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DIGITAL JOURNALISM

We investigate the challenges, adaptations, and emerging practices in the digital news industry and how these change the position of journalism in society.

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RIDING THE NEW WAVE OF JOURNALISM RESEARCH

Legitimising change: Digital journalism discourse and social media communication

Researchers: Helen Sissons and Philippa Smith

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CENTRALISED AND DIGITALLY DISRUPTED

An ethnographic view of local journalism in New Zealand

Researcher: Helen Sissons 

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USER-GENERATED CONTENT IN TELEVISION NEWS

How are journalists responding to the challenge of harnessing user-generated video for TV news?

Researcher: Danni Mulrennan 

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TECHNOLOGIES R US: ADAPT OR DIE

The challenges facing the digital journalist.

Researcher: Helen Sissons 

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SOUNDING OFF OR SOUNDING BOARD?

The comments sections of news websites serve as interactive spaces.

Researchers: Helen Sissons and Philippa Smith ​

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WRITING FOR NEWS WEBSITES

In H. Grant (2017), Intro: A beginner's guide to journalism in 21st-century Aotearoa New Zealand​

Researchers: Helen Sissons and Danni Mulrennan​

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

How did a leading newspaper respond to a grave journalistic error?

Researchers: Philippa Smith and Helen Sissons ​

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