Friday, May 1, 2009
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
IJ-5 THE FIFTH CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM
IJ-5, the Fourth Conference on Innovation Journalism took place at Stanford University 21-23 May 2007. The conference materials have since then been available on the conference website. They can as from now also be referred to through the Innovation Journalism Publication Series.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
IJ-4, THE FOURTH CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM
IJ-4, the Fourth Conference on Innovation Journalism took place at Stanford University 21-23 May 2007. The conference materials have since then been available on the conference website. They can as from now also be referred to through the Innovation Journalism Publication Series.
Friday, April 13, 2007
THE INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT STANFORD 2007 - KICKOFF WORKSHOP PROGRAM
The final program from the kickoff workshop for the Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program at Stanford Feb 26- Mar 2 2007.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
PR AND THE INNOVATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
By David Nordfors.
Public relations in innovation companies can strengthen brand value by communicating innovation processes and add value to innovation by developing narratives for new products and services in parallel with technological and business development. The development of innovation communication and PR will benefit from the emergence of independent innovation journalism. Some new concepts are introduced: Communicators and journalists can be seen as “attention workers”, driving the “innovation communication system”, a subset of the innovation system, focusing on the flows of communication and attention. (This essay was written for the 10th SKOJ conference in Slovenia.)
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
INNOVATION JOURNALISM GETS ACADEMIC RESEARCH FUNDING
How does journalism link innovation with the public interest? How do innovation ecosystems engage journalists? These questions are at the heart of a research initiative recently funded by VINNOVA, the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems. The project will set the agenda for an international research workshop scheduled for February 2007 at Stanford University. The academic research study is led by Professor Marc Ventresca of Oxford University (PI, coordinator) and Dr. David Nordfors at Stanford University and VINNOVA (Program Director), with Dr. Turo Uskali from the University of Jyväskylä, visiting scholar in innovation journalism at Stanford, and Dr. Antti Ainamo at the Helsinki School of Business. The group of researchers standing behind the mission, which includes faculty and expert practitioners from leading U.S. and European universities, convened in April 2006 for a workshop hosted by the Innovation Journalism program run by Stanford and VINNOVA. They recently co-published an essay identifying ‘Innovation Journalism’ as a useful theme through which to explore the interplay of journalism in innovation ecosystems .
Monday, May 29, 2006
THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM - PROCEEDINGS
The conference papers presented at The Third Conference on Innovation Journalism, April 5-7 2006 at Stanford University.
THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM - PROGRAM/ABSTRACTS/BIOS
The final conference program of the Third Conference on Innovation Journalism, as it happened on April 5-7 2006 at Stanford University. Includes abstracts of presentations and links to powerpoint presentations, archived on the IJ website. Includes also bios of the 88 participating speakers and panellists.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
INNOVATION JOURNALISM: TOWARDS RESEARCH ON THE INTERPLAY OF JOURNALISM IN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS
By D.Nordfors, M. Ventresca, A. Hargadon, T. Uskali, A. Ainamo, S. Jonsson, S. Grodal, A. Weinstein, M. Kennedy, P. Svensson, F. Reid.
This essay suggests Innovation Journalism as a useful theme through which to explore the interplay of journalism in innovation ecosystems. This involves investigating how journalism plays a part in connecting innovation with public interests and how innovation processes and innovation ecosystems interact with public attention, with news media as an actor. It may also be of interest to study in which ways journalists cover innovation processes and innovation ecosystems, the incentives that may drive innovation journalism and how news organizations may be organized to perform the task. We outline examples of research project topics to illustrate how this approach can inform studies of innovation, studies of journalism as practice, and possible scipes for the research theme.
Sunday, April 2, 2006
THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM DVD NOW AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE VIDEO
The DVD “The Future of Innovation Journalism” (Innovation Journalism Vol.2 No.12) is now available on Google Video. This DVD presents a roundtable discussion about the future of journalism with the “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf (Google /ICANN), Whitfield Diffie (Sun Microsystems), Amy Bernstein (Business 2.0), Lee Bruno (Red Herring), Dan Gillmor (Bayosphere), Anders Lotsson (Computer Sweden), Frances Mann-Craik (Tornado Insider, Addison Marketing), Harry McCracken (PC World), Tony Perkins (AlwayOn Network), Jan Sandred (Biotech Sweden), Richard Allan Horning (Tomlinson Zisko LLP), Charles Wessner (National Academies) and Stig Hagström (Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning). Producer and moderator: David Nordfors (Stanford / VINNOVA)
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
INTRODUCING THE 2006 INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWS
The fellows represent influential newsrooms in Sweden and Finland: Helsingin Sanomat, Affärsvärlden, Aftonbladet, Elektroniktidningen, Entreprenör, Göteborgsposten and Rapidus. The Innovation Journalism Fellows are this year being hosted by The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Red Herring, Business 2.0, CNET News.com, PC World and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Monday, February 13, 2006
THE INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT STANFORD 2006 - KICKOFF WORKSHOP PROGRAM
The final program from the kickoff workshop for the Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program at Stanford Feb 6-10 2006.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM. STANFORD UNIVERSITY 5-7 APRIL 2006.
Invitation for papers and participants to The Third Conference on Innovation Journalism at Stanford University, April 5-7, 2006. Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, and the “father of the Internet” will be the opening speaker.
We have already enlisted speakers and delegations from the U.S., Sweden, Finland, Pakistan, Germany, Taiwan and Slovenia. The main conference themes include: * Practicing Innovation Journalism * Publishing Innovation Journalism * The Role of Journalism in Innovation Systems * Innovation Communication * International Initiatives for Innovation Journalism * The Future of Innovation Journalism and the Emergence of New News Media. Registrations to the conference can be made via the Internet. See the News Flash for details.
Friday, November 11, 2005
PAKISTAN JOINS INNOVATION JOURNALISM PROGRAM AT STANFORD
Omar Ayub Khan, Pakistan’s Minister of State for Finance, in his keynote address at The Competitiveness Institute 8th Annual Conference in Hong Kong, announced that Pakistan is joining the Innovation Journalism Program at Stanford University. Innovation Journalism Fellows from Pakistan will participate in the program starting in 2006. The Pakistani Innovation Journalism Program will be organized by the Pakistan Competitiveness Support Fund.
Monday, October 31, 2005
THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM - DVD - 120 MINUTES - ALL REGIONS
By David Nordfors.
It’s innovation time for journalism! Traditional news media are being challenged by innovative sources of news on the Internet, such as blogospheres, or citizen journalism. Traditional journalism struggles when covering innovation as a topic. While innovation pivots society it is not a key news word. Traditional news beats – such as technology, business or politics – chop up innovation processes to fit their news slots, missing the bigger picture.
How can journalism report on innovation, following the cross-boundary interactions driving today’s society? Who can do it? This DVD presents a roundtable discussion about the future of journalism with the “father of the Internet” Vint Cerf (Google /ICANN), Whitfield Diffie (Sun Microsystems), Amy Bernstein (Business 2.0), Lee Bruno (Red Herring), Dan Gillmor (Bayosphere), Anders Lotsson (Computer Sweden), Frances Mann-Craik (Tornado Insider, Addison Marketing), Harry McCracken (PC World), Tony Perkins (AlwayOn Network), Jan Sandred (Biotech Sweden), Richard Allan Horning (Tomlinson Zisko LLP), Charles Wessner (National Academies) and Stig Hagström (Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning). Producer and moderator: David Nordfors (Stanford / VINNOVA)
See a sample from the DVD (click here for Quicktime movie)
The DVD can be ordered from Amazon.com or VINNOVA (UPC 837101387)
Friday, October 28, 2005
FINLAND LAUNCHES NATIONAL INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Finland has launched a National Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program. It has nominated three people to the Innovation Journalism program at Stanford.
Sunday, October 9, 2005
THE FIRST HANDBOOK ON INNOVATION COMMUNICATION
The first innovation communication handbook "Neue Ideen erfolgreich durchsetzen. Das Handbuch der Innovationskommunikation" was recently released by the publishing house of Germany’s renowned newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). It has been edited by Prof. Dr. Claudia Mast and Dr. Ansgar Zerfaß, who has been elected “PR Head of the Year 2005” by the German-speaking Public Relations community last month. The book is so far available in German only. It presents for the first time a comprehensive overview of the field of Innovation Communication and encompasses the basic concepts as well as numerous best practice examples from companies such as ThyssenKrupp, Siemens, IngDiBa or IBM. The handbook includes a special chapter on Innovation Journalism by Dr. David Nordfors.
Monday, September 12, 2005
FINLAND LAUNCHES WORLD'S FIRST COURSE IN INNOVATION JOURNALISM FOR STUDENTS
On September 9 the journalism group at the department of communication at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland launched the world’s first Innovation Journalism course for university students. It will be running intensively during September-October 2005. The pilot course has 20 participants. It includes 12 h lectures, practical work and a feed-back session. The students will get three credit points from the course. During the intensive course, September-October, every student will write one or more innovation journalistic articles. The grades of the course will be based on the quality of the articles. One aim of the course is also to publish the articles in various Finnish newspapers and magazines. The lecturer of the course is Dr. Turo Uskali, who took part in the first Finnish innovation journalism research and education program 2004–2005. The course will collaborate closely with Dr. David Nordfors at Stanford University and others interested in innovation journalism education.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
PAYING ATTENTION TO WEAK SIGNALS – THE KEY CONCEPT FOR INNOVATION JOURNALISM
By Turo Uskali.
Business journalism often misses to predict major happenings and frequently plays a part in inflating economic bubbles. Journalism seems to lack good methods for handling “weak signals”, the first written signs or hints of a coming change - a key concept for future-oriented journalism. The author has shown in previous work on business news that weak signals are mainly detected at the end of the news stories and from reporters´ personal comments. Business news often allows no more than one scenario of the future per story, which is not sufficient for discussing weak signals. This tends to promote mainstreaming which can inflate bubbles. Innovation journalism is future-oriented and needs to discuss weak signals. The paper proposes some guidelines for innovation journalists on how to cover weak signals without repeating the mistakes of business journalism. Traditionally, scholars have looked for weak signals in news headlines. But news headlines mostly focus on strong signals. The paper proposes some future directions for weak signal research.
Friday, June 24, 2005
INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS: SWEDISH CALL FOR APPLICANTS
VINNOVA, the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, is issuing a call for applicants for their third round of Swedish sponsored Innovation Journalism Fellowships. The fellowship program is run together with the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning at Stanford University.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
THE ROLE OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM IN SCIENCE NEWS MEDIA
By Marie Granmar.
During the past decade there has been an important worldwide trend in which more research is conducted in private companies or research departments with high ambitions of spin-offs. The science journalism tradition of mainly giving perspectives on recently published peer reviewed articles is no longer sufficient. Innovation journalism increases the possibilities of covering key factors driving scientific development. This paper describes how a few different science media have chosen to approach the challenge of integrating innovation journalism. It discusses the challenges for the modern science journalists, their work environments and editorial organizations.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
HOW TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION JOURNALISM
By Birgitta Forsberg.
The purpose of this paper is to give other journalists ideas of how to do environmental innovation journalism and to define the field of environmental innovation journalism. The paper gives some examples and partly describes what is happening with companies’ environmental work. It is the hope of the author that readers will find interesting threads that will become embryos of new stories. As this paper is aimed at journalists, the reader is expected to have journalistic skills and to know how to do research, how to be critical, balanced and accurate and how to handle ethical dilemmas. Basic journalism is beyond the scope of this paper.
Monday, May 23, 2005
INNOVATION READINESS - A FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCING CORPORATIONS AND REGIONS BY INNOVATION COMMUNICATION
By Ansgar Zerfass.
The industrial reality does no longer match the traditional understanding of innovation based on the assertiveness of creative scientists and entrepreneurs. Nowadays, an integrative approach is necessary. The concept of “Innovation Readiness” takes into account the relevance of internal as well as external stakeholders within the innovation process (stakeholder orientation) and considers the relevance of regional and branch-specific innovation systems (cluster development). It also highlights the importance of communication for the implementation of new ideas, products, and services. Following this line of argumentation, the article explains the strategies and measures of Innovation Communication. Several case studies illustrate how communication may foster the ability to innovate and thus strengthen competitiveness in a fundamental way.
Friday, May 13, 2005
INNOVATION COMMUNICATION - OUTLINE OF THE CONCEPT AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS FROM GERMANY
By Claudia Mast, Simone Huck and Ansgar Zerfass.
Innovation Communication poses particular challenges for communicators and requires special routines. INNOVATE 2004 is the first nation-wide study on Innovation Communication, based on answers from German journalists and communication experts from companies, agencies, research institutions, universities, politics, and administration. The survey’s results provide first indicators for the field of Innovation Communication in Germany
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
INTRODUCING AN INNOVATION JOURNALISM INDEX - BENCHMARKING THE SWEDISH MARKET
By David Nordfors, Daniel R. Kreiss and Jan Sandred.
Although Innovation Journalism is not a common label of a beat or of a type of publication, it is possible to benchmark the media landscape, using an innovation journalism index based on the results from a simple questionnaire, which measures the integration of technology and business reporting.
Monday, April 25, 2005
THE SECOND CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM: PAPERS
The conference papers from The Second Conference on Innovation Journalism, held at Stanford University on Apr 4-6 2005.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
THE SECOND CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM: PROGRAM
The final conference program from The Second Conference on Innovation Journalism, which was held at Stanford University on Apr 4-6 2005. The conference was arranged by the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) and the Swedish Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program, and co-sponsored by the Stanford Graduate Program in Journalism and the Finnish Innovation Journalism Initiative.
Friday, April 15, 2005
INNOVATION JOURNALISM INITIATIVE TO CONTINUE FOR THIRD YEAR
Following the success of the first two programs, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA) and Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), are pleased to announce that the initiative to grow a community of “innovation journalists” – media professionals who cover the technical, business, legal, political and social aspects of innovation – will be funded for a third year by VINNOVA.
Thursday, March 3, 2005
THE SECOND CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM – UPDATE: REGISTRATION AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Updated information about The Second Conference on Innovation Journalism. Preliminary conference program with times, topics and speakers/panellists. Link to conference registration on the Internet.
Friday, February 4, 2005
THE RISE OF ANALYSTS AS SOURCES IN INNOVATION JOURNALISM
By Niclas Lilja.
Reporters increasingly use analysts as sources in innovation journalism. By using analysts, the reporters get access to knowledge, resources, insight and industry access. The reporters stay neutral on the surface of the article by quoting analysts instead of expressing personal beliefs. The potential confusion happens if readers and or journalists believe analysts to be neutral experts when they could be pursuing their own agenda.
Monday, January 24, 2005
THE SECOND INNOVATION JOURNALISM CONFERENCE - STANFORD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 4-6
Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) in cooperation with VINNOVA, the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems, is pleased to call for papers and invite participants to The Second Innovation Journalism Conference at Stanford University.
Monday, January 17, 2005
A BUSINESS MODEL FOR INNOVATION JOURNALISM: BIOTECH SWEDEN
By Jan Sandred.
Innovation systems offer readerships and commercial markets for innovation journalism. Editor Jan Sandred identified in 2001 a business opportunity for a magazine covering the Swedish biotechnology innovation system. The Swedish business-to-business magazine Biotech Sweden was created for the biotech market by IDG Sweden, a subsidiary of International Data Group. This paper describes the business model and the steps involved in setting up Biotech Sweden as an innovation journalism publication..
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
FINLAND LAUNCHES INNOVATION JOURNALISM PROGRAMME
FINLAND LAUNCHES INNOVATION JOURNALISM PROGRAMME
- joins the Second Innovation Journalism Conference at Stanford April 4-6
The University of Tampere in Finland has launched an Innovation Journalism Research and Education Programme.
Monday, November 8, 2004
THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN INNOVATION SYSTEMS
By David Nordfors.
Innovation Journalism can strengthen the competitiveness of innovative clusters and national innovation economies. Innovation systems can offer readerships and commercial markets for innovation journalism. Journalism is an actor in innovation systems and it’s role needs to be investigated.
Monday, October 11, 2004
WHEN TECH MEETS BUSINESS IN JOURNALISM
By Adam Edström.
A suggestion for how to mix business and technology journalism in a publication aiming at entrepreneurs and startups that insults neither the engineers nor the economists, based on a comparison between personal experiences from Fortune Magazine and the Swedish electronics magazine Elektroniktidningen.
Friday, September 17, 2004
COMPONENTS OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM
By Magnus Höij.
In order for text to be “innovation journalism”, it has to cover both the invention and the market. While these two elements are sufficient and necessary for calling it innovation journalism, other elements can be added to make the text even more useful or enjoyable for the readership.
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
INVESTIGATING THE REPORTING OF RESEARCH COMPANIES - A REPORTING EXAMPLE ON DeCODE Genetics
Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.4,
By Marcus Lillkvist.
The sparse journalistic coverage of innovation-based startup companies could be explained by a lack of methods and tools for journalists striving to cover these companies. This paper describes new journalistic methods for covering startups.
APPLICATIONS: INNOVATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2004
About the 2004 Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program and how to apply for it. In Swedish only. External link to VINNOVA’s website.
Monday, May 3, 2004
THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM – CONFERENCE PAPERS
Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.3,
THE FIRST CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION JOURNALISM
Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.2,
Program for the First Conference on Innovation Journalism, held at Wallenberg Hall,
THE CONCEPT OF INNOVATION JOURNALISM AND A PROGRAMME FOR DEVELOPING IT
Innovation Journalism Vol.1 No.1,
By David Nordfors
Reprint of VINNOVA Information VI 2003:5 ISSN 1650-3120, October 2003