Making the Local News
A special issue of Journalism and Media (ISSN 2673-5172).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 6820
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Next year marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the book “Making the Local News: Local Journalism in Context”, edited by Bob Franklin and David Murphy (Routledge, 1998). Since then, local media and professionals within this field have faced major challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic—a recent one—led to the closure of newspapers and radio stations, the dismissal of journalists, and the restructuring of companies, including the transition from some traditional media to digital-only. Moreover, platformization, disinformation, artificial intelligence (AI), and the metaverse are some of the challenges that are faced today. In this sense, it is important to present local news in an up-to-date context. Below, some suggestions of topics for this Special Issue are listed:
- The state of local news in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Coverage of the conflict in Ukraine by local media and local media journalists;
- The adaptation of local journalists to different contexts (the COVID-19 pandemic, international conflicts, etc);
- How local journalists experience and respond to the growing phenomenon of disinformation;
- How is AI and automated journalism helping local newsrooms, or can it help them?;
- Alternative (hyper)local media that have emerged and what role they are playing;
- Methodological approaches that have emerged in studies regarding local journalism.
These are just a few topics that can be addressed in articles in this Special Issue. Of course, we expect other topics to be addressed.
Dr. Pedro Jerónimo
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- local news
- local journalism
- local media
- local disinformation
- automated local journalism
- alternative local media
