Innovación y sostenibilidad: una relación examinada en organizaciones periodísticas emprendedoras de América Latina

Amy Schmitz Weiss; Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce; Summer Harlow; Rosental Calmon Alves

doi:10.7764/cdi.42.1266

Authors

Amy Schmitz Weiss San Diego State University (United States)
Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce Texas State University (United States)
Summer Harlow University of Houston (United States)
Rosental Calmon Alves University of Texas at Austin (United States)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.42.1266

Keywords:

sustainability, Latin American journalism, entrepreneurial journalism, online focus group

Abstract

This study explores how entrepreneurial news organizations in Latin America perceive innovation and sustainability in relation to the operations of their organizations. Based on online focus groups conducted in June-July 2015 with 16 entrepreneurial news organizations in Latin America, this study identifies that the relationship between innovation and sustainability is complex but fundamental to their operation. Participants identified innovation as both a product and workflow process in the news organization. The implications of these findings are discussed within the context of the academy and journalism profession.

Author Biographies

Amy Schmitz Weiss, San Diego State University (United States)

Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at the School of Journalism and Media Studies, San Diego State University. Her research interests include: spatial journalism, mobile journalism, digital journalism, media sociology, news production, multimedia journalism, and international communication. Her work was recently published in Digital Journalism, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, International Communication Gazette among others.

Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce, Texas State University (United States)

Ph.D., assistant professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Texas State University, researching and teaching Latin American and Latino media. Her research interests include: transnational journalism, news and democracy, evolving roles in journalism, media effects and agenda-setting. She is a co-author of the book The Evolution of Television: An Analysis of 10 Years of TGI Latin America (2004-2014). Her work was recently published in the International Communication Gazette and Journalism Practice.

Summer Harlow, University of Houston (United States)

Ph.D., assistant professor in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston. She researches the intersections of emerging media technologies, alternative media, social movements, and international journalism. She is the author of Liberation Technology in El Salvador: Re-Appropriating Social Media among Alternative Media Projects. Her recent research appears in the Journal of Communication; New Media & Society; Journalism; Journalism Studies; Journalism Practice; Media, Culture & Society, and Information, Communication & Society.

Rosental Calmon Alves, University of Texas at Austin (United States)

Professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism, where he holds the Knight Chair in Journalism. Founding director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Created in 2002, the Center is a leader in online training for journalists and has also other programs to help journalism in Latin America. He began his academic career in the United States in March 1996, after 27 years as a professional journalist, including seven years as a journalism professor in Brazil.

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