ABSTRACT
Journalism and memory have an uneasy relationship which has long kept this area of study outside the core of both journalism studies and journalists’ own role perceptions (Zelizer, 2008). At the root of this tension is journalism’s perceived orientation to the present in contrast to memory’s inherent connection to the past. The absence of a chapter on journalism and memory in the previous edition of this handbook may be viewed as another indication of this strained relationship and the relative marginality of this area of research within journalism studies.
