Flemming Tait Svith

I have since mid 90’s focused on advanced journalistic research as precision journalism or computer assisted journalism both as a practitioner, a developer and an academic researcher. As well, since the mid 00’s I have focused on the rhetoric strategies in journalism.

2008 – 2011: PhD-fellow, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University;

2004 – 2008: Associate professor in journalism (research), the Danish School of Journalism;

2002 – 2006: Co-founder and editor of Dicar, Danish Institute of Computer Assisted Reporting / Danish Institute of Analytic Reporting;

1996 – 2002: Journalist, Jyllands-Posten (investigative reporter, business and IKT reporter);

1994 – 1996: Journalist, Kommunalbladet (magazine reporter);

1990 – 1994: School of Journalism, journalism degree;

1989 – 1990: Department of Social Science, Aarhus University, supplementary degree;

1985 – 1989: Various works;

1983 – 1984: Traveler in Central America;

1979 – 1985: Department of history, Aarhus University, Masters Degree.

• Journalism practice
• Knowledge production
• Media and democracy

• Svith, Flemming (2011). From conflict to cooperation – a new relationship between journalists and experts – An indebt study of front-page stories during 40 years in Danish newspapers, Paper presented at the 6^th General ECPR conference, Reykjavik, 25^th – 27^th August 2011
• Svith, Flemming (2011). Nyhedsjournalistik – bedre end sit rygte? Et sociologisk og diskursanalytisk studium af forklaringer i danske aviser gennem 40 år, Århus: Politica [New Journalism - better than its reputation?
A sociological and discourse analytic study of explanatory journalism in Danish newspapers for 40 years]
• Svith, Flemming (2011). Journalism and Media Crossing Field Boundaries, Paper presented at the Crossing Borders Conference, UC Berkeley, March 2011
• Holm, Hans-Henrik, Flemming Svith og Kate Kartveit (red.) (2008). Når nyheder bliver til – på DR og TV 2, Public service – medier og demokrati, Århus: Ajour [When news is produced - at DR and TV 2, Public Service - Media and Democracy]
• Carstensen, Martin B., Flemming Svith og Per Mouritsen (red.) (2007). DR og TV2 – i folkets tjeneste? Public service – medier og demokrati, Århus: Forlaget Ajour [DR and TV2 - in the Public Interest? Public Service - Media and Democracy]
• Svith, Flemming (red.) (2006). At opdage verden: research – fra akademikere til journalister, Forlaget Ajour. [To discover the world: research - from academics to journalists]
• http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/flemming-tait-svith(7f0ea88a-867e-407f-ab76-eb6d70cc30b7)/publications.html