Terms like ‘big data’, ‘data science’, and ‘data visualisation’ have become buzzwords in recent years and are increasingly intertwined with journalism. Data visualisation may further blur the lines between science communication and graphic design. Our study is situated in these overlaps to compare the …

Designing for interactivity for audience engagement in journalistic narratives is a new practice that emerged after The New York Times’ success with Snow Fall in 2012. Journalists have begun collaborating with designers in interdisciplinary teams to design these interactive narratives. Few studies describe …

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Innovations in digital storytelling techniques have spurred on the development of new journalistic and audience practices. The production processes of interactive and immersive journalistic narratives are highly technological and require specialist knowledge of both journalism and design, and require …

The role of news media in the perpetuation of misinformation has faced increasing scrutiny. Concerns have been raised about news media’s negative influence on mental health, increasing news avoidance, and decreasing trust in news. Constructive journalism is proposed to increase engagement with and trust …

In dit innovatieonderzoek laat ik zien welke manieren van content aanbieden kan bijdragen aan het vergroten van het online bereik van het radioprogramma Bureau Buitenland. Bij het programma is er de behoefte om online meer zichtbaar te zijn en een grotere groep te bereiken dan de vaste lineaire luisteraars. …

The question which author has written a certain text has been around since people have started to put their ideas and thoughts into writing. Recent advancements in statistics and the capabilities of powerful machine learning algorithms have created a research field which is known as authorship attribution. …

From June 28 to July 7 the National Arts Festival took place in Grahamstown, South Africa. For the 20th time Cue, a daily print newspaper about the Festival, was produced by Rhodes University journalism students. It was the first time that the newspaper was printed in full color. Cue is at the core …