Our study addresses the disconnection between ideals and practice in journalism, analyzing how professional roles materialize in the news in 59 countries. #JRP
Journalism doesn't happen in isolation. The JRP Project connects researchers across continents, building a global network where countries interact, compare, and learn from each other — to understand how journalism truly performs around the world.
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From 18 countries to 50+ — and still growing.
Since 2013, the JRP Project has been mapping how journalism performs its roles around the world. Three waves of research. More than a decade of commitment to global journalism science.
Meet our researchers from the US!
The JRP is proud to have an outstanding team representing the USA in our global network of journalism researchers.
Together, they are helping us understand how journalism performs its roles in one of the most influential media landscapes.
We are delighted to continue working with Karen McIntyre, who contributed to the second wave of the project, and to welcome Meghan Sobel Cohen, who now joins the team and further strengthens Rwanda’s participation in this third global iteration of our research on JRP. 📈🌍
We are happy to welcome Theodorah Munisi and Dianus J. Ishengoma, as PIs of our project in Tanzania, to the latest phase of the JRP project. Their work will provide crucial data for our global comparison of journalistic roles. 🌊📊
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The project is led by Dan Jackson (Bournemouth University) and brings together a strong research team including Julie Firmstone, Imke Henkel (University of Leeds), Jamie Matthews and Einar Thorsen (Bournemouth University), who will contribute to the project’s fieldwork.
🇬🇧 JRP UK Team secures British Academy grant for Third Wave fieldwork
Congratulations to the JRP UK team for receiving a British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grant for the project “Performing the News: Assessing Journalistic Roles in the UK’s Changing Media Landscape.”
Exploring the media environment in Greece with researcher Michael Nevradakis. 🇬🇷💻 Stay tuned for more at https://t.co/S7JnJ6DRf4. #Greece#Journalism#JRP
Big news! 🗞️
Congratulations to María Luisa Humanes on joining the Editorial Board of Prensamedia Group. Her expertise will align JRP research with industry practice via @EditoRed. #MediaIndustry#JournalismResearch#Prensamedia
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Proud to have David Nolan and Aljosha Karim Schapals leading the JRP research in Australia! 🇦🇺 Discover more at https://t.co/S7JnJ6DRf4. #JournalismResearch#Australia#JRP
Additionally, we will address the temporal evolution of roles to identify patterns of change or stability and recognize variables associated with shifts in the manifestation of professional roles at the news level in longitudinal studies”
I am delighted to work again with such exceptional colleagues from around the world. With renewed energy in this third wave, the Spanish team continues its journey in the JRP expanding the research focus to include AI use and fact-checking as key forces shaping today’s journalism
📢 #CFP ICA Preconference @JRPproject 2026! Theme: "Journalistic roles in context: Global views and local realities". 🌍 Cape Town, South Africa!. 📅 Event Date: June 3 ⏳Submission Deadline of 1000 to 1500 word abstracts: Jan 30 https://t.co/roWb6DFDyy
With more Asian countries participating in this wave, the project will enable a more comprehensive cross-national understanding of journalistic role performance in Asia.
By Misook Lee, Japan and South Korea PI, Asia representative on the Executive Committee
The third wave of the JRP project officially kicked off in January 2026! We look forward to exploring how journalistic roles are performed across different societies amid AI-driven digital transformation and growing political uncertainty. [1/2]
We invite you to join the JRP preconference at hashtag#ICA2026 in Cape Town. The deadline for submitting your extended abstract is 30 January 2026. Find detailed information and submission instructions by clicking the https://t.co/0q8qJw5yI3
Nicole commented: With this latest wave of @jrpproject in Canada, it’s not just the evolution of journalistic roles that we’re exploring, but how we might use AI to make this type of invaluable content capture and analysis more feasible for more researchers.
that I will be working alongside my PhD student who is leading the Indonesian team. It shows how inclusive the project is with established and early career scholars working together!"
Lada Price said "This project is the most comprehensive exploration of how journalistic roles are performed across the world and I am thrilled that Bulgaria is now part of the third wave of this global endeavour. I know that the findings will be groundbreaking as there are no 1/3
quantitative studies to date that have examined how journalists perform their roles in Bulgaria. Our team is excited to collaborate with colleagues from across Eastern Europe and beyond. The best part is working with old friends and making new ones! I am also delighted 2/3