By Teri Finneman, University of Kansas, History Division Chair, teri.finneman@ku.edu

The History Division officers and the staff of our Journalism History journal are working this year on a marketing campaign to better promote the journal and journalism history more broadly.

This will also include increased collaboration with the AJHA officers and American Journalism. More on this to come, but for now we have started by providing greater clarity for what our journal is about and accepts. Previously, only the first two sentences existed on our website. We have added the paragraph below it. This will soon be added to our various marketing materials as well.

Journalism History seeks articles on topics related to the full scope of mass communication history, which may discuss individuals, institutions, or events. The journal features manuscripts that provide fresh approaches and a new, significant understanding about a topic in its broader context, as well as topical essays, especially if they contain clear theses with supporting documentation.

In addition to content about traditional journalism, Journalism History welcomes submissions with historical angles on visual communication, public relations, advertising, scholastic journalism, media diversity, sports media, the business of journalism, media technology, oral history, media law and ethics, and documentaries. We also encourage cross-disciplinary and global collaboration so that the content of the journal increasingly reflects media history outside of U.S. borders and across disciplines.