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Vernacular journalism: Local news and everyday life.
- Source :
- Journalism; Aug2024, Vol. 25 Issue 8, p1603-1619, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper, based on in-depth interviews with 57 local journalism entrepreneurs in the UK, develops the idea that these emergent and small-scale local news organizations prioritize a form of "vernacular journalism." Driven by a democratic impulse, vernacular journalism reflects the preoccupations, experiences and histories of ordinary people and their communities, providing a vehicle for representation and voice, which is often missing from more established news organizations. Vernacular journalism seeks to (1) make a difference in the local community, and (2) represent the nature of the community, providing a "first draft" of its history from its inhabitants' perspective. The ability to provide such vernacular journalism is premised on knowledge of the community, cultivated through long-standing presence. The provision of a vernacular journalism which reflects the world from the bottom up is a unique selling point for local journalism, against the top-down orientation of larger regional and national outlets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LOCAL news broadcasting
EVERYDAY life
JOURNALISM
QUALITATIVE research
NEWS agencies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14648849
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journalism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178879380
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231209707