The Rise of Guerilla Journalism - and the implications for journalism education

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As presented at the World Journalism Education Conference in Mechelen (July 2013)

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THE RISE OF

GUERRILLA JOURNALISM + implications for the education of

journalists

Hille van der Kaa Fontys University of applied sciences - Tilburg University DataJournalism @Hillevanderkaa h.a.j.vdrkaa@tilburguniversity.edu

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1 HarenLive 11.644 Livestreaming

2 Koningin_NL 5611 Overig

3 Politie 4794 Autoriteiten

4 NSCommunicatie 4569 Autoriteiten

5 Voorlichter 4205 Autoriteiten

6 DutchSpeakwords 4156 Overig

7 frenkdeboer 3481 Overig

8 bartvanmerwijk_ 3470 Overig

9 UitgaansFeiten 3360 Overig

10 chrisklomp 3350 Overig

11 SwagZinnetjes 3045 Overig

12 Top_moppen 2931 Overig

13 PuberFact 2553 Overig

14 Raarstefeiten 2484 Overig

15 9GAGTweets 2351 Overig

16 OmaaMomentjes 2303 Overig

17 loesoetweets 2065 Overig

18 Slechte_grappen 2063 Overig

19 JohanDerkzen 2014 Overig/Bekend persoon

20 Twulpverlener 1949 Overig/organisatie

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social media

are blooming

type of event

presence

technical problems

other media

adapted by other media

success factors

There are many definitions of what citizen journalism is. They all consider the audience as producers, but the degree

of participation, the importance of technology and their roles differ.

(Jack, 2010)

Mainstream media are commercial, publicly supported, or government-

owned. Mainstream media are able to reach a large audience. From a

journalistic viewpoint the elite media set the framework in which other media

operate.

(Chomsky, 1997))

Citizen media take into account the collaborative nature of journalism now:

professionals and amateurs working together to get the real story, linking to

each other across brands and old boundaries to share facts, questions,

answers, ideas, perspectives.

(Jarvis, 2006)

citizin journalism?

‘not professional journalists’

disappear

mainstream journalism?

use of civilian and official sources

used as source by mainstream media

ability to brand themselves

GUERILLA

JOURNALISM

GUERRILLA MARKETING

• Guerrilla marketing is different than traditional marketing in that it often relies on personal interaction and has a smaller budget, and it focuses on smaller groups of promoters that are responsible for getting the word out. (Levinson, 1984)

GUERRILLA JOURNALISM is a term popularly used for different things.

Both mentioned in connection with

participation journalism such as citizen journalism, as well as a type of journalism

which makes hard to reach areas accessible. Others see GUERRILLA

JOURNALISM as beating the news with amateur gear.

GUERILLA JOURNALISM

beating the news with amateur

gear

hard to reach areas accessible

participation

GUERILLA JOURNALISM

•  the initiative of an individual or small group of people, which quickly expands to reach a large audience, with a content regarded reliable by others. Guerrilla journalists operate in this case from a brand. The medium type has strong similarities to mainstream media. (Van der Kaa, 2012)

GJ works from a limited budget

A GUERRILLA INITIATIVE is often set up spontaneously, and the makers rely on the means they have available. GUERRILLA JOURNALISTS use free or low budget technologies for their marketing.

GJ can reach a large audience

GJ can grow explosively. The size of impact depends on the target audience. GJ can build a brand in a short time.

GJ is regarded a reliable player

A GJ medium is a reliable informant to other media players as well as consumers.

GJ has a spontaneous origin

A GJ initiative has many similarities to mainstream media. One big difference is that GJ has a short period of preparation.

GJ has a hit-and-run effect

A GJ initiative usually only exists as long as the news item it reports on exists.

GJ is focused on one event

GJ focuses on a specific event or subject. The GJ initiative monitors this subject for as long as it is current.

GJ isn't necessarily for profit

GJ makers start out of enthusiasm or a perceived necessity. They don't necessarily start to make profit.

GJ focuses on cooperation

GJ can use mainstream media as an instrument to grow even further.

GJ uses new technologies

New technologies allow GJ to grow. An online medium has more opportunities to make a large media impact than a piece of paper which needs to be photocopied before it can be spread.

media impact

Dutch?

the other way

around

other cases

guerrilla journalism

   

validation

spreadability

branding

change

current work in progress  •  Detecting corruption in public procurement data

using network centrality measures •  How to validate a dataset? What social scientists

and datajournalists can learn from each other

Hille van der Kaa Fontys University of applied sciences - Tilburg University

DataJournalism @Hillevanderkaa

h.a.j.vdrkaa@tilburguniversity.edu