A study of US online community journalists and their organizational characteristics and story generation routines
- 3 December 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journalism
- Vol. 16 (4), 505-520
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913511567
Abstract
Scientific knowledge in the area of journalism has been predominantly a reflection of research on journalists from elite publications rather than journalists from smaller publications. This research seeks to create a foundation for future research through a web survey of online community journalists in the USA. This study measured the extent to which their perceptions and publications reflect organizational traits such as a reliance on routine sources, income derived from publication and employment of news staff. This descriptive research also found that most online community journalists had a degree, but not a degree in journalism and communication. Suggestions are put forth to further theory and research on community journalists.Keywords
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