Larry Gross University of Southern California President of ICA Anyone who has been paying attention will be aware that there is a crisis in scholarly publishing. In fact, there has been a crisis for some time, certainly since commercial publishers began jacking up the prices of science and math journals, setting off a domino effect …Continue Reading

Veronica Barassi Goldsmiths, University of London On the 25th of September a colleague and friend of mine, Dr Alice Mattoni, shared an article by Hugh Gusterson on the Facebook page of Interface: Journal for and about Social Movements and tried to open a debate about the exploitative character of much of contemporary academic publishing practices. …Continue Reading

Paul Bradshaw Birmingham City University & City University Something has happened to self-publishing over the past few years. No longer the last resort for local historians and wannabe poets, it is now a sign of entrepreneurial spirit, an alternative to the limitations of attention-starved journalism, and a way of kicking against the pricks of mainstream publishing. …Continue Reading

Richard Keeble University of Lincoln Journalism examines the here-and-now, the major issues and personalities of the day. And yet the production of academic books can often take up to two years (or even longer) between conception and actual publication. The peer review process can last months as can also the editing and publication process. As …Continue Reading

Mick Temple Staffordshire University Chris Frost Liverpool John Moores University Jenny McKay University of Sunderland Stuart Allan Bournemouth University The first issue of Journalism Education appeared in April 2012. Published with the support of the Association for Journalism Education (AJE), the online journal is available for free via the AJE website. Journalism Education is an …Continue Reading

Janis Jefferies, Sarah Kember & Ben Pester Goldsmiths, University of London As we start to see the depth of the digital transformation of the publishing industry, a motto is rising up from the ranks of independent publishers: Print is not an input. It is spoken in directorial and editorial meetings, in master-classes about making magazines, …Continue Reading