The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies is to host a conference entitled The future of journalism in September next year. It is inviting contributions from journalism academics, practising journalists, media executives, trade unionists and media regulators.
In launching the call for papers, Bob Franklin said: "The environments in which journalists work... are changing rapidly in response to innovations in technology, increasingly competitive and fragmented markets for audiences and advertising revenues, government media policy and changing audience requirements for news and the ways in which it is presented and delivered.
"These changes are impacting on journalists' employment, their workplaces, products and perceptions of their professional roles and values, as well as their day-to-day journalism practice."
So what's happening on the ground and what do we think will happen? Among the likely conference subjects will be global perspectives, new media technologies, blogs (of course), citizen journalism and user generated content (naturally) plus advertising, business models and economic developments.
You'll find much more here, along with a pdf of conference topics.
