Breaking news production processes in US metropolitan newspapers: Immediacy and journalistic authority

被引：57

作者：

Usher, Nikki ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] George Washington Univ, Sch Media & Publ Affairs, 805 21st NW,Suite 428, Washington, DC 20052 USA

来源：

JOURNALISM | 2018年 / 19卷 / 01期

关键词：

24/7; news; analytics; breaking news; immediacy; local journalism; metropolitan journalism; online journalism; web traffic; ONLINE NEWS; WEB METRICS; AUDIENCE; STORIES; SPACE;

D O I：

10.1177/1464884916689151

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Incremental updates to breaking news stories online have become embedded in newspapers in the 24/7 online era. This article reviews four US metropolitan newspapers, using field observations and interviews to examine how journalists choose breaking news stories and their rationale for these continuous updates. Specifically, the article explores the connection between temporality and authority, positing that journalists use these updates to retain their role as authoritative truth-tellers in relation to audiences, the competition, and their own position in the profession. As newspaper coverage becomes more like local TV, these metropolitan newspaper journalists worry that a breaking news strategy, while potentially necessary, is also questionable and even potentially harmful, but nonetheless pursue it.

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页码：21 / 36

页数：16