New media innovation: the case of entrepreneurial sports journalism

Authors

  • Juan-Luis Manfredi-Sánchez El profesional de la información
  • José-Luis Rojas-Torrijos
  • José-Marí­a Herranz-de-la-Casa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2015.may.06

Keywords:

New media, Entrepreneurial journalism, Sports journalism, Digital journalism, Digital storytelling, Innovation

Abstract

Entrepreneurial journalism is the set of projects created since 2008 by journalists to deal with the transformation of the Spanish media market. Specialization in sports stands out as one of the levers of growth, constituting around 17 per cent of the new media outlets. The degree of innovation in journalism production are analyzed through the measurement of two elements: their value proposition, in particular their business model, and the new ways of storytelling deployed in journalism. We identified and assessed 65 new media according to their degree of innovation. We concluded that new projects generating traditional genres (news, information services) are less innovative in the pursuit of business models. Conversely, the use of different genres (slow journalism) goes hand in hand with models not based only on advertising and sales. In conclusion, while there is little innovation in 41 projects of sports news, at least 8 initiatives with an innovative proposal stand out.

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Published

2015-06-02

How to Cite

Manfredi-Sánchez, J.-L., Rojas-Torrijos, J.-L., & Herranz-de-la-Casa, J.-M. (2015). New media innovation: the case of entrepreneurial sports journalism. Profesional De La información, 24(3), 265–273. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2015.may.06

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3 (2015): Nuevos medios I

Section

Research articles

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