From Audience to Reporter

Recruiting and training community members at a participatory news site serving a multiethnic city

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12909673
AutoresDaniela Shveid Gerson (0000-0002-9501-3060, California State University, Northridge, autor de correspondencia), Nien-Tsu Nancy Chen (0000-0001-8814-2115, California State University, Channel Islands), Andrea Wenzel (0000-0002-3816-3337), Andrea D Wenzel (0000-0001-6075-7660, University of Southern California), Sandra J Ball‐rokeach (University of Southern California), Michael Parks (0009-0006-4546-5882, University of Southern California)
Año2016
Volumen11
Número2-3
Páginas336-354
Fecha de publicación2016-08-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2016.1216800
OpenAlexW2508324692
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas25

This study explores a hyperlocal news website that has trained dozens of community members to report on their own multiethnic city. It examines two approaches to participatory media used by the site: a loose community contributor model based around monthly in-person meetings and a more structured youth training program. Using the observations of the founding editor (the lead author), a professional journalist who facilitated both programs, as well as feedback from content contributors collected through a focus group, interviews and written reflections, we look at the process and investigate the outcomes on contributors’ sense of agency to tell local stories. Reflecting on best practices and key challenges, including sustainability, we situate this case within the context of the rise of locally based community news websites, and changing ideas of what defines a journalist

Agency (philosophy · Audience participation · Citizen journalism · Context (archaeology · Focus group · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics