Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

I chose one of AEJMC's journals, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, because I thought that this assignment could be a good way to get familiar with the work published by the organizers of one of the most popular conferences at our school. The journal's website provides very general information about the content, which focuses in journalism and mass communication (pretty obvious) with emphasis on "theory and methodology of communication, international communication, journalism history, and social and legal problems."

I didn't feel satisfied, and made a quick Google search asking if the journal was considered good. I was surprised and intrigued to find a very well supported blog by Eric Newton and Amber Robertson titled "Exploring the value of academic research in journalism." Among other things, Newton and Robertson say that the Quarterly ranks 48 among 72 communication journals, and that more than 50 percent (69 percent in 2010) of articles were NEVER cited. Not very inspiring, don't you think?

Now, in relation to the other part of this assignment, I did find some interesting articles related to my topic of interest. Here three of them:

Beam, R. & Di Cicco, D. (2010). When women run the newsroom: Management change, gender and the news. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 87(2), 393-411.

Armstrong, C. (2004). The influence of reporter gender on source selection in newspaper stories. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 81(1), 139-154.

Correa, T. & Harp, D. (2011). Women matter in newsrooms: How power and critical mass relate to the coverage of the HPV vaccine. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 88(2), 301-319.