This research focused on constructive news frames used in reporting the EU
migration of 2015. Three journalists who are well-known for using constructive journalism
techniques in their work were interviewed to determine these frames. Cathrine Gyldensted,
Ulrik Haagerup and Sean Dagan Wood discussed the elements that constitutes a Constructive
Journalism story, the frames that were used in stories about European migration, whether
constructive or not. Constructive frames were then summarized in HASH: History, Ability,
Solution and Human story. The structure of the constructive news story focusing on European
migration formed the WDIET method: What Now, Data, Impact, Empathy and Truth.
These frames and elements can help practicing journalists in their reports, whether
these are about the European migration or any other phenomenon in society that includes
mass movement of people, stereotypes and questions of heritage.#
