Polis: a brief history of journalism research and engagement at the LSE

LSE’s Department of Media and Communications celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and is marking the occasion with the upcoming Media Futures Conference on 15-16 June. The Department’s international journalism think-tank Polis is almost as old as the Department itself: here, Polis founding director Professor Charlie Beckett reflects on how it has evolved as an institute for exploring how journalism and its relationship with society has changed in the last disruptive couple of decades.