Organizational and Occupational Innovation when Implementing a Covid-19 Live Tracker in VG Newsroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12909362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Konow-Lund (OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Junai Mtchedlidze (0000-0002-3432-0067, Høyskolen Kristiania), Jens Barland (0000-0003-4315-159X, Høyskolen Kristiania) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1773-1789 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17512786.2022.2116592 |
| OpenAlex | W4294376308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
Academic research on whether and how innovation during crises results in durable changes in practice remains scant. The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it new opportunities to look at both innovation and transformations in news work during coverage of the breaking news or monster stories related to it. Through semi-structured qualitative interviews at three different times during the pandemic lock down year of 2021, we engaged with a core group (or “heavyweight team”) of editorial managers, digital managers, and an editor-in-chief to generate unique data on this topic. For this inquiry, we enjoyed unique access to the Schibsted-owned VG newsroom in Norway, which was already known for its innovative means of handling disruptive changes and improving practices and routines. Our findings related to VG's Covid-19 Live Tracker initiative in particular suggest that occupational and organizational discourses of professionalism work together to produce altered roles and tasks, empowered interdepartmental teams, and ultimately the trust of both the audience and the authorities
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Digital media · Monster · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Media Influence and Health · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
Innovation and the Future of Journalism
Making (Sense of) Media Innovations
Journalism as Usual? Managing Disruption in Virtual Newsrooms during the Covid-19 Crisis
The Coronavirus Pandemic as a Critical Moment for Digital Journalism
When Routines are Not Enough
Media Management During Covid-19
Our newsroom in the cloud’
Media innovations
Journalism Studies and its Core Commitments
Journalism Expands in Spite of the Crisis
Terms of Choice
Technology and journalism-as-labour
Conceptualizing change in journalism studies
Beyond journalism
Layoffs, inequity and Covid-19
Journalism innovation leads to innovation journalism
Post-industrial fog
Journalists on Covid-19 Journalism
The Sociological Analysis of Professionalism
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |