Laboratory journalism

Abstract

Journalism, as a technique for modern communication which has been both a product and a part of society for more than a century and a half, has needed to pass through the laboratories of innovation in order to better respond to the challenges that the Internet age poses. This chapter (This research has been developed within the project Uses and informative preferences in the new media map in Spain: journalism models for mobile devices (Reference: CSO2015-64662-C4-4-R) funded by Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Government of Spain) and co-funded by the ERDF structural fund, as well as it is part of the activities promoted through the International Research Network of Communication Management—XESCOM (Reference: ED341D R2016/019), supported by Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria of Xunta de Galicia.) reviews the innovative strategies developed in the principal international modes of reference through these laboratories of innovation.