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Welcome to the newsletter, issue no. 1, of the Journalism Studies Interest Group (JSIG) of the International Communication Association (ICA). This interest group was born at the last annual conference of ICA in New Orleans, May 2004. Now, six months later, it is time to take stock ... [more]

Indeed, our first call for papers met with an overwhelming response. Altogether, 104 paper and 10 panel proposals were submitted to JSIG ... [more]

Top papers of the Journalism Studies Interest Group should have a chance to be published in internationally recognized journals. JSIG therefore has affiliated ... [more]

Now, we are planning for New York 2005. The paper review is underway, sessions will put together in December, and ICA will make final decisions in January 2005. We will keep you informed. Meanwhile, we seek volunteers who would like to help us to organize our first informal get-together during the New York conference. Personally, I can imagine having a great party instead of a formal reception. We will have a lot to celebrate.


Thomas Hanitzsch
Chair, Journalism Studies at ICA