Our Company is in Survival Mode

Metajournalistic Discourse on Covid-19’s Impact on U.S. Community Newspapers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7512930
AutoresTeri Finneman (0000-0002-1356-5815, University of Kansas, autor de correspondencia), Ryan J Thomas (0000-0001-5228-631X, University of Missouri)
Año2021
Volumen16
Número10
Páginas1965-1983
Fecha de publicación2021-02-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2021.1888149
OpenAlexW3131059550
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas32

This study explores how U.S. reporters, columnists, editors, and state newspaper associations explained to their audiences the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on journalism. Our examination of news articles and columns found an emphasis on explaining the industry's financial struggles in the 2000s, the strain of the pandemic on journalistic routines, the historical legacies of newspapers, and journalism's role in democracy. We also found that state newspaper associations served as morale boosters for member newspapers to remind them of their essential community role, provided advice on innovation, played an advocacy and lobbying role in support of newspapers. The findings of this study illustrate the discursive strategies that journalists use as they appeal to readers to keep journalism alive

Appeal · Citizen journalism · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Democracy · Journalism · Media studies · News media · Newspaper · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Law