Call for Submissions

Journalism Practice: Special Issue Call for Papers
Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution Guest Editor: Sue Robinson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Submission Deadlines:
Abstract: 1 November 2012
Full Manuscript: 15 January 2013

This special issue, "Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution,” will explore the intersection of community, news and digital technologies. We invite manuscripts that explore community journalism – that is, newswork based on local, grassroots topics and for local, grassroots audiences – during this incredible transformation. This special issue will thread all of its works by the theme of change – change in community, change in the press, change in audiences, change in community story, and change in mediated forms and platforms. Read the full call for papers here. If you would like to read this special issue when it is published online, register to receive table of contents alerts for Journalism Practice.

Digital Journalism: Special Issue Call for Papers
Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age
Guest Editors: Steen Steensen and Laura Ahva
Submission Deadlines:
Abstract (no more than 500 words): 15 January 2013
Final submission to guest editors: 31 January 2014
Publication: Late 2014 / Early 2015

This special issue of Digital Journalism welcomes contributions that reassess theories of journalism related to digitalization and the normative assumptions underpinning most of journalism studies, especially regarding the relationship between journalism and democracy. Although this call for papers takes processes of digitalization as its starting point, the special issue does not intend to promote deterministic theories. Contributions that critically question the assumed causal relationship between digital technologies and the changing practices and cultures of journalism are welcomed. Read the full call for papers here. If you would like to read this special issue when it is published online, register to receive table of contents alerts for Digital Journalism.