This book offers an unprecedented, informed and research-based analysis by global specialists of the changes and challenges confronting contemporary journalism.

This book consists of special issues from Journalism Studies and Journalism Practice.

FOREWORD 1. INTRODUCTION Bob Franklin 2. The Future of Journalism James Curran 3. The Future of Journalism Bettina Peters 4. The Past Is Prologue, Or: How 19th century journalism might just save 21st century newspapers Debbie Reddin Van Tuyll 5. Labour, New Media and the Institutional Restructuring of Journalism James R. Compton and Paul Benedetti 6. From 'We' to 'Me': The changing construction of popular tabloid journalism Martin Conboy and John Steel 7. Rethinking [Again] the Future of Journalism Education Donica Mensing 8. The Shifting Cross-Media News Landscape: Challenges for news producers Kim Schrøder and Bent Steeg Larson 9. Rituals of Transparency: Evaluating online news outlets' uses of transparency rituals in the US, UK and Sweden Michael Karlsson 10. Journalism In Second Life Bonnie Brennan and Erika dela Cerna 11. The Form of Reports on U.S. Newspaper Internet Sites: An update Kevin Barnhurst 12. The Gradual Disappearance of Foreign News on German Television: Is there a future for global, international, world or foreign news? Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen 13. The Future of Newsmagazines Carla Rodrigues Cardoso 14. Journalistic Elites In Post-Communist Romania: From heroes of the revolution to media moguls Mihai Coman 15. News from and in the 'Dark Continent': Afro-pessimism, news flows, global journalism and media regimes Arnold S. de Beer 16. The Journalism 'Crisis': Is Australia immune or just ahead of its time? Sally Young 17. From Credibility to Relevance: Towards a sociology of journalism's "added value" Heikki Heikkila, Risto Kunelius and Laura Ahva 18. Exploring the Political-Economic Factors of Participatory Journalism: Views of online journalists in ten countries Marina Vujnovic, Jane B. Singer, Steve Paulussen, Ari Heinonen, Zvi Reich, Thorsten Quandt, Alfred Hermida and David Domingo 19. Twittering the News: The emergence of ambient journalism Alfred Hermida 20. "We're Going to Crack the World Open": Wikileaks and the future of investigative reporting Lisa Lynch 21. Competition, Complimentarity or Integration? The relationship between professional and participatory media Christoph Neuberger and Christian Nuernbergk 22. The Impact of 'Citizen Journalism' on Chinese Media and Society Xin Xin 23. Changes in Australian Newspapers 1956-2006 Rodney Tiffen 24. Where Else is the Money? A study of innovation in online business models at Newspapers in Britain's 66 Cities Francois Nel 25. Transparency and the New Ethics of Journalism Angela Phillips 26. The Development of Privacy Adjudications by the UK Press Complaints Commission and Their effects on the Future of Journalism Chris Frost 27. Letters From The Editor: American Journalists, the Internet and the future of Journalism Wendy Weinhold 28. Not Really Enough: Foreign donors and journalism training in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda Anya Schiffrin