ABSTRACT

Against the relentless speed-driven nature of today’s journalism industry, the notion of a decidedly slower type of journalism seems to be gaining traction amongst both industry practitioners and audiences. In direct contradiction to the ‘breaking news’ mentality that governs most modern newsrooms (Lewis and Cushion 2009), slow journalism calls for the purposeful slowing down of news production to create an alternative form of journalism that advocates for a higher quality and depth in content (Le Masurier 2015). This paper aims to add to the literature on slow journalism by analysing how a particular publication, the popular literary lifestyle magazine, Kinfolk, actively pursues, portrays, and presents the practice of slow journalism. Based on a textual analysis of the editor’s letters from 30 issues of Kinfolk, this study found that the practice of slow journalism is manifested in the magazine through four ways: an emphasis on community, advocating for slowness in both production and consumption of content, and a niche editorial presentation. Findings from this study should help scholars to improve the theorising of the concept of slow journalism, and also help contribute to a better understanding of the larger changes happening in the journalism field.

摘要

与当今新闻业无情的速度驱动性质相反，一种明显较慢的新闻业的概念似乎在行业从业者和观众中越来越受欢迎。与支配大多数现代新闻编辑室的“突发新闻”心态直接矛盾（Lewis 和 Cushion 2009），慢新闻要求有目的地放慢新闻制作速度，以创造一种提倡更高质量和深度内容的替代新闻形式（Le Masurier 2015）。本文旨在通过分析特定出版物、流行的文学生活方式杂志Kinfolk如何积极追求、描绘和呈现慢新闻的实践来增加关于慢新闻的文献。基于对 30 期编辑来信的文本分析Kinfolk，这项研究发现慢新闻的实践在杂志中通过四种方式体现：强调社区，提倡内容生产和消费的慢速，以及利基编辑介绍。这项研究的结果应该有助于学者们改进慢新闻概念的理论化，也有助于更好地理解新闻领域发生的更大变化。