Journalism innovations as a driver for journalistic diversity and inclusion: International examples and editorial institutionalization

Mirco Saner; Vinzenz Wyss

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n37a1845

Authors

Mirco Saner ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0452-1589
Vinzenz Wyss ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-1660

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n37a1845

Keywords:

Innovation, journalism, diversity and inclusion, editorial quality management system, structuration theory

Abstract

We examine whether internationally relevant journalism innovations of the last decade support journalistic diversity and inclusion aspects and look at the degree of their editorial institutionalization. To approach an answer, thirty-eight guided interviews were conducted between the end of 2021 and summer 2022 along thirty-eight innovative journalism case studies among five European countries. We show that diversity is seen as a key journalism innovation in all five countries. We find that innovative journalism initiatives show diversity-relevant references and influence the degree of diversity and inclusion accessible to the audience in a positive manner. Thus, efforts to strengthen innovation in the media industry are an important building block for ensuring future journalism that does not want to distance itself from social reality. However, based on structuration theory considerations, we conclude that large numbers of innovative journalism initiatives are not sufficient to institutionalize diversity and inclusion. Instead, these aspects need to be defined explicitly as editorial quality goals which are anchored in an editorial quality management system.

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Author Biographies

Mirco Saner, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

PhD candidate. He is a research associate at the IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur, Switzerland. His current research focuses on journalism innovations in European countries, funded by the Swiss National Fund (SNF), editorial quality management systems at broadcasting stations, science communication audience segments and data-driven research methods. His dissertation deals with the structure and content of media criticism in Switzerland, using the example of mass media public service
Vinzenz Wyss, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

PhD. He is Professor of Journalism at the IAM Institute of Applied Media Studies at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur, Switzerland. His research focuses on journalistic quality, editorial quality management, media criticism and media ethics.

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