2. Connecting Information and Geographic Space
We are at the intersection today of where
information and geographic space can be
connected to a concept called place-based
knowledge (Fisher 2012)
3. What is Spatial Journalism?
Spatial journalism (Schmitz Weiss, 2014) is a conceptual
framework to describe an emergent kind of journalism that
incorporates a place, space, and/or location (physical,
augmented and virtual) into the process and practice of
journalism.
4. Spatial Journalism Framework
News consumption
patterns and behaviors
Creation, curation
and aggregation of
news content
News editorial decisions
and journalistic routines
Community identification
and meaning