Nikki Usher is an assistant professor at George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs this fall. She received her PhD in May 2011 from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She has published and blogged about topics ranging from citizen journalism, the origins of news on the web, the implications of the new media economy and news business models, and the changing identity of legacy journalists. Her dissertation is focused on how business newsrooms are adapting to the changing digital environment, with the The New York Times as her principal research site. She has conducted field research at NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, Marketplace public radio, TheStreet.com, and The Times. She was also a research assistant for the Knight Digital Media Center, where she still assists in projects looking at the evolution of newsroom leadership. Prior to life as an academic, Nikki was a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. You can reach her at nusher@usc.edu.
“The reality is that people of color in the U.S. are more likely to turn to TV news for local information than they are newspapers or digital-first local news.”
“It’s not that journalists shouldn’t engage in fact-checking, nor is it that journalists should avoid presenting facts as verifiable and trustworthy claims about the world — it’s that they shouldn’t be so obnoxious about it.”
“My real bet, though, is that the battle between the Times and the Post is being waged most when it comes to their rival international and national expansions. And the winner of that struggle is too close to call.”
In this excerpt of her new book — based on months spent observing the inner workings of the Times’ newsroom — Nikki Usher shows how some of digital news’ most important real estate gets allocated, minute by minute.
Usher, Nikki. "Immediacy vs. importance: The tension underlying how the NYTimes.com homepage gets made." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 May. 2014. Web. 16 Apr. 2024.
APA
Usher, N. (2014, May. 12). Immediacy vs. importance: The tension underlying how the NYTimes.com homepage gets made. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/05/immediacy-vs-importance-the-tension-underlying-how-the-nytimes-com-homepage-gets-made/
Chicago
Usher, Nikki. "Immediacy vs. importance: The tension underlying how the NYTimes.com homepage gets made." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 12, 2014. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/05/immediacy-vs-importance-the-tension-underlying-how-the-nytimes-com-homepage-gets-made/.
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