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ABSTRACT
This study utilizes an ethnography to examine the influences on news production processes at a digitally native news nonprofit. Prior literature suggests that communication routines remain the most powerful influence on news production, but this study’s findings suggest that because of the influx of different market models currently impacting the journalism industry, organizational level influences may be becoming more powerful than communication routines. These findings are investigated through the lens of gatekeeping theory with consideration for the implications for future gatekeeping research.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Notes on contributors
Patrick Ferrucci (Ph.D. from University of Missouri) is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism in the College of Media, Communication and Information at University of Colorado-Boulder. His research examines different aspects of media sociology, primarily economic and technological influences on digital news production. His work primarily looks at how economics and technology affect message construction at both organizational and individual levels.
Edson C. Tandoc Jr. (Ph.D. University of Missouri) is an assistant professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research focuses on the sociology of message construction. He has conducted studies on the construction of news and social media messages. His studies about influences on journalists have focused on the impact of journalistic roles and audience feedback on the various stages of the news gatekeeping process.