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Toward Omnipresent Journalism: A Case Study of the Real Time Coverage of the San Antonio Spurs 2014 NBA Championship Game
International Symposium on Online Journalism
  • Zhaoxi Liu, Trinity University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2016
Abstract

Based on a field study, this paper examines how the San Antonio Express News practiced omnipresent journalism in its coverage of the Spurs’ NBA 2014 championship game. This study refines the concept of omnipresent journalism as having two dimensions: time (real-time coverage) and space (on multiple platforms); and consisting of three rounds of news presentation: live tweets, real-time website updates and print paper. Such omnipresent journalism primes mobile journalism and requires journalists to be proficient in multitasking while prioritizing their tasks. Meanwhile, in the omnipresent news environment, journalists have perceived the print newspaper as the holy grail of quality journalism. Journalists also need to brace themselves for glitches, technological and otherwise.

Citation Information
Liu, Z. (2016). Toward omnipresent journalism: A case study of the real time coverage of the San Antonio spurs 2014 NBA championship game . International Symposium on Online Journalism, 2016(1), 151-169.