TY - CHAP
T1 - What Does the Audience Experience as Valuable Local Journalism?
T2 - Approaching local news quality from a user’s perspective
AU - Meijer, Irene Costera
N1 - Working title: What does the audience want from local news? : A multimethod investigation of the experience of local and regional news users
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - This chapter addresses local news habits and preferences from an audience perspective. Drawing upon audience research done over a period of ten years in the Netherlands and placed in context using international research results, the notion of ‘valuable journalism’ is suggested as a conceptual bridge between what is usually defined as quality journalism (by journalists and users) and what users actually experience as local news quality. The findings suggest that giving more attention to specific topics (nature, environmental issues, history, safety and quality of care) and putting more emphasis on five news approaches (reciprocity and audience responsiveness as core to local news organisations’ business model, learning about the area, telling stories from within, facilitating regional orientation and honouring complexity) will provide news users with a more satisfying news experience for which they are willing to pay in money and/or attention.
AB - This chapter addresses local news habits and preferences from an audience perspective. Drawing upon audience research done over a period of ten years in the Netherlands and placed in context using international research results, the notion of ‘valuable journalism’ is suggested as a conceptual bridge between what is usually defined as quality journalism (by journalists and users) and what users actually experience as local news quality. The findings suggest that giving more attention to specific topics (nature, environmental issues, history, safety and quality of care) and putting more emphasis on five news approaches (reciprocity and audience responsiveness as core to local news organisations’ business model, learning about the area, telling stories from within, facilitating regional orientation and honouring complexity) will provide news users with a more satisfying news experience for which they are willing to pay in money and/or attention.
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UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Local-Media-and-Journalism/Gulyas-Baines/p/book/9780815375364
U2 - 10.4324/9781351239943-41
DO - 10.4324/9781351239943-41
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85104895534
SN - 9780815375364
SP - 357
EP - 367
BT - The Routledge Companion to Local Media and Journalism
A2 - Gulyas, Agnes
A2 - Baines, David
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon, Oxfordshire
ER -