Online & Social Media Journalism: extra reading resources
Some additional reading for interested second year students on the BA: journalism at City St George's, London.
Table of Contents
News Avoidance
News avoidance is a worrying emerging trend, with greater numbers of the general population globally actively seeking to avoid exposure to news and reporting.
Noor NanjiCulture reporterNoorNanji
Dr Benjamin Toff
And there's a research paper on the subject that's worth reading, too.
Solutions Journalism
Solutions journalism is the idea that rather than just reporting the problems we face, we should also report on potential solutions, too. For example, we often report on the dangers of the climate crisis, but we do proportionally less on the the potential solutions.
Laura Oliver
Service Journalism
Service journalism is best thought of as journalism that helps readers live their lives, and helps them solve practical problems in their day-to-day existence.
Grace Miserocchi
Michelle Faust Raghavan
Ayinde Merrill
And, again, some useful research is happening on the subject.
