Reshaping the Borders of Journalism

Lessons learned from transnational peoples’ journalism

Bibliographic Data

ID12909783
AuthorsShayna Plaut (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume11
Issue1
Pages1-32
Publication date2015-10-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2015.1092391
OpenAlexW2206909318
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited48

The Saami and the Roma are both transnational peoples with robust journalistic practices. Although vastly different in socio-economic standing and relationship to the state, both groups choose to develop journalism and journalists to share their perspective of the world; and do so while remaining true to the distinction between journalism and propaganda. This requires access and ability to frame issues and actors, problems and solutions while maintaining professional journalistic standards. Media—both having one's “own” media and creating stories that appear in the “mainstream” media—is key to this practice. Saami and Romani journalists very clearly show there is a way to be objective without being neutral. By interviewing 45 journalists, journalism educators, funders, and evaluators across six countries, as well as examining primary source documents, I show that although emerging from radically different contexts, the Saami and Roma are both distinct nations stretching over two or more states—transnational—which allows, and indeed requires, a unique approach to journalism. I identify two distinct strategies in approaching the goals and practice of, “transnational peoples’ journalism”: nation building/speaking within and intervening/speaking outside

Citizen journalism · Interview · Journalism · Mainstream · Media studies · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Technical Journalism · Computer Science · Law · Romani and Gypsy Studies

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