The future of journalism is hotly contested and highly uncertain reflecting developments in media technologies, shifting business strategies for online news, changing media organisational and regulatory structures, the fragmentation of audiences and a growing public concern about some aspects of tabloid journalism practices and reporting, as well as broader political, sociological and cultural changes. These developments have combined to impoverish the flow of existing revenues available to fund journalism, impact radically on traditional journalism professional practices, while simultaneously generating an increasingly frenzied search for sustainable and equivalent funding – and from a wide range of sources - to nurture and deliver quality journalism in the future.

This book brings together journalists and distinguished academic specialists from around the globe to present the findings from their research and to discuss the future of journalism, the shifting quality of its products, its wide ranging sources of finance, as well as the economic and democratic consequences of the significant changes confronting Journalism.

The Future of Journalism details the challenges facing the press in contemporary societies and provides essential reading for everyone interested in the role of journalism in shaping and sustaining literate, civil and democratic societies.

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

Contents

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] te 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...