With the Death of AJR in Print, What's in Store for Media Commentary?

Wednesday the American Journalism Review broke the news that it’s going to quit publishing its print magazine.

Starting this fall (the date isn’t specified), all AJR content will only be available online, and they’ll introduce this change alongside a major website overhaul. The story making the announcement explains that University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism students will soon, in large part, be the voice of the magazine, under faculty supervision.

As the second-oldest American journal dedicated to media commentary, this is pretty big (and sad) news, but not surprising.

The AJR ultimately could not overcome significant slides in funding over the last decade (reportedly, over a third of its cash comes from philanthropic-minded donors), Merrill College Dean Lucy

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