Community media and design

Insight Journalism as a method for innovation

Bibliographic Data

ID20207855
AuthorsAlicia Blum‐ro (0000-0003-2022-4725, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Alicia Blum-Ross (London School of Economics and Political Science), John Mills (0000-0002-4491-6796, University of Lancashire, corresponding author), Paul Egglestone (0000-0003-1031-900X, University of Lancashire, corresponding author), David Frohlich (0000-0003-3483-9915, University of Surrey, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume14
Issue3
Pages171-192
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Media Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-2753 • E-ISSN: 2040-0926
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jmpr.14.3.171_1
OpenAlexW2067106306
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

This article details the benefits and challenges of Insight Journalism, a community engagement and research methodology developed by the interdisciplinary Bespoke project. Based in two under-resourced urban neighbourhoods in North West England, Bespoke combined community media with participatory digital design by supporting local residents to create a series of'old' and ‘new’ media outputs that were exhibited locally and used within an innovative design process. The digital designs inspired by the journalism were then built by the Bespoke team and deployed within the local area, where Insight Journalists evaluated their reception. Based on our experiences, in this article, we argue that Insight Journalism can provide a vital space for exploring salient civic and social issues, but must be understood as a process of building relationships and competencies, as well as a set of products including the mediated stories and digital designs that resulted from ongoing engagement

Advertising · Bespoke · Business · Citizen journalism · Community engagement · Digital media · Journalism · Media studies · Participatory design · Political science · Public relations · Salient · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Persona Design and Applications

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