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

Katherine Burton Routledge, Taylor & Francis UK The academic publishing world has seen a great deal of change in the past 10 to 20 years and is set to see more in the coming years as technology develops and research output continues to grow. This article presents a brief snapshot of the digital publishing moment …Continue Reading

Mila Steele SAGE Publications Over the past 500 years, not much changed in academic publishing. We printed books; people went to bookstores and bought them. We published journals; libraries subscribed to them.  All of a sudden, none of that seems to be the case anymore. How are simple things like books and journals changing – …Continue Reading