Editorial

Abstract

As in past years, we received a large amount of strong nominations from multiple disciplines and countries. I am grateful to Sage Publications for supporting the award and to Kimberly Gross (George Washington University, chair of the Political Communication Division of the International Communication Association), and Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, chair of the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association) for serving in the award committee with me for the second consecutive year. The reflections provided below were shared and discussed among all three committee members.For most readers of this journal, the Worlds of Journalism Study (https://worldsofjournalism.org/) needs no introduction. It is by far the most wide-ranging comparative study of journalists' attitudes, worldviews, and practices, covering 21 countries in its first iteration (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011), 67 in its second (2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016), and more than 110 in its third (2020)(2021)(2022). One of the most fascinating parts of the book is the reflective description of how the WJS was developed as a research institution and infrastructure, how it learned to navigate the inevitable challenges inherent in bringing together scholars from very different types of academic organizations and cultures, and how it managed to grow in purpose and coverage. International collaborations such as WJS are more necessary than ever at a time when many urgent global political challenges (from the COVID pandemic to the fight for racial justice, from the climate crisis to income inequality, from populism to disinformation) compel researchers to shed light on how communication, journalism, and digital platforms can be part of the problem, the solution, or both. Scholars interested in establishing or strengthening these collective enterprises will doubtlessly learn a lot from the book's compelling description of how the project leadership built on the "Give a little, get a lot" approach that Robert Stevenson first suggested in 1996 to develop a model for international social science research.Comprising 27,500 carefully validated responses from journalists in all continents, the WJS dataset is an incredibly rich resource to understand journalism and its social and political implications. WJS data, which are now available to researchers via the