{"title":"Introduction: Improving Journalism with Academic Research","authors":"Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, N. Usher","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780197538470.003.0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter introduces the book by claiming the urgency of Journalism Studies and reflects on how academics have engaged with practice and the public. It provides an overview of some misconceptions about the crisis in journalism. It also presents ways forward for how journalists and practitioners can produce rigorous academic research that matters.","PeriodicalId":183860,"journal":{"name":"Journalism Research That Matters","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journalism Research That Matters","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780197538470.003.0001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter introduces the book by claiming the urgency of Journalism Studies and reflects on how academics have engaged with practice and the public. It provides an overview of some misconceptions about the crisis in journalism. It also presents ways forward for how journalists and practitioners can produce rigorous academic research that matters.