ABSTRACT
Field theory offers a conceptual way of thinking about journalism as a space of belonging, but its reliance on inherent and sometimes-invisible structures have been a challenge. Where specific actors are more or less successful at breeching the boundaries of the journalistic core, this is reflected visually in a more uniform shaped and larger visual footprint. Though mapping content would likely remain a key consideration in terms of journalistic realization, there too alternative methods could be employed including quantitative content analysis, or network mapping. WikiLeaks has yet to relent in expressing its journalistic identity claims, and in its more prominent work in 2011 its activities more or less reflect that same clarity across other aspects of journalistic belonging. With Vault 7, Assange makes the same demonstrations of intention, and in a public statement on the release identifies as an editor, and provides more than typical analysis and contextualization in its release.
