Action

Palmer

2017

Visual Communication Quarterly

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Section: From Visual Gatekeeping To Gatecheckingmentioning

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“…There have also been changes in photojournalistic work routines (Langton 2009, Solaroli 2015. For instance, staff photographers may increasingly do their own digital editing and image selection (Bissell 2000b, Fahmy & Smith 2003, Solaroli 2015. Furthermore, art directors' and page designers' presence in newsrooms has risen with an increased emphasis on visual communication (Lowrey 2002, Machin & Niblock 2008.…”

Section: From Visual Gatekeeping To Gatecheckingmentioning

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A Faster Kind of Photojournalism?

Nilsson¹

2017

Nordicom Review

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This article examines factors influencing the editorial processing of photographs, the impact of photojournalistic practices on those processes as well as perceptions of images. Perspectives on visual gatekeeping and the news value of photographs were applied to a newsroom and interview study with a specific focus on photographs for the main news section of a Swedish newspaper. Findings identified routines, publication formats and resources as key factors, with some challenges posed by mobile publication formats and a focus on routine news. Photo editors were found to have a key function asserting expertise in a shared and interactive process. Yet changing routines and a reduced visual expertise on weekends were found to result in some lower image quality. While the 'observed moment' appeared to remain a photojournalistic ideal among visual gatekeepers, there were divergent perceptions found of the current and future functions of the news photograph.

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Toward A New Visual Culture Of The News

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References 21 publications

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