The Journalist Award is a symbolic indicator that shows not only the excellence of the media report but also the social value of an era. Along with the journalistic excellence of the award-winning works, it is necessary to take a macroscopic look at t...
The Journalist Award is a symbolic indicator that shows not only the excellence of the media report but also the social value of an era. Along with the journalistic excellence of the award-winning works, it is necessary to take a macroscopic look at the implications of the award-winning works in terms of organizational sociology. Accordingly, this study focuses on the award-winning works in the planning report category that have in-depth and exploratory reporting among the <Broadcast Journalist of the Month> award-winning works, and examines the characteristics of award-winning works in Korean broadcasting reporting from the perspective of obtaining status and isomorphism in organizational sociology.
Diachronically analyzed the characteristics of award-winning planning reports according to the three government periods. Research Results Amid KBS' dominance of award-winning works, Newstarpa under the Park Geun-hye administration and YTN under the Moon Jae-in administration showed rapid progress. As time passed, the investigative reporting properties of award-winning planning reports increased significantly. In terms of reporting techniques, computer-assisted investigative reporting techniques were increasing in the traditional reporting techniques. In terms of investigative journalism attributes of award-winning works, progressive governments showed statistically significantly higher coverage independence and social reform catalysts than conservative governments. The thematic characteristics of award-winning planning reports were closely related to the government's national tasks. In the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations, the topic of economy and industry was dominant, and in the Moon Jae-in administration, the proportion of administrative and local governments and political scandals was high. As such, the award-winning works were showing the process of isomorphism in line with the government's state affairs.