Change the Space, Change the Practice?: Re-imagining journalism education with the Pop-Up Newsroom

This paper explores the results of the introduction of the Pop-Up Newsroom, a virtual, temporary citizen journalism-style mobile news operation, to university student journalists. The results revealed two categories of response: those who embraced change and began to develop networked journalism ide...

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Published in:Journalism practice 2015-03, Vol.9 (2), p.123-137
Main Author: Wall, Melissa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
citizen journalism
mobile news
student
Twitter
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Summary:This paper explores the results of the introduction of the Pop-Up Newsroom, a virtual, temporary citizen journalism-style mobile news operation, to university student journalists. The results revealed two categories of response: those who embraced change and began to develop networked journalism identities; and those who advocated for the traditional brick-and-mortar newsroom and accompanying practices as preserving professional journalism identities.
ISSN:1751-2786
1751-2794
DOI:10.1080/17512786.2014.916482