Teresa S. Congjuico of the University of the Philippines joined the Journalistic Role Performance Project, leading fieldwork and data collection as Country Representative for the Philippines in Wave III. #JRP #WaveIII #AsiaOceania
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Our study addresses the disconnection between ideals and practice in journalism, analyzing how professional roles materialize in the news in 59 countries. #JRP
🇿🇦 Meet JRP's South Africa team! PI Dr Marenet Jordaan (Stellenbosch University) leads coders Dr André Gouws, Landi Slatter & Nadine Christians, + Tian Nieuwoudt & Emma Lotriet. 📰 1,500+ news items gathered ✅ Nearly 1,000 coded #JRPProject #WaveIII journalisticperformance.org
We are delighted to introduce Misook Lee, Executive Committee member and a central part of our South Korea and Japan teams, who joined the JRP Project during Wave 2. Thank you, Misook, for your continued commitment and for staying on board for Wave 3!
Meet Sara Ödmark, Principal Investigator leading the Swedish team in Wave III of the Journalistic Role Performance Project. 📍 Mid Sweden University Delighted to have Sweden on board! 🌍 🔗 journalisticperformance.org #JRPProject #WaveIII #JournalismResearch #Sweden
Meet Aljosha Karim Schapals, researcher with the Australian team in Wave III of the Journalistic Role Performance Project. 📍 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Welcome to Wave III! 🌏 🔗 journalisticperformance.org #JRPProject #WaveIII #JournalismResearch #Australia
@claudiamellado.bsky.social , Founder & Principal Investigator of the JRP, shares an exciting milestone on the progress of the Chilean team: "Wave III is progressing very well in Chile. Our team is up to date with the sampling schedule and has already coded nearly 1,000 news stories [1/2]
Viljami Vaarala joins the JRP Project for the 3er wave, contributing to our global study on how journalistic roles are performed around the world. When he's not doing research, you might find him sailing the Finnish Lakeland with his dog Valo — which means "light" in Finnish.
The Bulgaria team is crushing it! As of July 6, Lada Price (@UniSheffield) has already collected: 📰 +1,200 news coded 📺 +1,600 news collected That's serious fieldwork momentum. Watch this space. #JRPProject #Wave3 #JournalismResearch #Bulgaria
“Denmark is leading the way, and behind every milestone stands a team that makes it all possible.” Shoutout to Cecilia Arregui and the entire Danish team for their dedication to Wave 3 fieldwork. 💪 #JRPProject #Wave3 #JournalismResearch #Denmark #AarhusUniversity
We are proud to introduce the team of researchers leading the JRP Project in Germany for the 3rd wave of our study: Cornelia Mothes — Macromedia University of Applied Sciences Lutz M. Hagen — Technische Universität Dresden Peter Maurer / Karlstad University
Two weeks after IAMCR 2026, we are still reflecting on the inspiring conversations and collaborations that took place throughout the conference.
How does journalism work across different cultures and platforms? Since 2013, the JRP Project has been finding out. Today, 59 countries, 86 universities, and 126 scholars collaborate on one of the biggest global journalism studies ever. 🌍✨
Last week we held our JRP Project General Meeting at ICA 2026 in Cape Town. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues from around the world and discuss the project’s progress. Many thanks to everyone who joined us for a productive conversation.
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. journalisticperformance.org #JRPProject
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 journalistic role performance. 📈🌍
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. 🌊📊 #JRP3rdWave #Tanzania #JournalismResearch
🇬🇧 JRP UK Team secures British Academy grant for Third Wave fieldwork Congratulations to the UK team of the (JRP) Project 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 journalisticperformance.org. #Greece #Journalism #JRP
Meet our team from Argentina 🇦🇷✨ Philip Kitzberger and Natalí Schejtman, who bring deep expertise and rigorous analysis to our research. #Argentina #JournalismStudies #JournalisticRoles #Research
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 aquieuropa.com/prensamedia-...
Proud to have David Nolan and Aljosha Karim Schapals leading the JRP research in Australia! 🇦🇺 Discover more at journalisticperformance.org. #JournalismResearch #Australia #JRP
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.
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.
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 lnkd.in/eafnC_pD
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.
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. 1/3
Dan said: “The third wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) project is now underway, and for me, this is about more than research. While we continue to explore how journalistic roles evolve in a changing media landscape, this initiative also connects people across [1/2]
