Slow journalism

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Slow Journalism has emerged in recent years to enact a critique of the limitations and dangers of the speed of much mainstream contemporary journalistic practice. There have been types of journalism produced and consumed slowly for centuries, of course. What is new is the context of hyper-acceleration and over-production of journalism, where quality has suffered, ethics are compromised and user attention has eroded. Many have been asking if there is another way to practice journalism. The emergence of Slow Journalism suggests that there is. Many international scholars and practitioners have been thinking critically about the problems wrought by speed, and are utilising the concept of "slow" to describe a new way of thinking about and producing journalism. This edited collection offers theoretical perspectives and case studies on the practice of slow journalism around the globe. Slow Journalism is a new practice for new times. This book was originally published as two special issues of Journalism Practice and Digital Journalism. Introduction. Slow journalism. An introduction to a new research paradigm — Megan Le Masurier Intro 1. Disclosure statement Intro 2. References I. On not going too fast with slow journalism — Erik Neveu 1.1. Introduction 1.2. A Polysemic Category 1.3. Listing Meanings 1.4. Cumulative Criteria? 1.5. A Thought-provoking Category 1.6. Mapping the Space of Slow Journalisms 1.7. The Strength of Fuzziness 1.8. Disclosure statement 1.9. Notes 1.10. References II. Reclaiming slowness in journalism. Critique, complexity and difference — Geoffrey Craig 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Speed and Time in Modernity and Journalism 2.3. The Temporality of the Journalistic Field 2.4. Critique, Complexity and Difference 2.5. Conclusion 2.6. Acknowledgements 2.7. Disclosure statement 2.8. Funding 2.9. References III. Lessening the construction of otherness. A slow ethics of journalism — Helene Maree Thomas 3.1. Introduction 3.1.1. “A ‘Spectacle’ of Otherness” 3.2. How to Write About Africa 3.2.1. Looking Towards Non-Western Lifeways for a Counter-strategy 3.3. Lessons for Western Journalism Practice 3.3.1. Communal Interviewing 3.3.2. Not in a Hurry 3.3.3. Emotional Investment 3.4. Witnesses to the Representation 3.4.1. Listener Responses Following Broadcast 3.4.2. Feedback Sessions 3.5. Conclusion 3.6. Acknowledgements 3.7. Disclosure statement 3.8. Notes 3.9. References IV. The temporal tipping point. Regimentation, representation and reorientation in ethnographic journalism — Anne Kirstine Hermann 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Journalistic Tempi 4.3. Regimentation 4.4. Representation 4.5. Reorientation 4.6. Secondary Effects of Deceleration 4.7. Conclusion 4.8. Disclosure statement 4.9. Note 4.10. References V. When slow news is good news. Book-length journalism’s role in extending and enlarging daily news — Matthew Ricketson 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Hiroshima 5.3. Iraq 5.4. Disclosure statement 5.5. References VI. Slow journalism in Spain. New magazine startups and the paradigmatic case of Jot Down — Alejandro Barranquero Carretero and Garbiñe Jaurrieta Bariain 6.1. Introduction: The Drive for Speed in Contemporary Journalism 6.2. Objectives and Methodology 6.3. What is Slow Journalism? 6.4. Slow Journalism Antecedents in Spain and Latin America 6.4.1. Jot Down Culture Magazine: Origin and Evolution 6.5. An Innovative Financing System 6.6. A New Network of Spanish Slow Publications 6.7. Conclusion 6.8. Disclosure statement 6.9. Notes 6.10. References VII. Is there a future for slow journalism? The perspective of younger users — Nico Drok and Liesbeth Hermans 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Speed and Its Problems 7.3. Slow Journalism as a Corrective 7.4. Slow Journalism and the Digital Generation 7.5. Method 7.5.1. Sample Characteristics 7.5.2. Measuring 7.5.3. Analysing Process 7.6. Results 7.7. Discussion and Conclusion 7.8. Disclosure statement 7.9. Notes 7.10. References VIII. Editing, fast and slow — Susan L. Greenberg 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Out into the World 8.3. The Uses of Editorial Attention 8.4. An Enactment of the Social 8.5. Slow Editing in the Digital Present 8.6. Conclusion 8.7. Disclosure statement 8.8. Notes 8.9. References IX. Networked news time. How slow — or fast — do publics need news to be? — Mike Ananny 9.1. Introduction 9.2. What is a Public Right to Hear and What Kind of News Time Does it Need? 9.2.1. Giving Publics Time to Hear 9.2.2. Materials for Making Temporal Publics 9.3. Historical Forces Governing News Time 9.4. Contemporary Forces Governing Networked News Time 9.4.1. Labor Routines 9.4.2. Platform Rhythms 9.4.3. Computational Algorithms 9.4.4. Legal Regulations 9.5. Conclusion 9.6. Disclosure statement 9.7. References X. Multimedia, slow journalism as process, and the possibility of proper time — Benjamin Ball 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Proper Distance 10.3. Proper Time and Slow Journalism as Process 10.4. Photography and Multimedia 10.5. Conclusion 10.6. Disclosure statement 10.7. Notes 10.8. References XI. The Sochi project. Slow journalism within the transmedia space — Renira Rampazzo Gambarato 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Slow Journalism Within the Transmedia Space 11.3. Transmedia Project Design Analytical Model 11.4. The Sochi Project 11.4.1. Premise and Purpose 11.4.2. Narrative 11.4.3. Worldbuilding 11.4.4. Characters 11.4.5. Extensions 11.4.6. Media Platforms and Genres 11.4.7. Audience and Market 11.4.8. Engagement 11.4.9. Structure 11.4.10. Aesthetics 11.5. Conclusion 11.6. Disclosure statement 11.7. References XII. Slowing down media coverage on the US — Mexico border. News as sociological critique in Borderland — Stuart Davis 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Slow Journalism as Sociological Critique: Triangulating Ethnographic and Analytical Elements 12.3. Research Approach 12.4. An Overview of Representations of the Border in Print and Television Media 12.4.1. Borderland: Interweaving Ethnographic and Analytical Approaches 12.4.2. Borderland and Slow Journalism: Innovation and the Problem of Cultural Change Within News Production and Consumption 12.5. Disclosure statement 12.6. References Appendix A. Section Titles for the Borderland Site (http://apps.npr.org/borderland) XIII. Resiliency in recovery. Slow journalism as public accountability in post-Katrina New Orleans — Jan Lauren Boyles 13.1. Introduction 13.2. Tracing the Lineage of Slow Journalism 13.3. The Supply and Demand of Slow Journalism in New Orleans 13.4. Methods 13.5. Advancing Slow Journalism Organizations in the News Ecology 13.5.1. Phase 1: Competitive Chaos 13.5.2. Phase 2: Territorial Exclusivity 13.5.3. Phase 3: Collaborative Newswork 13.6. Co-producing Socially Responsible News 13.7. Toward Resilience and Sustainability 13.8. Acknowledgements 13.9. Funding 13.10. Disclosure statement 13.11. References XIV. Time to engage. De Correspondent’s redefinition of journalistic quality — Frank Harbers 14.1. Introduction 14.2. Post-industrial Logic and Postmodern Culture 14.3. Slow Journalism Between Tradition and Innovation 14.4. The Guiding Principles and Institutional Structure of De Correspondent 14.5. How the Ideals Translate into Stories 14.5.1. The Mediating Subjectivity of the Journalist 14.5.2. Between Detached Fact and Lived Experience 14.5.3. Towards a Transparent Reporting Practice 14.6. Conclusion 14.7. Disclosure statement 14.8. Notes 14.9. References XV. “Make every frame count”. The practice of slow photojournalism and the work of David Burnett — Andrew L. Mendelson and Brian Creech 15.1. Introduction 15.2. The Possibilities of Slow Photojournalism 15.2.1. Slow Photography 15.2.2. Conventions of Photojournalism 15.3. Methodology 15.4. Analysis 15.4.1. Nostalgia and Loss in the Digital Age 15.4.2. Speed Graphic and Slowed Process 15.4.3. Speed Graphic Photographs and Broken Conventions 15.4.4. Out of Time 15.4.5. Dream-like and Psychologically Distant 15.5. Conclusion 15.6. Disclosure statement 15.7. Note 15.8. References XVI. The business of slow journalism. Deep storytelling’s alternative economies — David Dowling 16.1. Introduction 16.2. Slow Journalism in the Publishing Industry 16.3. Print with a Web Presence: Delayed Gratification 16.4. A Print Ethic for a Digital Age 16.5. Alternative Business Economics: De Correspondent 16.5.1. Narratively and The Big Roundtable: Marketing Digital Longform 16.6. Conclusion 16.7. Disclosure statement 16.8. References XVII. Slow journalism and the out of Eden Walk — Don Belt and Jeff South 17.1. Introduction: The Enduring Power of Slow 17.2. The History of Slow Journalism 17.3. The Out of Eden Walk 17.4. What Makes the Walk Slow Journalism 17.5. Teaching the Out of Eden Walk 17.5.1. Online resources 17.5.2. Weeks 1–5: Introduction, Orientation, Reading in Depth 17.5.3. Weeks 6–10: Students Create a Walk of Their Own 17.5.4. Weeks 10–15: Out of Eden, into Richmond 17.6. What Students Learn from the Walk 17.7. The Out of Eden Walk and the Future of Journalism 17.8. Disclosure statement 17.9. References