A study of UGC at the BBC has found that audience contributions have consolidated, rather than changed, journalistic norms and practices. The study by Claire Wardle, Andrew Williams and Karin Wahl-Jorgensen was presented at the Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff. They found that the BBC mainly views UGC as part of its newsgathering operations, in essence as a way of obtaining photos and video, eyewitness accounts or story tipoffs.

In a keynote at the Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff, Bettina Peters tackles the idea of what we mean by media development. This is pertinent to Peters, who is the director of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), a network of some 500 media assistance organisations from around the globe. Peters explains that in a traditional media US-based model, you would promote media development by encouraging the established

The Future of Journalism conference started in Cardiff with a welcome from Bob Franklin. The conference received 370 abstracts, with more than 100 research papers being presented in 30 panels over two days. In his welcoming address, Franklin notes that the future of journalism looks different from different countries and cultures. The meat of the conference begins with a keynote by James Curran, Director of the Goldsmith’s Media Research Centre

I am delighted that my friend and colleague Jane Singer has won a contest on the future of journalism held by the AEJMC. Singer, from the University of Central Lancashire and University of Iowa was voted the winner for her entry, entitled, Bird’s-Eye View. In her contribution, Singer is positive about the future of journalism, while acknowledging that shape of the industry is going through a period of upheaval and