Changing Journalistic Information-Gathering Practices? Reliability in Everyday Information Gathering in High-Speed Newsrooms

It is generally assumed that the journalists’ strive for reliability of information taken over by increased need speed in today’s newsrooms. However, little empirical evidence supports assumption. This study explores how journalists high-speed newsrooms gather information, gathering activities are temporally structured and manifests itself information-gathering activities. Data were collected through micro-observations individual eight Dutch newsrooms, with a variety professional practices temporal affordances. Analysis these suggests striving to achieve recurring checking completing The structuring is, partly due story-driven character news work, loose, multi-serial often non-linear. findings suggest augmented tension between immediacy needs rethinking, at least regard everyday practices. Even not as omnipresent presumed and, although on occasion postponed, approached ‘classic' manner.