Data Journalism Beyond Technological Determinism

Innovation in journalism became an important element to determine the current and future direction of profession. Through incremental cumulative transformations over time, because many obstacles faced inside newsrooms, has suffered from significant fundamental changes, including deployment data journalism. In Latin America, practice seen increasing expansion last years. Nevertheless, there are technological gaps that limit its development. The present study draws upon literature on journalism, media management, sociology, aiming contribute theoretically research. Our findings show beyond approach, practitioners relying evangelists, collaboration, audience-centered innovation produce storytelling their newsrooms. On other hand, these alliances form “homophily” “endogamy” features dissemination practice, which must consider potential implications for social distance audiences. It argues American professionals distancing themselves determinism embrace a more audience-centric Finally, it also states is take into account those limitations, as they pose research knowledge. article concludes with agenda