Dear AoIRists, On behalf of our Editorial Team, authors, reviewers, and supporting institutions, we are pleased to announce the online publication of the Journal of Media Innovations, Volume 1, Issue 2. <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/index> Our second issue includes four articles devoted to the theme of Innovations in the Newsroom, and includes an additional general article and two book reviews (see Table of Contents below). In my introduction, I highlight the common themes and connections, including: (1) the primary brakes on media innovations, for better and for worse, frequently come from within the media sectors (e.g., editorial offices, newsroom practices, business practices), in contrast with innovation as developed and "pushed" from the ICT industries; and (2) two of the theme issue articles take up the core normative value of autonomy, highlighting how far innovations may foster and/or hinder consumer and/or journalistic autonomy. These connect in turn with themes and threads raised in our Inaugural Issue, beginning with the necessity of taking a holistic approach in our analyses of media innovations. Both scholars and practitioners will find much additional important reading here, including, e.g., what works in practice to foster and/or hinder the cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary cooperation essential for new innovations to be effectively taken up in journalistic practices (and beyond). Table of Contents: Editor's Introduction: Innovations in the newsroom ­ and Beyond - Charles Melvin Ess 1-9 The Agents of Media Innovation Activities: Actors, Actants, and Audiences - Oscar Westlund, Seth C. C. Lewis 10-35 Working with or next to each other? Boundary crossing in the field of information visualisation - Gerard Smit, Yael de Haan, Laura Buijs 36-51 Perceptions of Intra-Organizational Collaboration and Media Workers’ Interests in Media Innovations - Oscar Westlund, Arne H Krumsvik 52-74 Multiskilling in the newsroom ­ de-skilling or re-skilling of journalistic work? - Gunnar Nygren 75-96 Social network sites: an innovative form of political communication? A socio-technical approach to media innovation - Sandrine Roginsky 97-125 Book Reviews Review of Audience Research Methodologies Ingela Wadbring 126-128 Review of Making News at The New York Times Maria Theresa Konow-Lund 129-131 The Journal of Media Innovations serves the professional and research communities engaged in the cross-disciplinary field of media innovations. The Journal is open access, peer reviewed, and published two times annually via the University of Oslo's FRITT initiative (Frie tidsskrifter fra UiO ­ Free Journals from the University of Oslo). The Journal is sponsored by the Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Additional information on upcoming issues, including submission requirements and deadlines, is also found on the Journal website. With a thousand thanks to all who have made this Journal and this second issue possible, Charles Ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/> My latest book, Digital Media Ethics, is now available from Polity: http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745656056 University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess@media.uio.no