Carina Ihlström Eriksson is Associate Professor at Halmstad University. She is research leader of the Media IT research group (media-it.hh.se) and has been project leader of several research projects with the Swedish newspaper industry, e.g. DigiNews, UbiMedia and LoCoMedia. She wrote her PhD thesis called “The Evolution of a New(s) Genre” about the establishment of online newspapers and has published over 50 articles at international conferences and journals.

Maria Åkesson is Assistant Professor at Halmstad University. She is a researcher in the Media IT research group (media-it.hh.se) and has been engaged several research projects with the Swedish newspaper industry, e.g. DigiNews, UbiMedia and LoCoMedia. She wrote her PhD thesis titled “Digital Innovation in the Value Networks of Newspapers” about the digitization of news media and the associated opportunities and challenges. Her research has been published in international journals and conferences.