ABSTRACT
The journal Journalism Practice has, since its launch in 2007, as one would expect
from an interdisciplinary venture, adopted a laudably broad approach to exploring the
complexities and variations in the practice of journalism. This has included the
encouragement of a range of perspectives on the history of journalism. This themed
issue of Journalism Practice aims to contribute to the scrutiny of journalism from both a
professional and an academic perspective by exploring the ways that journalism deploys
history and historical sources as part of its patterns of production.
