Trends in Journalism Quarterly: Reflections of the Retired Editor

Abstract

Looking back over a 17-year editorship of JQ, Professor Stempel cites several trends, such as the increase in female authorship (from roughly one in ten to one in three articles today), in multiple-authorship (now about 40% of published articles), and increase in use of tables and computers. But there is a strong consistency in subject matter researched, submitted, and published, although some areas, like law and ethics, show recent increases. People seem to research what they teach and there is a consistency in our curricula programs over the past 17 years, judging from submissions. JQ reflects the strength and diversity of our collective field, an ongoing challenge for editors.