Elevated Influences: The construction of journalistic identities at a city magazine. (11th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jenkins, Joy
• Is Part Of: Journalism studies. Volume 20:Number 8(2019)
• Page Start: 1069
• Page End: 1087
• Publication Date: 2019-06-11
• Subjects: media sociology -- city magazines -- case study -- journalistic identity; Journalism -- Periodicals; 070.4
• DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2018.1486729
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-670X

Abstract

Abstract : This study examines the perspectives of local journalists through an ethnographic case study of D Magazine in Dallas, Texas. The study assesses how staff members discursively construct journalistic identities within a geographically focused media organization, including the influences of their organizational roles, the company mission, and perceptions of their audience. The study also considers the relationship between journalistic identity and community identity by addressing how staff members describe their publication's role within Dallas.