Technology as a Coordination Tool in Geographically Dispersed, Low-Infrastructure Newsrooms

• In Event: Digital Technologies in the Newsroom: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract

There is a relative lack of research exploring the ways journalists outside of well-resourced newsrooms in the West use technology to do their jobs, especially in newsrooms and regions where technology is less readily available, more expensive, and more prone to breakdown. This study examines the ways journalists in Rwanda use digital tools to supplement physical infrastructure in coordinating routine tasks, newsgathering, and reinforcing newsroom culture.

Author

• Ruth Moon, U of Washington