>_Textual Studies in Canada_
>
>SPECIAL ISSUE ON PRINT JOURNALISM
>
>CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
>
>
>More than two decades have passed since a dramatic series of newspaper
>closings and corporate mergers sparked the federal government's 1980 Royal
>Commission on Newspapers. Since then the problems of concentrated
>ownership of the nation's press have grown ever more complicated, leaving a
>landscape barely recognizable in terms of traditional press values.
>
>"Freedom of the press is not a property right of owners," said the
>commission's report. "It is a right of the people."
>
>What does this right of the people mean--what can it mean?--when newspapers
>are owned and controlled by a virtual handful of corporate "players"? Do
>publishers really maintain an arms-length relationship with editorial
>staff? Are staff reporters free to investigate and report regardless of
>their employing corporations' other and potentially conflicting
>interests? Is there a place for traditional newspaper values in the
>corporate hierarchy of the modern newsroom? What about reportorial
>technique--can analysis make a positive difference? Where are Canadian
>newspapers heading, and what are the alternatives?
>
>
>Calling on journalism practitioners, educators and critics
>
>Have your say, and have it in a journal that Studies in Canadian Literature
>called "one of the most relevant contributors to current discussions of the
>materiality of Canadian publishing." Send submissions and/or queries to:
>
>The Editors, Textual Studies in Canada
>Faculty of Arts
>University College of the Cariboo
>Box 3010, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5N3
>OR by e-mail: to Dr. M. Ruvinsky: [log in to unmask]
>Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2002
>
>
>TSC also welcomes book reviews. For the upcoming issue we especially
>encourage reviews of books on Canadian journalism and related
>topics. Please send inquiries about book reviews to our book reviews
>editor, Rachel Nash, via email: [log in to unmask]
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