TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainability Factors of Emergent Civic News Websites
AU - Kim, Nakho
AU - Konieczna, Magda
AU - Yoon, Ho Young
AU - Friedland, Lewis A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Local sectors of vibrant civic community news sites are important for journalism to improve and communities to thrive. In this study, we examine the news ecologies of four metropolitan regions, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis, and New York City, to explain which structural features of the local news environment can make or break civic news websites. Based on a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 137 cases, we conclude that the most significant contributors to sustainability are connection to a postsecondary institution and location within a news network. We suggest how foundations and others can direct their efforts for increasing sustainability.
AB - Local sectors of vibrant civic community news sites are important for journalism to improve and communities to thrive. In this study, we examine the news ecologies of four metropolitan regions, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis, and New York City, to explain which structural features of the local news environment can make or break civic news websites. Based on a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 137 cases, we conclude that the most significant contributors to sustainability are connection to a postsecondary institution and location within a news network. We suggest how foundations and others can direct their efforts for increasing sustainability.
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U2 - 10.1177/1077699016628807
DO - 10.1177/1077699016628807
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009084408
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 93
SP - 750
EP - 769
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -