THE CONCEPT OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM AND A PROGRAMME FOR DEVELOPING IT

Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.1, May 3 2004

By David Nordfors

Reprint of VINNOVA Information VI 2003:5 ISSN 1650-3120, October 2003

“Innovation Journalism” is the intuitive name for journalism covering innovation. It is valid as a concept, but there is no such journalistic discipline or community today. Therefore, a programme has been designed to develop the concept and test the possibilities for Innovation Journalism as a journalistic discipline, a new reporting “beat”.