The Future of Dispersed Journalism: The Power of Start-ups, Metrics Analysis and Event Production

This project investigates how start-up culture, metrics analysis and event production have become part of journalism in Finland. In the talks about the future of journalism, these three are often introduced as possible avenues for renewal. Hence journalism is increasingly developed outside of professional newsrooms by people who are not reporters or editors. This research will therefore critically assess the sustainability of journalism by looking away from journalists. The project widens the scope of traditional journalism research and focuses on emerging practices from the fields of business, technology and culture. The project will take, for example, investors, data analysts and event organizers as valid informants on journalism. Practice theory framework and qualitative methods will be applied and developed to conceptualize this dispersed journalism practice.