What is Valuable Journalism? Three Key Experiences and Their Challenges for Journalism Scholars and Practitioners*

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Figure 1. Key experiences of valuable journalism.

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Research project	Audience/users	Scale
2004–2005 How NOS News can accommodate a younger audience (15–25)	96 in-depth interviews, 143 short interviews with young people, 45 news biographies, 65 online open questionnaires, 37 mood boards, and 43 interviews with journalism students, 100 street interviews (age 15–85)	National 529
2009–2010 How can RTV Noord-Holland gain more significance at local level for administrators and residents of (medium) large cities in the province? Project leader Irene Costera Meijer, Research assistants; Marloes van Diffelen, Diana Kreemers en Eva van Mossevelde. Interviewers: Alexander Pleizier, Diana Kreemers, Daan Ruijter, Edwin van Sas, Ellen Aarts, Eva van Mossevelde, Janine Veerman, Joris Drost, Lotte Krijnen, Pauline Dekhuijzen, Simone Dekkers, Sylvester Ilias, Tessel in ’t Veld and Vincent Carlier	108 “field”—interviews including ranking exercises of visual material); 20 in-depth interviews (incl. mood boards, ranking exercises visual material and “values”	Regional/ local
2009–2011 Participatory journalism: The impact of neighbourhood journalism (Research assistants and interviewers: Jolien Arendsen, Mariska van der Sluis, Mark Merks, Eva van Mossevelde, Marloes van Diffelen, Diana Kreemers). (Interviewers: Annemieke Boogert, Daniel Nokes, Diewertje Kuiper, Ilona de Jong, Irene van Wijhe, Ischa Klaassen, Kim Schoot, Lenneke Arts, Madelon Meester, Marijn de Vries, Marjolein Schurink, Nienke Vos, Reina Louw, Roel Rutjens, Saskia van Gils, Tessy Nelissen, Tineke van der Zwaag)	33 in-depth interviews and 24 intercept-interviews	Local and hyperlocal
2011 The news demands and news habits of (young) iPad and smartphone users (Interviewer: Madelon Meester)	14 in-depth interviews (including think-aloud protocol, visual cues)	National
2012 The news habits and viewing experiences of young (25–35) and old (55–65) (Interviewer: Tim Groot Kormelink)	12 in-depth interviews (including think-aloud protocol, audio-visual cues, ranking exercises)	National
2012–2013 Tailor-made news: meeting the demands of news users on mobile and social media (Interviewer: Tim Groot Kormelink)	24 in-depth interviews (including sensory ethnography, think-aloud protocol, ranking exercises), survey (N = 270)	National
2012–2013 The value of transparency (Interviewer: Martje Doeve)	19 in-depth interviews (including sensory ethnography, think-aloud protocol, ranking exercises), survey (N = 263)	National
2014 The motives, experiences, and considerations of news users when clicking and browsing online news (Interviewers: Marrit van den Akker, Chris Pruissen, Stacey Bovet, Diana Koning, Janine Renes, Karel van Hasselt, Steven Wiltjer)	56 in-depth interviews with younger (20–35) and older (50–65) online news users (including think-aloud protocol)	National
2015 When viewers experience political information as captivating (Interviewers: Leonie Durlinger, Inger van Tuinen, Neeltje de Quaij, Jennifer Groeneveld, Rutger Westerhof, Arthur van Ree, Stefan Heijdra, Steffan Konings, Sander Grégoire)	54 in-depth interviews (including watching and discussing video clips)	National
2014, 2015 What is important and interesting in the region? (Project leader Irene Costera Meijer, researchers: Hildebrand.P Bijleveld, Marit Van den Akker, Chris Pruissen, Steven Wiltjer, Ferdy Hazeleger)	132 intercept interviews (10–15 min) 10 focus group interviews (2,5 h) Online survey (416 people) via websites public regional broadcasters, Facebook and Twitter 15 in-depth interviews with regional stakeholders 7 in-depth interviews with representatives of local media	Regional, local
2016 Capturing material and sensory dimensions of news use (Interviewer: Tim Groot Kormelink)	13 in-depth interviews (two-sided video-ethnography)	National
2017 Experiencing news avoidance (Interviewers: Caspar Zumpolle, José Honing, Luca Goossens)	24 qualitative street interviews (400 respondents); in-depth interviews with six low frequency users and six high frequency users; 10 in-depth interviews with people who intentionally avoid the news	National
2017, How users experience climate journalism (Interviewer: Marieke Theunissen)	10 in-depth interviews (25–40 years) incl. ranking exercises, day in the life	National
2017 Experiencing news enjoyment (Interviewer: Runak Sharaf)	10 in-depth interviews, incl. ranking exercises, day in the life	National
2017 When do trust and truth matter (Interviewers: Caspar Zumpolle, Robert Zomers, Runak Sharaf, José Honing, Britt Kenter, Melanie Jong Tjien Fa, Janis Bodzinga, Marieke Theunissen, Luca Goossens, Kristel Struiksma, Samira Ramsahai, Guus Daamen, Deborah van Harten, Anne Lotte Hendriks, Eline Dijkstra, Didier Jansen, Jens Bezemer, Bob Vek, Loes van Langen, Sanae Samhi, Kees Gort, Dennis van Diest, Sylvana van den Braak, Frank Breukelman, Suzanne Rijnja)	72 in-depth interviews (1-on-1 interviews including day-in-the-life and ranking exercises (narrative production), creative questions); Duration: Minimum 30 min, average approx. 50 min. 3 age groups, 24 interviews per group: 25–30 years; 40–45 years; 55–60 years.	National
2018 When do trust and truth matter (Interviewers: Rowan Koeleman, Tessa Assen, Julia Dijkers, Myrthe Gils, Sarah Haddou, Marie-Louise Hoogendoorn, Kurt Kooiman, Merel Kuipers, Suzanne Rijnja, Freek Schröder, Bart Nietveld, Elisabeth Zwaneveld, Mike Megens, Celine Sulsters, Jana Flekken)	33 in-depth interviews (including ranking exercises)	National
2018 How Dutch Muslims experience the media representation of Islam and Muslims. (Interviewer: Sarah Haddou)	11 in-depth interviews with Muslims also having participated in the media	National
2018 How extreme right wing voters experience news. (Interviewer: Suzanne Rijnja)	10 in-depth interviews with creative methods	National
2019 Wat do people experience as valuable journalism? A comparison of sports journalism, Lifestyle journalism and political journalism. (Interviewers: Celine Sulsters, Renske Marseille, Robin van Stel, Annika Ruijter, Jasper van Loo, Marouscha van de Groep, Devran Alkas, Sander Koster, Jessie Baltus, Anouk Machielse, Sophie Saadat, Sharon Story)	39 in-depth interviews (including creative methods)	National
2019 How users experience news about Black Pete. (Interviewer: Celine Sulsters)	12 in-depth interviews (black and white informants)	National
2019 What is Valuable Sports journalism? Leading researcher: Jan Boesman, Student-interviewers: Noémi Lemoine, Laura van der Hauw, Bjarn van den Berg, Kim van Niekerk, Matthijs Boersma, Robbert van de Mortel, Bart Timmer, Eline Koenz, Jasper van Loo, Marouscha van de Groep, Devran Alkas and Sander Koster	77 interviews (48 in 7 focus groups, 29 in-depth interviews)	national
2020: Doubting and distrusting news. MA Interviewers (Amelink, F. Beijnon, T. Boot, J. Donker van Heel, P.A. Harmes, S. Houwing, F.M. Janssen, M.J.H. Jeanty van der Spek, D.J. Jouwe, J.A.L. Lukkassen, C.R. Mohabbat, R.M. Mortel, R.M. van de Nieuwenhuijzen, J.H. Pal, T.W. van der Rivano, T.G. Ruigrok, J.F. Schouten, E.A. Smulders, A.M. Sneekes, M.C.E.) and 85 BA interviewers	38 interviews (20–90 min) by MA students and 85 interviews (15–30 min.) by BA students	National
Total number of informants		3059