Innovations in central european newsrooms: Overview and case study

Journalism Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-19

  Meier, Klaus ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Innovations; Journalists in Austria, Germany and Switzerland; News agencies; Newspapers; Newsroom management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872859585     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780601078803     Document Type: Article

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