Newsroom Integration as an Organizational Challenge

Approaches of European public service media from a comparative perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID7496166
AuthorsAnnika Sehl (0000-0002-8949-569X, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Alessio Cornia (0000-0002-5136-7553, University of Oxford), Lucas Graves (0000-0002-2980-7145, University of Oxford), Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (University of Oxford)
Year2018
Volume20
Issue9
Pages1238-1259
Publication date2018-08-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-670X • E-ISSN: 1469-9699
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1461670x.2018.1507684
OpenAlexW2901603900
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited34

In this paper, we examine to what extent public service media (PSM) in six European countries have integrated or are integrating their newsrooms in order to adapt to an increasingly digital media environment. Based on 67 interviews over two years with senior editors and managers, this study constitutes the largest comparative analysis of newsroom change among PSM organizations conducted to date. Despite much talk of “convergence”, our empirical analysis shows that full newsroom integration remains the exception in this sector. Although all of the PSM studied experience pressure to reorganize across platforms, only two have achieved high levels of newsroom integration. Our findings suggest that centralizing online news under a single operational roof — only recently undertaken and still incomplete at several PSM — is a necessary first step to more thorough editorial reorganization across platforms. Our data also shed light on the complex ways that internal and external variables combine to shape organizational change: in addition to organizational challenges, we highlight broader historical, political, and economic factors affecting how PSM have responded to rapid technological shifts in the media environment

Business · Convergence (economics · Digital media · Economic growth · Economics · Order (exchange · Organizational change · Organizational structure · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Media Studies and Communication · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Relations and Crisis Communication

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