How do we study journalism & how do journalists work in practice?
Journalistica Methods explores the methods behind both.
The podcast is brought to you by Journalistica, a Nordic open-access journal publishing interdisciplinary research on journalism.
In this episode of Journalistica Methods, we explore data donations with researcher Lion Wedel. We discuss how voluntarily shared digital traces can offer new insights into news consumption and journalistic practices, as well as the methodological opportunities, practical challenges, and ethical considerations of this emerging research method.
26 May 2026
Screenshots as data and documentation
In this episode we are introduced to how we can use screenshots in our research - both as data and as documentation. The guest in this episode is Julie Münter Lassen, senior associate professor at the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX).
1 Apr 2026
Qualitative reconstruction interviews
How do we study journalism as it happens? This episode explores qualitative reconstruction interviews, a method that traces the “biography” of a news story through in-depth conversations with journalists. We discuss how this approach uncovers both the visible and invisible dynamics shaping news production and why it matters for understanding modern media.
4 Mar 2026
Cold calling for recruiting research participants
In this episode, we discuss cold calling as an effective method for recruiting research participants in journalism studies. We unpack this more personalised first approach to potential participants, traditionally associated with sales and marketing, and its advantages for establishing rapport between researcher and participants.
Guest: Peter Busch Nicolaisen, postdoc at the Department of Political Science and Public Management, Southern Denmark University.
Host: Cecilia Arregui Olivera, postdoc at the Media and Journalism Studies Department, Aarhus University, Denmark.
18 Feb 2026
Ethnographic Reporting
In this episode, we unpack the method of ethnographic journalism in a hands-on, practical way. We explore how journalists and journalism students actually can do ethnographic work: gaining access to communities, building trust with sources, observing everyday life, taking field notes, participating and turning a shared lived experience into compelling stories.
Guest: Steffen Moestrup, senior associate professor, Danish School of Media and Journalism.
Host: Cecilia Arregui Olivera, postdoctoral fellow at the Media and Journalism Studies Department, Aarhus University, Denmark.
16 Dec 2024
Thematic analysis
In this episode you can meet Cecilia Arregui Olivera and Miriam Kroman Brems from Aarhus University. They will tell about using thematic analysis which is a popular approach in journalism studies for analyzing qualitative data that involves condensing and interpreting meaning by identifying patterns in data.
29 Jun 2023
Discourse Analysis
In this episode of the Journalistica podcast, host Lene Heiselberg interviews Johan Farkas, a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. Farkas is a critical media scholar interested in the intersection of digital media, democracy, disinformation, and journalism.
The discussion centers around Farkas' research on discourse analysis, specifically critical discourse analysis and discourse theory, and its application to studying the concept of fake news. He explains that discourse analysis allows researchers to analyze and critically engage with the political aspects of fake news, examining how different actors, including politicians and journalists, use the term to legitimize certain forms of politics and media.
The podcast was edited by Julienne C. Raboca
3 May 2023
Psychophysiological methods
Psychophysiological measurements trace and record bodily physiological phenomena to draw inferences about psychological processes happening in the mind. In communication research, psychophysiological measures have been used to understand different cognitive and emotional processes during media use. In this podcast we will introduce to the method and discuss how it can be used. Guest is Jenny Lindholm and host is Julienne C. Raboca.
13 Dec 2022
The OVRI Method
"Welcome to "Journalistica Methods" - a brand new podcast brought to you by the journal Journalistica. In this episode Lene Heiselberg from University of Southern Denmark will talk about the OVRI method. Host is Julienne C. Raboca
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