Investigation into innovation laboratories in the media
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:21 am
Last August, we launched the first round of surveys with media lab managers, mainly based in Latin America, North America and Europe. Ten labs from four different countries (Brazil, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States) responded to the survey and provided us with preliminary information on the role of media labs in the future of journalism, contributing to the understanding of this emerging and changing phenomenon.
All labs report the presence of journalists among finland mobile database staff members: this may be an emerging (new) field of work for these professionals. This is an interesting topic, as product management and other innovation roles have not always been considered journalistic work (also discussed in this Nieman Lab post and in Thoughts on Media ).
Partnerships, social change and diversity of outcomes
Social change seems to be an important topic for media labs as well as partnerships. They tend towards a networked approach, collaborating with different institutions (academic, corporate and independent). Among the results, this preliminary study showed very different interests among the labs that responded to the survey. Although it is still not possible to identify a trend – based on the limited number of labs studied so far – it can be noted that media labs are focused on a diversity of projects, which encompass digital tools, new narratives and broader journalistic topics (such as fake news and access to digital and online information in remote areas).
All labs report the presence of journalists among finland mobile database staff members: this may be an emerging (new) field of work for these professionals. This is an interesting topic, as product management and other innovation roles have not always been considered journalistic work (also discussed in this Nieman Lab post and in Thoughts on Media ).
Partnerships, social change and diversity of outcomes
Social change seems to be an important topic for media labs as well as partnerships. They tend towards a networked approach, collaborating with different institutions (academic, corporate and independent). Among the results, this preliminary study showed very different interests among the labs that responded to the survey. Although it is still not possible to identify a trend – based on the limited number of labs studied so far – it can be noted that media labs are focused on a diversity of projects, which encompass digital tools, new narratives and broader journalistic topics (such as fake news and access to digital and online information in remote areas).