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Enacting Journalistic Authority: The Communicative Challenges and Competences of Live Two-Way Correspondents in Swedish Public Service Broadcasting
Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. (Discourse, Communication, Media)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8327-4231
Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Journalism Practice, ISSN 1751-2786, E-ISSN 1751-2794Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Whenever a major event flares up in the world, we are bound to be met by correspondents reporting live on the news. The correspondents are typically promoted as authoritative voices. Their live talk is delivered in “the live two-way,” a broadcast interaction between the presenter and the correspondent on location. Focusing on live reporting during the Ukraine–Russia war (2022–), this study analyses the communicative work that goes on in the live two-way, and how correspondents handle the tasks related to the enactments of epistemic authority. A conceptual framework is applied defining the communicative and epistemic dimension of the live two-way. This study applies a discourse approach and focuses on experienced correspondents in Swedish public service. Data consists of 30 live two-ways and interviews with 5 of the journalists about planning and execution of the live reporting. Results show how practices and roles separated in other genres of news are integrated in the complex work of the correspondent who is expected to fluently report from location, convey a sense of being there, present facts, and analyse and explain. This study indicates different styles of reporting when correspondents alternate between a careful and confident stance as they balance their commitments to truth.

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Routledge, 2024.
Keywords [en]
Authority, correspondents, epistemic, live two-way, live reporting, broadcast, truth
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Media and Communications
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-111240DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2024.2310045ISI: 001153195400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85183938635OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-111240DiVA, id: diva2:1833188
Available from: 2024-01-31 Created: 2024-01-31 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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