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The journalist, the community reporter and the public: a model for collaboration in local UK newspapers

The journalist, the community reporter and the public: a model for collaboration in local UK newspapers. Lily Canter, PhD student, The University of Sheffield. “ There is a role for professional journalism and a role for citizen journalism. The future belongs to both. It is not an either/or.”

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The journalist, the community reporter and the public: a model for collaboration in local UK newspapers

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  1. The journalist, the community reporter and the public: a model for collaboration in local UK newspapers Lily Canter, PhD student, The University of Sheffield

  2. “There is a role for professional journalism and a role for citizen journalism. The future belongs to both. It is not an either/or.” Keith Perch, Editor Leicester Mercury, May 2011

  3. Theoretical framework To what extent is a new form of collaborative journalism emerging in local British newspapers under Web 2.0? How is Web 2.0 impacting on the role of journalists as traditional gatekeepers? • Retaininggatekeeping via moderation (Hermida and Thurman, 2008; Ornebring, 2008; Deuze, 2006;) • Redefining gatekeepers as sense-makers (Singer, 2010; Newman, 2009) • Sharing the gates (Paulussen, 2007; Gillmor, 2006)

  4. Pilot collaboration model Citizens’ Eye feeding Leicester Mercury brands

  5. Rules of engagement * These can be complemented by citizen journalists providing additional material such as eyewitness accounts, video, audio and photography

  6. Hard news followed up by journalists News desk dictate page no. Sub editor writes headlines Branded as citizen journalism News agenda set by Citizens’ Eye Photos by Citizens’ Eye Low level reporting Self interest news Flexibility in style

  7. “As long as we are printing what hopefully is the best, most competent, most experienced, most colourful, most compelling version of events then we should be alright. That’s the trick isn’t it?” Leicester Mercury reporter, October 2010

  8. References Castells, M. (2001) The Internet Galaxy. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Deuze, M. (2006) Participation, remediation, bricolage: Considering principal components of a digital culture. The Information Society,22(2), 63-75. Gillmor, D. (2006) We the Media: Grassroots journalism by the people for the people. Farnham, O’Reilly. Hermida, A. and N. Thurman (2008) A clash of cultures: An integration of user-generated content within professional journalistic frameworks at British newspaper websites. Journalism Practice, 2(3), 343-56. Jarvis, J. (2008) Supermedia. BuzzMachine [online]. Available from: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/06/06/supermedia/ [Accessed 10th June 2010]. Jenkins, H. (2008) Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide. New York, New York University Press. Newman, N. (2009) The rise of social media and its impact on mainstream journalism. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism [online]. Available from: http://thomsonreuters.com/content/media/white_papers/487784 [Accessed 21st June 2010]. O’Reilly, T. and J. Batetelle (2009) Web Squared: Web 2.0 five years on. Web 2.0 Summit [online]. Available from: http://www.web2summit.com/web2009/public/schedule/detail/10194 [Accessed 10th March 2010]. Ornebring, H. (2008) The consumer as producer- of what? Journalism Studies, (9)5, 771-85. Paulussen, S. et al. (2007) Doing it together: Citizen participation in the professional news making process. Observatorio, 1(3), 131-54. Singer, J. B. (2009) Quality control. Journalism Practice, 4(2), 127-42.

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