"This study examines the boundaries and limitations of the diffusion of “development journalism” among both the editorial body and the journalist body in the Egyptian newsrooms after the 2011 Arab Spring. Newsrooms under study represent different perspectives including state-owned, private-indep...endent, and opposition newspapers. Through in-depth interviews with thirty-seven editors in chief and journalists, the authors studied how the editors and journalists at each newspaper define development journalism, whether the diffusion of development journalism follows a top-down or bottom-up approach, and if development journalism could influence the setting of the news agenda. Results show that the differences are not only apparent in the way development journalism is defined inside the different news organizations, but also between managers and journalists within each. Organizational structures and technological developments are as well factors that affect the way development journalism is diffused inside newsrooms." (Abstract)
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"The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional foci. The first part addresses the epistemological and ontological flaws in the use and adap...tation of media governance. The second part opens pathways for critique and provides a thorough understanding of the ambivalences that scholars encounter when addressing media governance as a field of study. The third part highlights shortcomings like geographical narrowness and tensions in the use of media governance concepts. The scholarly contributions show that media governance as a field of study is far from being established: its conceptualizations are in flux and need scholarly self-reflection, and ongoing discussions need to leave behind universalist conceptualizations and methods of analysis. The chapters reflect on hegemony, power, sovereignty, and identity as conceptual center points in media governance research. The book uniquely breaks with self-referential Western academia and is part of ongoing collaborative scholarly efforts towards epistemic transformation through dialogue." (Publisher)
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"El lector de “La navaja suiza del reportero” recorrerá una selección de los principales casos de periodismo de datos a nivel internacional y conocerá las herramientas digitales más usadas por las mejores redacciones del mundo para limpiar, analizar y visualizar grandes cantidades de informa...ción. Desde las más conocidas como Open Refine, creada por Google hace más de un lustro y una de mis favoritas, hasta otras más complejas como el Neo4J, utilizada por el equipo de OjoPúblico -este año, en plena campaña electoral- para crear un especial inédito sobre el financiamiento de los partidos políticos y las campañas presidenciales del Perú en la última década. En el manual de casi 100 páginas -una suerte de crónica sobre los reporteros en tránsito al uso de la tecnología- el lector descubrirá que los periodistas de investigación ya no pueden trabajar aislados como lobos solitarios. La simbiosis creada con los escritores de código ha llevado esta profesión a horizontes desconocidos en la exploración de documentos que antes hubieran sido imposibles de analizar por cualquier medio de comunicación en el mundo." (Presentación)
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