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Sports journalism stands out as a form of reporting of high social impact due to the universality of sport and also because of its deep-rooted intranational significance. This journalistic field runs through a moment of flourishing where new specialized media in the different platforms [...]
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Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal
Professional Information Skills and Open Data. Challenges for Citizen Empowerment and Social Change
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The current process of social transformation is driven by the growth of the culture of transparency and accountability, the socio-technological development of the web and the opening of public data. This situation forces the media to rethink their models of social intermediation, [...]- 34
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A radiography of the state of digital media in 2013-2014 is presented, paying special attention to the situation in Spain, but with international references. Eleven main points are discussed: the crisis in print media, the rise of new media, digital strategies, canon Aede (aka the [...]- 7
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Radiography of the state of digital media in 2011-2012 paying special attention to the situation in Spain, but with references to the international situation. The main points are: the crisis of the media, pay-for-content, data journalism, fact checking, apps and products for reading [...]- 1
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Some aspects that have characterized the evolution of online media over the last year are analysed, paying special attention to pending matters still to be addressed. Since the advent of the internet, media have delegated their survival to technological innovations, and 2014 was no [...]- 1
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El profesional de la información
The adaptive journalist. Consultants and innovation managers analyze the qualities of the communication professional
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Since 2014 the media is no longer merely struggling for survival. They are now founding innovative departments and organizing hackathons to develop new products. These changes indicate that journalism is evolving and enjoying an era of opportunity. It is undergoing a process of permanent [...]- 10
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Journalists must update their competencies and skills to produce quality articles for today’s digital environment. New roles for journalists include data journalists, network managers, multimedia journalists, content curators, and mobile journalists. This article analyzes the evolution [...]- 7
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El profesional de la información
Geolocation of information and data mapping with Ushahidi in online journalism
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Crowdsourcing and crowdmapping tools such Ushahidi (testimony or witness in Swahili) give value to the communication chain. They allow individuals, institutions, and journalistic organizations to take advantage of the flow of information provided by the users, although the process [...]- 9
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Computational journalism has burst into the intense panorama of journalistic innovations, due to its great impact potential on newsrooms. Given the recent implantation of this specialty, still in the experimental phase in the newsrooms that have incorporated it, in this work we [...]- 35
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