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Book Talk: The Margins of Journalism
In her new book The Margins of Journalism,Lenka Waschková Císařová explores the role of local media in the contemporary media space and how their role is changing as the journalistic field changes. We cordially invite you to the launch of this book, which will take place on 6 May at 4 pm in the Aula of the Faculty of Social Studies. The interview with the author will be conducted by Monika Metyková.
Book Talk: The Margins of Journalism
6 May 2025
4pm – 5pm CEST (Central European Summer Time) in person and online
Location: Aula, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
To join online, please register.
Lenka Waschková Císařová has been one of the most distinguished and insightful
observers of the transformation of the Czech journalistic profession and news organizations with much of her research focusing on regional and local journalists and news media. In this talk with Monika Metyková (University of Sussex), Waschková Císařová discusses her book The Margins of Journalism (Peter Lang 2025). The book brings together her insights into peripheral journalists and media organizations within the context of a rapidly changing journalistic field. Waschková Císařová’s comprehensive study of local journalism in the post-socialist, post-transitional Czech media system offers broader learnings for the future of journalism and moves beyond a western-centric gaze.
The conversation will take place on Tuesday, May 6 from 4pm to 5pm Central European Summer Time and will be followed by a small reception.
Panelists
Dr Lenka Waschková Císařová works as Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Her teaching and research focus on changes in journalistic work, local media, media ownership, emotions in journalism, and the transition of media markets. She has published widely on these topics, including in journals like Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and Digital Journalism. Her chapters have among others appeared in Local Journalism (2023, Routledge), The Routledge Companion to Local Media and Journalism (2024, Routledge) and Media Compass (2025, Wiley). Her latest book The Margins of Journalism was published by Peter Lang in 2025.
Dr Monika Metyková works as Associate Professor in Media Communications and Journalism Studies at the University of Sussex. Her research interests include the journalistic profession, media and cultural policies and news industries. Her research on the
changing journalistic profession appeared in journals like Journalism and Journalism Studies and her book Diversity and Media was published by Palgrave.