In Memory of David Swanson

This issue of Political Communication is dedicated to David Swanson, who died unexpectedly on November 1. It is fitting that we remember him with an issue devoted to research on the media and international affairs. The subject was of great interest to David, and he published it in the journal during his editorship. It is fitting, too, that my brief remarks are followed by heartfelt tributes to David from Doris Graber, his predecessor as editor; by Susan Herbst, who chaired the journal’s Publications Committee during his editorship; by his coauthor Paolo Mancini; and by and evocative obituary from his colleague Scott Althaus.