Overview of the journalistic convergence: the paths towards the Google newsroom

Media can not ignore the increasing levels of audience participation and its new role as content producer. This fact is a natural characteristic of Web 2.0 and implies reformulations for journalism, and also for the newsrooms. Audiences can participate even before the news happens, at planning the agenda or looking for sources. In this sense, the real convergence of digital media is not with the platforms, but with their audiences. The specific debate about what a digital newsroom must be is the main issue discussed in this article, that shows a general overview from the first initiatives in the USA to the latest actions in Spain, and from models closer to “reality journalism” to other open projects such as the Google newsroom