1st Edition
Visual Journalism and Verification at War Norwegian and Swedish News Outlets Covering Ukraine
List of figues
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Disrupting the boundaries of photojournalism at war
A background to the full‑scale invasion
Previous research on the war in Ukraine
Photojournalism at war, witnessing and visual meaning-making
Visual verification, trust and truth
Our empirical study
Empirical focus
Methods
Chapter outline
Funding and approvals
A note on our collaboration
2. Bridges and flows
Witnessing, networks and flows
Witnessing outbreak: Time, space and production in the field
Summary: random and deliberate coverage
Witnessing atrocities: the cases of Bucha and Borodyanka
Witnessing through tropes and conventions: Commemorating the invasion
Chapter summary: Witnessing through bridges and flows
3. The war next door: The perspectives of editors and photojournalists
Being there
The gap between seeing and showing
Safety, bias and trust
Chapter summary: About the coverage of the war next door
4. Truth, trust (and everything in between)
A hierarchy of trust
Skilling up (digital forensics)
Chapter summary: Fact-checking as a new genre
5. Reflections on the Norwegian and Swedish visual coverage of the war in Ukraine
References
Index
Biography
Maria Nilsson is Professor of Journalism in the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research interests include visual storytelling, newsroom routines, the ethics of witnessing, visual representations of crises, and the history of photography. Her current research focuses on visual verification practices and disinformation and the truth claims of journalism in crisis coverage.
Anne Hege Simonsen is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Her research interests include visual journalism, global and international reporting, climate crisis and environment coverage, media and minorities, physical walls and boundaries, and non-fiction writing. She has written, edited, and contributed to several text books in journalism for the Norwegian market.
One of the book’s major strengths is its evidence-led exploration, blending theory with empirical analysis to considerable advantage. I can easily envisage using it for my MA teaching. This is a richly insightful treatment of pressing issues for visual journalism.
- Stuart Allan, Cardiff University
