Journalism – neo-modern and deliberative: an alternative journalistic approach

In recent years in literature, journalism in Western countries is considered on a downfall due to digital technologies, the corporate structure of news media and the project of the journalistic profession itself. Despite attempts by scholars and the journalistic profession, the gap between journalism and society and democracy still exists. Paraphrasing scholarly work, the idea of this paper is simple: I propose a new journalistic approach, called Analytical Journalism, which adds to representations of reality in news discourse by nuancing dominating frames on a specific issue. Hence, the story is the best obtainable deliberative input – both in terms of existing representations of reality, the contingent nature of reality and the journalism practice.