Research/Writing

• Metrics and analytics in the newsroom: An ethnographic study of how audience data are changing journalistic practice. PhD dissertation, Bournemouth University, to be published early 2019.
• News by numbers: The evolution of analytics in journalism. Digital Journalism 2018. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21670811.2018.1504626
• The death of the homepage is much exaggerated. J-Source Available from: http://j-source.ca/article/death-homepage-much-exaggerated/
• Stop saying pageviews don’t matter. Media ShiftAvailable from: http://mediashift.org/2017/10/stop-saying-page-views-dont-matter/.
• Fact, fiction, and fake news. Live blog run for J-Source, with introduction available on my own blog https://redefiningjournalism.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/fact-fiction-and-fake-news/
• Journalism and analytics, a starter’s guide to the research, Media Shift2017 http://mediashift.org/2017/01/journalism-analytics-starters-guide-research/
• How Sheridan students got nominated for an Online Journalism Award, J-Source2015 http://jsource.ca/article/how-sheridan-college-got-nominated-online-journalism-award
• Seymour Hersh, Twitter, and a lesson in “off the record,” J-Source 2014 http://j-source.ca/article/seymour-hersh-twitter-and-a-lesson-in-off-the-record/
• How Sheridan students ended up shortlisted for a data journalism award, J-Source2014 http://jsource.ca/article/how-sheridan-students-ended-shortlisted-data-journalism-award(an updated version published in Media Shiftas How our data students succeeded with more structure and freedom, March 2015) http://mediashift.org/2015/03/remix-how-our-data-students-succeeded-with-more-structure-and-freedom/
• How to butcher your students’ writing…nicely, J-Source2014, but no longer available on that site, a partial version is still available on my blog https://redefiningjournalism.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/how-to-butcher-your-students-writing-nicely-7
• CBC and the Science Academy: A participatory journey. Media Watch, 4(2), 224-235. 2013.
• 20 Years out of J-school: Comparing journalism past and present, J-Source2013 http://jsource.ca/article/20-years-out-j-school-comparing-journalism-past-and-present
• Highlights of BEAC 2013: Nurturing the digital generation, J-Source2013 http://jsource.ca/article/highlights-beac2013-conference-nurturing-digital-age
• Checking your bias, J-Source2013 http://jsource.ca/article/checking-your-bias
• #NMPS 2012: Public spheres, public spaces, and “shit storms,”J-Source2012 (no longer accessible online)
• Tonight’s Disconnect? Cancelling Connect with Mark Kelley, J-Source2012 http://jsource.ca/article/tonights-disconnect-cancelling-connect-mark-kelley(second version published in The Tyeeas The Disconnect of Cancelling Connect with Mark Kelley) http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/05/18/Connect-With-Mark-Kelley-Cancelled/
• Is African famine too boring to cover? J-Source2012 http://jsource.ca/article/african-famine-too-boring-cover
• Redefining journalism: Convergence in the public sphere [online]. Thesis (MA) Royal Roads University 2011. https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10170/524/blanchett_nehili_nicole.pdf?sequence=1
• Redefining Radio, October 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/redefining-radio/
• The bear facts: A local story goes viral and speaks volumes about broadcast news, J-Source2011 http://jsource.ca/article/bear-facts-local-story-goes-viral-and-speaks-volumes-about-state-broadcast-news-0
• Participatory journalism: What do you think that means? J-Source2011 http://jsource.ca/article/participatory-journalism-what-do-you-think-means

 

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