What is beat expertise? News sorting as a novel method for studying traits of journalists’ proficiency
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
Published online on November 25, 2025
Abstract
Journalism, Ahead of Print.
This exploratory study develops and tests a new approach to the study of expertise in journalism. It introduces a new method, News Sorting, which takes journalists out of their comfort zone by asking them to rank a sample of their recent publications and ...
This exploratory study develops and tests a new approach to the study of expertise in journalism. It introduces a new method, News Sorting, which takes journalists out of their comfort zone by asking them to rank a sample of their recent publications and ...