Jornalismo multiplataforma e (des) convergência em Portugal

Abstract

This article analyzes interactional dynamics between journalists of the Portuguese centenary newspaper Jornal de Notícias during the multiplatform coverage of the Pedrógão Grande tragedy. The forest fires in the summer of 2017 in central Portugal gained international media attention for the deaths caused and the extent of devastated areas. The perspective of media convergence is adopted, crossed by movements of divergence, deconvergence and coexistence, to understand how Jornal de Notícias adapts itself and manages to be competitive in the contemporary media ecosystem. The case study reveals the adoption of a complex model of convergence, which articulates new and old professional practices and processes that go beyond the simplistic and dominant discourse of journalistic convergence.