September 14-15, 2023

Cardiff University (UK)

Deadline: February 17, 2023

The Future of Journalism 2023 conference invites submissions on all aspects of journalism.  

The event is hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) and it takes place at Cardiff University on the 14th & 15th of September. 

The organisers especially encourage contributions addressing the theme of “Journalism in troubled times: threats, opportunities and research” 

 This includes, but is not limited to, papers addressing themes such as: 

• The role of journalists and journalism in covering conflict including war, repression, and political violence 
  
• The challenges created in reporting on authoritarian and/or populist political movements  
  
• In an age of Trump, Putin, Johnson, Bolsonaro and many more, the threat to journalism’s standards, normative behaviours, and the compromises to journalistic values in covering populism/authoritarianism? 
  
• The challenges created by reporting on and/or for minority communities  
  
• The challenges of reporting systemic or existential changes, such as climate change 
  
• The accommodations made by legacy news institutions under pressure and the impact on ideals of journalistic objectivity, quality, and fairness 
  
• The role of social media in shaping audience responses to journalism and news consumption 
  
• The impact of both online and physical abuse and threat to journalistic challenge to authority 
  
• Ongoing issues around the gendering of journalism and news 
  
• The tensions between the role of legacy media and alternative media in covering crises 
  
• The changing patterns of sourcing and roles of expertise in journalism 
  
• The implications for improving journalism education associated with these developments 

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Jane B. Singer of City, University of London and Dr Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Associate Professor and Cowles Fellow in Media Management, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

The fee for the conference is £275 (£50 for students), which includes tea and coffee breaks as well as the conference dinner (to be held on the evening of 14th September).  

Please do not submit more than one abstract as first author, with no more than two abstracts in total. 

The deadline for abstracts (300 words maximum) is February 17th, 2023. Abstracts should be submitted online via the link on the page: https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/foj2023/.  

Should you have any questions, please contact us at FoJ-conference@cardiff.ac.uk