ABSTRACT
Where journalism is positioned in the present, design is concerned with the future, and this orientation to imagining new things makes design valuable to contemporary journalism. This chapter sets out the theoretical argument underpinning Journalism Design. It investigates design as a practice and a method of research, in particular the role that design artefacts play in producing new knowledge. It suggests that design provides journalism with opportunities for innovation. It envisages journalism as a creative process, underpinned by a set of core values that, when combined with design, enables a new form of practice.
