[Commlist] Call for Papers: Special Issue of Journalism Practice

Call for Papers: Special Issue of Journalism Practice

The journalistic I: Mediating subjectivity in contemporary journalism 
practices

Deadline for abstract submission: Monday 16 October 2023

Deadline for notification of accepted abstracts: Friday 17 November 2023

Deadline for full paper submission: Friday 17 May 2024

Guest editors: Jelle Mast & Martina Temmerman (Vrije Universiteit 
Brussel, Belgium)

This special issue adopts a practice-oriented perspective, bringing 
together research-based and reflective studies and case examples that 
engage with manifest expressions of ‘byline’/‘mediating’ subjectivity in 
journalism practice. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate and assess the 
implications of the renewed currency of ‘the journalistic I’ in various 
senses (narrative, interpretive, emotional, self-reflexive, transparent, 
performative, artistic, promotional) for journalism as a meaning-making 
and creative practice; for journalistic truth/storytelling; and for 
audience engagement and the cognitive and affective investments 
involved, while also considering the potentials of 
autobiography/-ethnography for journalism education and research.

We welcome a wide range of research methods and analytical approaches 
from a geographically and culturally diverse scholarship, reflecting the 
multidisciplinary and global scope of the research field. Topics of 
interest include but are not limited to:

/Rethinking journalism as an epistemic/discursive practice through the 
analytical lenses of ‘byline’/‘mediating’ subjectivity, self-reflexivity 
and/or transparency

/Journalism practices negotiating binary oppositions between objectivity 
and subjectivity, fact and valuation, verification and assertion, or 
evidence and advocacy

/Authorial subjectivity as a principle/practice in non-Western 
journalistic cultures

/Forms, genres, practices and use values of ‘byline’/’mediating’ 
subjectivity in interpretive, narrative or artistic journalism

/Creative authorship, (signature) style and genre innovation in (visual) 
journalism

/Social media, personal/professional identity, self-branding, and 
‘celebrification’

/Podcasting, personal storytelling, ‘intimization’, and audience engagement

/‘Selfie’ practices, journalistic witnessing, point of view, and 
self-performance

/Potentials of auto-ethnography/biography for journalism education or 
research

/Autobiography, confessionalism, ‘intimization’, voyeurism and 
journalism ethics

The full CFP can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3wkf9m2s

If you are interested in participating in this special issue, please 
submit an extended abstract (500-750 words), accompanied by a 
100-150-word bio introducing your relevant expertise, to 
(jelle.mast /at/ vub.be). Upon selection, scholars will be invited to submit 
full papers through the journal’s ScholarOne website (select “special 
issue title”). Article submissions should be between 6000-9000 words in 
length, including references, and are subject to full blind peer-review, 
following the peer-review procedure of Journalism Practice. There are no 
article processing charges.


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