New book explores journalistic innovations

Time to plug a project I am part of, but really pleased to be able to do so because of how interesting and important it could be for evolving journalism.

It’s a recently published book titled Reporting Beyond the Problem which explores some truly valuable innovative ideas for how journalism could approach social issues. It’s an anthology edited by Karen McIntyre Hopkinson and Nicole Smith Dahmen.

My chapter is a historical look at the grandfather of all these innovations, civic/public journalism, and the way that many of its principles live on in some of today’s innovations. But other chapters explore those innovations specifically and in depth, including: solutions journalism, constructive journalism, engaged journalism, participatory journalism, explanatory journalism, peace journalism and slow journalism.

It’s well worth checking out by anyone interested in journalistic innovation and emerging forms of journalism.

Disclosure: This is a cross-post with my Emergent Journalism blog.