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| Id | 789 | |
| Author | Mihailidis P., Gamwell A. | |
| Title | Designing Engagement in Local News: Using FOIA Requests to Create Inclusive Participatory Journalism Practices | |
| Reference | Mihailidis P., Gamwell A.; Designing Engagement in Local News: Using FOIA Requests to Create Inclusive Participatory Journalism Practices ;Journalism Practice vol: issue: page: |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091090865&doi=10.1080%2f17512786.2020.1819381&partnerID=40&md5=83d531fb6677804813d690eeb06c5b35 |
| Abstract | This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re-imagines FOI requests not just as a way to locate source material for important local reporting, but as a visible process that invites the public to engage and understand how that reporting is done — and how anyone can use and benefit from the process. Findings show that design-driven engagement journalism practices can make public records culture more inclusive, engaging, and accessible, and support more collaborative and creative engagement between journalists and audiences. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
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| Providing avenues for more engagement with communities can give journalists more chances for connection. . | Findings show that design-driven engagement journalism practices can make public records culture more inclusive, engaging, and accessible, and support more collaborative and creative engagement between journalists and audiences. . | BINJ works with independent journalists to publish features through multiple outlets, bringing resources to local journalism operations that dont have them, and generating impactful content around important but neglected topics. . | Sentiments like these reflect a need for journalists and communities to work constructively together to offer space for interaction. . | The results of this study show that design-oriented processes can make public records culture more inclusive, engaging, and accessible for journalists, journalism students, and community members. . | Activities were intended to build strong ties between journalists and the communities they were reporting on, and to offer a pathway to public data that could be valuable for local reporting projects. . | Participants mentioned the importance of moving beyond covering communities, to focus on bringing people together in engaging ways. . |
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