[Commlist] New journalism textbook - call for contributors

The idea: A brand new, open access, journalism e-textbook, aimed at 
students on accredited and other courses in the UK. It is being written 
by a mixture of University and college tutors, journalists involved in 
leading industry training programmes and representatives of the student 
media associations


Working title: Introduction to Journalism


Structure and style:

- Bite-sized chapters with 3k words of main text, plus key points, 
self-test questions, up-to-date case studies and references, making it 
up to c. 4k words in each chapter.
- A textbook not a formal, academic publication, written in a 
straightforward style, aimed at Level 4 students.
- A range of topics meaning it could be used on just about any module.
- No in-text citations to help make it more readable, instead references 
and suggested watching/listening will be in an ‘explore further’ section 
at the end of each chapter.
- Open access and a e-book only, making it easy to revise and useful as 
an additional tool for work with Level 3 media colleagues, as we aim to 
maintain and grow our discipline


The call: Please email Richard Jones, Director of Media, Film, 
Journalism, Politics and History at the University of Salford, on 
(R.L.Jones /at/ salford.ac.uk) if

-	You have ideas on what you’d like to see in this textbook
-	You are interested in writing one of the short chapters yourself


Timeline

Now-June 2026: A list of chapter themes and contributors is gathered 
(this has begun with c. 20 contributors already in place)
End of August 2026: Draft chapters complete
September-November 2026: Feedback, editing and rewriting, using the 
PressBooks platform, with production support from the University of 
Salford library team
End of November 2026: Manuscript finished
December 2026-January 2027: Further production work to make the e-book ready
Early 2027: Launch event. E-book can be used as a resource in term two 
modules

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