What innovation processes and structures are emerging from news media publishers, and how is their efficacy judged?
Research question
With the support of the first ever European Media Management’s (emma) collaborative research grant, researchers from Europe and Latin America united.
The team reviewed previous research projects, designed and conducted workshops with journalism innovators and media lab leaders, developed a set of 68 innovation cards, interviewed five funders, news media practitioners and consultants, all to explore a central theme for the news: innovation.
PROJECT GOALS
TO INVESTIGATE
innovation practices within the news industry
TO IDENTIFY
strengths and limitations of news innovation
TO CREATE
usable research data and tools to have a tangible impact on solving the challenges of journalism
Co-creation workshops with media leaders
Interviews with journalism funders, news media practitioners and consultants,
Thematic analysis
METHODS
Results
MORE THAN PRESENTING DATA,
the three-year investigation resulted in:
a 6-stage maturity model for news innovation to assess, manage and cultivate innovation: a new tool based on factors as actors involved & leadership, strategy, innovation perception & culture, process and performance management.
a workshop methodology to envision journalism innovation structures: with a digital template for virtual facilitation and instructions along with cards for face-to face experiences, released to the community.
a range of academic and industry publications: over the course of the project, we have published in Journals, books, spoken at conferences, embedded our findings to under-graduate and post-graduate curricula, produced industry reports and submitted evidence to a UK Parliamentary enquiry into the future of journalism.
Industry report:
Funded by the European Media Management Association
