Preservation and evolution: Local newspapers as ambidextrous organizations

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Jenkins ◽  
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Regional Newspapers ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Parent Companies ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study uses 48 in-depth interviews with managers, editors, and reporters at local and regional newspapers and their parent companies in four countries (Finland, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) to examine how they discuss changes to their business models and the ways their news organizations are adapting to emerging audience-consumption trends in the digital environment. The results show that interviewees continue to prioritize the economic importance of their print products, despite declines in advertising and subscriptions. They also believe that for local news to continue, journalists must better understand the business strategies of their news organizations. Finally, they acknowledge the value of experimenting with new approaches to monetization, including implementing paywalls and using analytics to personalize content. In balancing the merits of their print products with their desire to develop new digital offerings, local newspapers seek to operate as ‘ambidextrous organizations’ that exploit the products of the past while exploring innovations that may help sustain them in the future.

Paradigm reinforcing: The assimilation of data journalism in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 00 (00) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Jingrong Tong
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Practical Guide ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Data Journalism ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Desk Research

A journalistic paradigm defines what journalism is, and what journalists should do, in relation to reporting news. Drawing from desk research and in-depth interviews with eighteen data journalists and experts in the United Kingdom, this article discusses the recent development and practices of data journalism in the United Kingdom and their implications for the journalistic paradigm, which involves the substantial use of interviewing. Embracing the opportunities provided by the datafication of society and the British government's open data initiative, UK news organizations have institutionalized and incorporated data journalism into their organizational structure. However, difficulties in practice have emerged, resulting from new, mostly ethically grounded issues surrounding data. Traditional journalistic practices, in particular interviewing and cross-checking, provide a useful, practical guide to solving related problems. The institutionalization of data journalism, as well as traditional journalistic methods and skills coming as a solution, assimilate data journalism into conventional journalistic practices, reinforcing – rather than undermining – the journalistic paradigm.

Power, Policy, and Political Priorities: Elite Sport Development in Canada and the United Kingdom

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mick Green
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Policy Analysts ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article analyzes government and quasigovernmental agencies’ use of “planning dictates” in relationships with national sporting organizations (NSOs) in Canada and national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport in the United Kingdom (UK). Attention is drawn to the asymmetries of power contouring elite sport policy developments in both countries that, though unobservable in an empirical sense, nonetheless warrant investigation. The analysis draws on semistructured, in-depth interviews with key personnel in three Canadian NSOs and three UK NGBs in swimming, athletics, and sailing; senior officials at Sport Canada and UK Sport; and sport-policy analysts and academics. Although Canadian NSOs have been subject to such planning dictates for the past 20 to 30 years, the requirement for UK NGBs to comply in this way have only emerged since the mid-1990s. Accordingly, the article concludes with suggestions for further research in the UK.

News organizations, ideology, and work routines: A multi-level analysis of environmental journalists

Journalism ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1486-1501
Author(s):  
Ever Josue Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Individual Work ◽  
Work Routines ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Level Analysis

Journalism scholarship has routinely relied on the hierarchy of influences model for the conceptualization of research questions and implementation of studies. Heeding Shoemaker and Reese’s call for more ‘multi-level’ analysis, this study looks at environmental journalism as a space for a multi-level analysis. Through in-depth interviews, environmental reporters described their work routines and organizational roles. The findings from these descriptions suggest that the environmental journalistic space is influenced by the relationship between journalistic ideology, organizational structures, and individual work routines. Ideology serves as the basis for both organizational business models and individual beliefs. Together, these three components serve as foundational base that dictates the work routines of environmental reporters.

scholarly journals Self-precarization and the spatial imaginaries of property guardianship

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Ferreri ◽  
Gloria Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Autonomous Agency ◽  
Existing Housing ◽  
Depth Interviews

Property guardianship, a form of short-term building security through temporary dwelling, has emerged in several European countries over the past 20 years. Despite being characterized by tenure insecurity and frequently substandard conditions, ‘living as a guardian’ has become a composite and polyvalent mode of inhabiting cities, rooted in the production and dissemination of distinctive spatial imaginaries of ‘nomadic’ urban dwelling. In the United Kingdom, where guardianship is relatively novel and marginal, the establishment of several intermediary companies has contributed to the rapid diffusion of the scheme as precarious ‘adventurous’ housing, particularly in metropolitan areas where guardianship schemes largely attract mobile and university-educated individuals. Drawing on debates about the complexities of ‘self-precarization’, this article examines imaginaries of property guardianship and their ambivalent significance in relation to lived processes of precarization. Through the analysis of media representations and in-depth interviews with current and former guardians in London, it explores how guardians mobilize narratives of adaptability, flexibility and nomadism between their resignation to existing housing conditions and a sense of critical and autonomous agency. This article proposes and develops a nuanced qualitative approach to analyse how precarious dwelling through guardianship is reshaping spatial imaginaries of acceptable and desirable urban housing, contributing to significant processes of individual and collective subjectification. At a moment of extensive governmentality through insecurity, it concludes that examining imaginaries and practices of self-precarization offers a critical entry point for understanding and rethinking, theoretically and politically, housing precarity and its geographies.

Investigation of Consumer Behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotiria Baziana ◽  
Eirini Tzimitra-Kalogianni
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Organic Wine ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

Evidence shows that sustainability not only helps a business case getting stronger, but also embraces a sustainability agenda which can stimulate innovation, pushing companies to rethink their operations, products and business models. In addition, during the past few years the demand for organic wine has increased and many Greek businesses have entered the market, advertising the superiority of organic wine. The main objective of this study is to portray the need for an implementation of new technologies in the distribution and supply of organic wine in the city of Xanthi. Furthermore, the investigation of consumers' attitude will constitute the basis for further development of business strategies regarding sustainability and innovation in the agri-food chain. From the quantitative and qualitative data, the statistical analysis will provide findings on consumer behavior, attitudes, new trends, and factors that affect the choice of organic wine. Finally, the current paper is indicative of the general consumer stance towards organic-products.

scholarly journals Downstream and into deep biology: Evolving business models in 'top tier' genomics companies

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Rothman ◽  
Alison Kraft
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Drug Development ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Biotechnology Firms ◽  
The Past

Genomics companies are changing their business models and some have moved beyond drug discovery into drug development. The authors' analysis of genomics companies' business models yields further insights into the widening role of genomics firms within drug innovation and on the evolving dynamics between the genomics sector and the wider pharmaceutical industry. Business models within the sector have included that of the FIPCO (Fully Integrated Pharmaceutical Company), technology and information platforms, and, more recently, a new 'dual' business model that combines established platform capabilities with drug development. The study identifies a cohort of 22 leading genomics companies and takes as its focus those companies following the dual and platform business strategies. The paper describes how, over the past five years, leading genomics companies have, typically, refocused their interests downstream within drug innovation, a move that brings new commercial opportunities but also threats. New and evolving business models are enabling these companies to leverage their commercial positions and capture value in the later stages of drug development. These shifts are characterised and the possibility that this 'downstream' trend could exert a major effect on the future relations between genomics companies and pharma/large biotechnology firms, and on drug innovation, is explored.

The Same Old Stories: Exclusive News and Uniformity of Content in Sports Coverage

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. English
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sports Journalism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Unique Material ◽  
Sports Coverage ◽  
Depth Interviews

Exclusive news is a demand of most news organizations, but previous research suggests the pursuit of unique material leads to uniformity of content among competitors. Bourdieu is among those who have argued homogeneity dominates journalism, and aspects of his field theory will be used to analyze the extent to which this occurs in sports journalism. Employing a sample of 6 broadsheet/quality sports sections from Australia, India, and the United Kingdom, this study examines the amounts of exclusive content and the same and similar articles in the sports pages. Thirty-six in-depth interviews with sports journalists from the titles were conducted, along with a content analysis of 4,103 print and online articles. The results show small levels of exclusive material and a tendency for domestic rivals to produce larger amounts of similar stories. This was often in contrast to the views of the sports journalists.

Recruitment Policies of Non-EU/EEA Nurses and Ethical Issues

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angèle Flora Mendy
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Ethical Argument ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Institutional Legacies

By examining policies of recruiting non-EU/EEA health workers and how ethical considerations are taken into account when employing non-EU/EEA nurses in the United Kingdom, France, and Switzerland, this chapter intends to show that the use of the so-called ‘ethical’ argument to convince national public opinion of the relevance of restrictive recruitment policies is recent (since the 1990s). The analysis highlights the fact that in addition to the institutional legacies, qualification and skills—through the process of their recognition—play an important role in the opening or restriction of the labour market to health professionals from the Global South. The legacy of the past also largely determines the place offered to non-EU/EEA health professionals in the different health systems of host countries.

scholarly journals Pursuing Frugal Innovation for Sustainability at the Grassroots Level

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Mokter Hossain ◽  
Jarkko Levänen ◽  
Marleen Wierenga
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Frugal Innovation ◽  
New Business ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
New Business Models

ABSTRACT Firms are often criticized for their reluctance to embrace sustainability in their business strategies. Frugal innovation is a recent concept that represents a new way for firms to serve underserved customers in developing countries while also promoting sustainability. Based on three cases of frugal innovation at the grassroots level in India, this article demonstrates how frugal innovation presents a promising way to tackle some of today's pressing societal problems with new business models. We use a range of parameters for economic, social, and environmental sustainability to strengthen the case for frugal innovation. This article attempts to inspire scholars to consider frugal innovation further in their future research endeavors and encourage firms to integrate it into their existing business models.

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