Between the Impact of Technology on Journalism and Twitter Political Turmoil

Two new ideas for my project:

1) Impact of technology on journalism. My goal as a researcher has been trying to understand how journalists are reacting to digital challenges and whether they are preserving fundamental ideas of their profession when facing technological innovations. Being here in Austin, I would like to explore how the free newspaper industry is adapting to digital technology and mobile platforms. A possibility for this research is to target a specific newsroom such as Chronicle, a print publication that mixes in-depth journalism with a city guide. I would like to apply a survey and to interview newsroom editors and managers to find out how this publication is facing digital disruptions and how it envisions its future.

2) Twitter political turmoil. I would like to explore the twitter reaction of Colombian most influential journalists towards the announcement of former president Alvaro Uribe to return to the political arena as a candidate to the Colombian Senate. Now that the Colombian government is in the middle of a peace process with the FARC guerrilla (one of the bloodiest players of this five-decade-internal conflict), the question is whether the presence of Uribe and his followers in Congress would undermine peace efforts. I would like to explore if the twitter reaction of Colombia journalists remains neutral or takes a position in favor or against Uribe’s decision to come back to politics as senator.