We are pleased to announce the launch of our new journal, Journalism and Discourse Studies (JDS). JDS is an online, open access, peer reviewed journal providing a space for interdisciplinary collaboration and conversation between researchers across the fields of journalism, media, discourse, politics, culture, communication and society:www.JDSJournal.net
JDS, Volume 1, Issue 1 contains an introductory discussion from the editorial team followed by a series of short essays from Teun van Dijk, Stuart Allan, Chris Hart and Chris Frost who comment on the opportunities that JDS can provide to the fields of journalism studies and discourse studies: http://www.jdsjournal.net/publications.html
Our first issue is accompanied by the launch of our guest blogger page. In this opening contribution Alexander Macleod gives a fascinating insight to his PhD research on Malaysian discourses of national identity: http://www.jdsjournal.net/jds-guest-bloggers