Datafication as a Trend for Journalism: a Journalist’s Perspective

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Abstract

The datafication of journalism creates new demands on journalists. The set of skills and the daily work in the newsroom have changed the profession where traditional values might still be present but are challenged by how data is received, constructed and analyzed. This impacts how journalism is being produced; data contributes to the reporting and provides opportunities on how to conduct research and present the material; and simultaneously data also generates new ways of developing business models for the media industry. In the professional shift that is juxtaposed with the digital transition, this development creates new editorial positions that have led to a re-design of the actual newsrooms, where time pressure often is present and general knowledge about the set of digitals skills are required. In this chapter, the author builds on his observations as a journalist and journalism teacher, to explore and examine what the datafication of journalism means for the individual journalist who executes the digital transition in the newsroom.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism
EditorsKerstin Radde-Antweiler, Xenia Zeiler
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter28
Number of pages15
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9780203731420
ISBN (Print)9781138304963
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Oct 30

Publication series

NameRoutledge Handbooks in Religion
PublisherRoutledge

Bibliographical note

Copyright Year 2021.

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Religious Studies
  • Media and Communications

Free keywords

  • data journalism
  • journalism
  • religion
  • digitalization
  • datafication
  • journalist

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