THE SECOND CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM – UPDATE: REGISTRATION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

News Flash Mar 3 2005

Updated information about The Second Conference on Innovation Journalism. Preliminary conference program with times, topics and speakers/panellists. Link to conference registration on the Internet.

THE RISE OF ANALYSTS AS SOURCES IN INNOVATION JOURNALISM

Innovation Journalism Vol.2 No.2, February 4 2005

By Niclas Lilja.

Reporters increasingly use analysts as sources in innovation journalism. By using analysts, the reporters get access to knowledge, resources, insight and industry access. The reporters stay neutral on the surface of the article by quoting analysts instead of expressing personal beliefs. The potential confusion happens if readers and or journalists believe analysts to be neutral experts when they could be pursuing their own agenda.

THE SECOND INNOVATION JOURNALISM CONFERENCE - STANFORD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 4-6

News Flash Jan 24 2005 2:00 am

Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) in cooperation with VINNOVA, the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, is pleased to call for papers and invite participants to The Second Innovation Journalism Conference at Stanford University.

A BUSINESS MODEL FOR INNOVATION JOURNALISM: BIOTECH SWEDEN

Innovation Journalism Vol.2 No.1, January 17 2005

By Jan Sandred.

Innovation systems offer readerships and commercial markets for innovation journalism. Editor Jan Sandred identified in 2001 a business opportunity for a magazine covering the Swedish biotechnology innovation system. The Swedish business-to-business magazine Biotech Sweden was created for the biotech market by IDG Sweden, a subsidiary of International Data Group. This paper describes the business model and the steps involved in setting up Biotech Sweden as an innovation journalism publication..

FINLAND LAUNCHES INNOVATION JOURNALISM PROGRAMME

News Flash Jan 4 2005 4:00 pm

FINLAND LAUNCHES INNOVATION JOURNALISM PROGRAMME
- joins the Second Innovation Journalism Conference at Stanford April 4-6

The University of Tampere in Finland has launched an Innovation Journalism Research and Education Programme.

THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN INNOVATION SYSTEMS

Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.7, November 8 2004

By David Nordfors.

Innovation Journalism can strengthen the competitiveness of innovative clusters and national innovation economies. Innovation systems can offer readerships and commercial markets for innovation journalism. Journalism is an actor in innovation systems and it’s role needs to be investigated.

WHEN TECH MEETS BUSINESS IN JOURNALISM

Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.6, October 11 2004

By Adam Edström.

A suggestion for how to mix business and technology journalism in a publication aiming at entrepreneurs and startups that insults neither the engineers nor the economists, based on a comparison between personal experiences from Fortune Magazine and the Swedish electronics magazine Elektroniktidningen.

COMPONENTS OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM

Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.5, September 17 2004

By Magnus Höij.

In order for text to be “innovation journalism”, it has to cover both the invention and the market. While these two elements are sufficient and necessary for calling it innovation journalism, other elements can be added to make the text even more useful or enjoyable for the readership.

INVESTIGATING THE REPORTING OF RESEARCH COMPANIES - A REPORTING EXAMPLE ON DeCODE Genetics

Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.4, August 15 2004

By Marcus Lillkvist.

The sparse journalistic coverage of innovation-based startup companies could be explained by a lack of methods and tools for journalists striving to cover these companies. This paper describes new journalistic methods for covering startups.

APPLICATIONS: INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2004

Newsflash, June 9, 2004

About the 2004 Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program and how to apply for it. In Swedish only. External link to VINNOVA’s website.

THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM – CONFERENCE PAPERS

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

Papers presented at the First Conference on Innovation Journalism, held at Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University, April 14-16 2004.

THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM

Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.2, May 3 2004

Program for the First Conference on Innovation Journalism, held at Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University April 14-16 2004.

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”.