Just When I Thought I Was In: Gaining Access in a New(s) Production Ethnography
Journalism Practice, 2014
Posted: 18 Jan 2019
Date Written: December 1, 2014
Abstract
In this paper I explore the process of access as it was gained, and sometimes denied, during an extensive ethnographic research made on a surprisingly overlooked strand in news production — the international production processes of news pictures. Through an interpretive analysis, I demonstrate the various access challenges “second-wave” news ethnographers might face, as well as the additional access skills they may require, to explore fully today's news labour in future news production ethnography.
Keywords: Gaining Access; International News Organisation; Media Ethnography; News Production Process; Thomson Reuters
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