The second Journalism Practice and Journalism Studies conference hosted by the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, will focus on the topic: The Future of Journalism. The conference, supported by publishers Routledge, Taylor and Francis, will take place September 9 and 10, 2009. Contributions are being accepted now from the international community of scholars of journalism studies as well as journalism practitioners, journalism educators and trainers, media executives, trade unionists and media regulators.

Proposals for Papers are invited on the following broad themes:

The Future of Journalism: Perspectives from different countries/continents)
The Future of Journalism: New media technologies, blogs, citizen journalism and UGC
The Future of Journalism: Business trends and developments
The Future of Journalism: Implications and developments for journalism practice
The Future of Journalism; Broadcast and print journalism
The Future of Journalism; the employment, education and training of journalists
The Future of Journalism; Journalism ethics.
Titles and abstracts for papers (250 words max) and proposals for panels of related papers, should be emailed by January 9, 2009, to Bob Franklin at journalismstudies@press.uk.net. Please indicate which of the seven key themes listed above your paper addresses. All abstracts and papers will be reviewed by a panel of specialists and members of the Editorial Board. A selection of papers will be published as special issues of Journalism Practice and Journalism Studies in April 2010. At the 2007 Future of Newspapers conference, 65 of the 110 submitted papers were presented at Conference and 27 were published in Journalism Studies and Journalism Practice.

For more information, go to http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rjos and http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rjop.

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