Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities

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Wahl-Jorgensen, Karin; Williams, Andy; Sambrook, Richard Jeremy; Harris, Janet; Garcia-Blanco, Inaki; Dencik, Lina; Cushion, Stephen; Carter, Cynthia and Allan, Stuart. 2016. Introduction: The future of journalism: risks, threats and opportunities. Digital Journalism, 4(7), pp. 809-815. ISSN 2167-0811 [Article]

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Today journalism, as an industry and a profession, is characterised by ever-increasing turbulence and change, for better and for worse. Profound transformations affect every aspect of the institution, including the economic health of journalism, the conditions and self-understandings of its practitioners, its ability to serve as a watchdog on concentrations of power, its engagement with and relationship to its audience, and its future prospects. This emerging and dynamic ecology can be viewed as a unique constellation of challenges and opportunities. For these reasons, the fifth Future ofJournalism conference, held in Cardiff on 10–11 September 2015, focused on the theme of Risks, Threats and Opportunities. The conference saw over 120 papers from around the world presented across 34 sessions, with keynote speeches from Dan Gillmor,Stephen Reese and Jean Seaton. This introduction briefly outlines some of these key risks, threats and opportunities, drawing on work presented at the conference, as well as insights from the field of journalism studies.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2016.1199469