Journal Description
Journalism is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles from the growing community of academic researchers and critical practitioners with an interest in journalism. The journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.
The journal publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.
Journalism adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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- by Stan Jastrzebski, Keren Henderson, Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley, Kevin Crowston2029Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USAJournalism, Ahead of Print. The recent addition of data journalists to several dozen U.S. public radio newsrooms has created multiple new hybridities in the form. No longer are numbers and large datasets “audio poison.” Instead, they are an essential tool for these journalists, who …
- by Belew Anley Taglo37602Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This study investigates the state of the public sphere in the Ethiopian media during the country’s 2018 political reform. It reports on an innovative print format that has proved to be a public sphere. Drawing on methodological insight from quantitative …
- by Birte Leonhardt, Folker Hanusch27258University of Vienna, Austria,Journalism, Ahead of Print. Scholarship into the role that culture plays in journalistic role orientations and practices remains scarce, despite a small increase in recent years. Drawing on the concepts of journalistic embeddedness, cultural values and journalistic roles, this paper …
- by Jan Lauren Boyles1177Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA,Journalism, Ahead of Print. How does the entry of computation into newswork interplay with journalists’ role orientations? This study uncovers how journalists cultivate knowledge of computational newsgathering approaches within America’s smallest cities and towns. More narrowly, …
- by Stephanie ZQ Yang, Francis LF LeeSchool of Journalism and Communication, 26451The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This study examines de-professionalization of journalism in the context of a society undergoing rapid autocratization. De-professionalization is understood as a process that undermines journalistic autonomy through the intertwined mechanisms of collective …
- by Lydia ChengUniversity of Sydney, NSW, Australia,Journalism, Ahead of Print. Journalists’ professional role conceptualisation contributes to a normative understanding of what journalism is. Current role research focuses mainly on journalism’s democratic and political function and less on journalism’s function in individuals’ …
- by Federica CherubiniDirector of Leadership Development at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, UK,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This commentary examines the relationship between the journalism profession and academia, making the case for further bridging the gap between the two fields to foster better collaboration and mutual understanding. We begin by highlighting the …
- by Silvio R WaisbordThe George Washington University, Washington, DC, USAJournalism, Ahead of Print.
- by Esther Thorson3078College of Communication Arts, Michigan State University, USA,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This experiment test the effects of framing of climate change and finds that news stories that do not discuss the man-made cause of climate change, and do not use trigger words such as “global warming” and “climate change” are significantly better at …
- by Silvio R Waisbord356191The George Washington University, Bethesda, MD, USAJournalism, Ahead of Print.
- by Gavin Adamson7984Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This mixed-method study analyzes reports related to schizophrenia in Canadian news media during the calendar year 2022 (N= 237). The corpus was coded for tone, journalism sources and themes. Correlations between those elements were measured, and also …
- by Shadi Abu-Ayyash105957Liwa College (LC), United Arab EmiratesJournalism, Ahead of Print. This paper examines how Palestinian universities align their digital journalism curricula with the needs of the journalism industry, focusing on integrating digital technologies and practical skills within the context of military-occupied Palestine. The …
- by Frank M RussellCalifornia State University, Fullerton, CA, USA,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This study concerns how Washington Post media critic Margaret Sullivan discursively protected journalistic autonomy, expelled deviant actors, and accepted expansion of journalistic boundaries if necessary to preserve the field. Attention to Sullivan’s …
- by Matthew Powers7284University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This paper examines news organizations’ shifting editorial and commercial strategies towards statehouse reporting – an important but often neglected form of sub-national journalism in the United States. Through interviews with reporters, editors, and …
- by Sarah Lonsdale3163City, Saint George's, University of London, UK. Email: sarah.lonsdale.1@city.ac.ukJournalism, Ahead of Print.
- by Hannes CoolsAmsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), 118065University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This commentary explores academia’s role in co-creating research with media partners, focusing on the distinct roles and challenges that each stakeholder brings to such partnerships. Starting from the perspective of theAI, Media, and Democracy Lab,and …
- by Hallvard Moe1658University of Bergen, Norway,Journalism, Ahead of Print. This paper asks how people make sense of climate issues in the news. As part of a study in Norway, with repeated interviews and open-ended questionnaires, we invited people to share their thoughts on three real and recent news stories. The examples were …
- by Rita Araújo183086University of Minho, PortugalJournalism, Ahead of Print. Journalism studies’ literature on precarity has mainly focused on job insecurity, job loss, and the increase of atypical work relationships. Several studies report a growing deterioration of journalists’ work conditions worldwide, indicating a …
- by Bronwyn JonesUniversity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK,Journalism, Ahead of Print. In this paper, we provide reflections from an embedded action research project undertaken at the UK’s largest public service broadcaster, the BBC, over a three-year period. It was aimed at eliciting research insights about the role and understanding of AI …
- by Luming Zhao12478Fudan University, China,Journalism, Ahead of Print. Previous literature has explored how the penetration of platforms into the news sector influences the organization, production, and dissemination of journalism. However, it has overlooked the platformization within the backstage of journalism – how …