Shedding light on “Rough Justice”: The ABC digital story innovation team

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Coatney, Caryn. 2023. "Shedding light on “Rough Justice”: The ABC digital story innovation team." 2023 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA 2023). Wellington, New Zealand 21 - 24 Nov 2023 New Zealand.

Paper/Presentation Title	Shedding light on “Rough Justice”: The ABC digital story innovation team
Presentation Type	Paper
Authors	Coatney, Caryn
Journal Citation	pp. 236-236
Number of Pages	1
Year	2023
Place of Publication	New Zealand
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings	https://cdnv10.blueoceanmarketing.co.nz/media/fvefvqmx/information-and-full-programme-20nov.pdf
Conference/Event	2023 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA 2023)
Event Details	2023 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA 2023) Parent Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference Delivery In person Event Date 21 to end of 24 Nov 2023 Event Location Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract	Digital data journalists have increasingly needed to reinterpret their roles to report on fresh social challenges. Pioneering data news communities were widely celebrated as the saviours of journalism in the early days of digital reporting. Data journalists quickly became central in large news organisations that were pivoting towards digital audiences. Investigative news teams turned their attention to data-rich exposés of powerful, high-profile groups. The journalism teams were hailed for their large-scale investigations that delved beneath the surface of statistics to reveal hidden truths for the public benefit. Yet newsroom data reporting increasingly focused on day-to-day coverage that was at times criticised as celebrity-oriented, traffic-boosting clickbait. Even so, quantitatively adept data journalism continued to show the potential to deliver meaningful news about an upsurge of popular social justice movements. This paper will focus on a case study of the ABC digital story innovation team during the growth of the MeToo movement that protested sexual assault in Australia in 2020. At the time, daily data reporting often included global news coverage of celebrity experiences. The paper will examine the question: how have journalists portrayed forgotten survivors of sexual assault in data news articles online? This study is informed by Bennett and Segerberg’s concept about the logic of connective action. It conducts a content analysis of the ABC team’s “Rough Justice” data journalism series and more than 900 users’ tweets. The study finds that journalists progressively shared ideas and actions in a campaign for justice that shed light on overlooked survivor stories.
Keywords	Journalism
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	470105. Journalism studies
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Byline Affiliations	University of Southern Queensland

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