Journalism Research That Matters

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon is an Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication and affiliated faculty at the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is also an affiliated fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project. Her research looks at how organizations adapt and respond to technology and how the business of journalism is changing the news media industry and its role. She is the author of Social Media at BBC News and her research has been published in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media & Society, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Symbolic Interaction, Digital Journalism and Nieman Journalism Lab, and Columbia Journalism Review, among others. She is a past fellow at the Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism and OsloMet Digital Journalism fellow. Nikki Usher is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the College of Media, with affiliate appointments in Communication and Political Science. Her research looks at the connections between elite news media, politics, and technology through the lens of production studies. She is the author of Making News at The New York Times, Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and Code, and News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism. She is a past fellow at the Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism and an academic policy fellow with the Open Markets Institute.

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Contributors

Introduction: Improving Journalism with Academic Research
Valérie Bélair- Gagnon and Nikki Usher

Part I. The Research-Practice Gap

1. Recovering the Midwestern Ethos of Journalism Research
Jane Yeahin Pyo and Nikki Usher

2. Groundwork for the Public: How Grey Literature Is Shaping What We Know about Local News
Jesse Holcomb

3. Advocating for Journalism Studies' Impact on Policymaking
Matthew S. Weber

4. Sharing Research Amidst the Cat Videos and Clickbait: You'll Never Believe What Happens Next
Benjamin Toff

5. Critiquing Ethnocentrism and Hierarchy in International Journalism: Critical Research for More Equitable Practice
Lindsay Palmer

Part II. Answering the Crisis in Journalism: Key Research Areas

6. Why News Literacy Matters
Melissa Tully

7. News Consumers (and Non- Consumers): A News Repertoire Approach to Understanding Audiences in a High- Choice Media Environment
Stephanie Edgerly

8. Understanding Collaborative Journalism with Digital Trace Data and Crowdsourced Databases
Yee Man Margaret Ng

9. The Business of Digital News: Understanding the Cross- Functional Orchestra
Damon Kiesow

10. The Business of Journalism and Studying the Journalism Business
Nikki Usher and Mark Poepsel

Part III. Journalism Research's Hidden Challenges

11. Rebuilding Trust through Journalism Education: Teaching Multimedia Reporting with Local Communities
Rachel R. Mourão and Soo Young Shin

12. What Is Data Literacy? And Why Should We Count on It Changing the News?
Jan Lauren Boyles

13. Engaging the Academy: Confronting Eurocentrism in Journalism Studies
Brian Ekdale

14. Beyond Ferguson: Re- Examining Press Coverage of Protests of Police Brutality
Danielle K. Kilgo

Part IV. Journalism Practice Matters

15. How Academics Can Work with Journalists (Hint: They Already Have)
Chase Davis

16. Would We Do It Again? Opportunities in Journalism and Academic Collaboration
Jennifer Moore

17. What Journalism Researchers Should Be Doing
Derek Willis

Conclusion: Betrothed or Belligerent: What Type of Engagement Do We Need?
Matt Carlson

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