Between fact and story: characteristics of sustainable journalistic narration?
At the conference "Between fact and story", researchers and journalists will provide insights into the role of narratives in news reports, in features, and in transmedia storytelling.
The languages of the conference are English and Swedish.
Narratives are an important journalistic tool for reaching out with information. How do narrative patterns interact with the communication of facts? Can narrative strategies give rise to misinformation? What are the characteristics of a sustainable journalistic narration?
The event is organized by Linnaeus University Center for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies och Fojo Media institute.
Invited speakers:
Karl Nikolaus Renner, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz
Karl Nikolaus Renner is Professor emeritus at the Department of Communication Research of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz. He studied Literature and Film Studies, Linguistics and Formal Logic and has worked as TV-journalist and documentary filmmaker. His research interests include narratology, lingual and visual communication, media semiotics and media organization.
Renira Rampazzo Gambarato, Jönköpings Universitet
Renira Gambarato is Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies at Jönköping University, Sweden. Her most recent books (together with co-authors) are Theory, Development, and Strategy in Transmedia Storytelling (2020), The Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies (2019) and Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age (2018).
Cecilia Aare, Södertörns Högskola
Cecilia Aare är journalist och lektor i journalistik vid Södertörns högskola. Hon disputerade i mars 2021 i litteraturvetenskap vid Stockholms universitet med avhandlingen "Reportaget som berättelse: En narratologisk undersökning av reportagegenren". Hon har också skrivit högskoleläroboken "Det tidlösa reportaget" och är medlem i Wendelajuryn.
Sigrid Edsenius (Sveriges Radio)
Sigrid Edsenius, journalist, fil.mag. och genusvetare arbetar sedan 2003 som reporter. Hon har varit verksam vid främst SvT Smålandsnytt och Sveriges Radio P4 Kalmar. Sedan 2008 arbetar hon främst som nyhetsreporter med samhälls- och kriminaljournalistik.
Forskare från Linnéuniversitetet
Preliminary programme
Friday, February 4, 2022. Linnaeus University, Kalmar
8.45 Zoomroom opens
9.00-9.10
9.10- 10.00 Karl Nikolaus Renner, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz: Factual narration in journalism (in English)
10.00-10.20 Break and coffee
10.20.-11.10 Renira Gambarato, Jönköping universitet: Transmedia storytelling (in English)
11.10-11.20 Break
11.20-12.00 Research projects from Linnaeus University
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.50 Cecilia Aare: Reportages som kunskapsform, Södertörns högskola (in Swedish, Narrative techniques in features)
13.50-14.00 Break
14.00-14.50 Sigrid Edsenius (SR). Challenges and experiences (In Swedish)
14.50-15.00 Final discussion (Kersti Forsgren, Fojo) (In Swedish)