The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis
New York; London: Routledge (2014), xi, 330 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge Research in Journalism, 7
ISBN 978-0-415-53286-0 (hbk); 978-0-203-38270-7 (ebk)
"This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, includes a comparative analysis of possible alternative business models that may save the future of the quality news business across the developed, intermediate, and developing worlds. Its detailed evaluation encompasses also the different ways in which wider key issues are affecting the prospects for quality news as a core ingredient of effectively working democracies. It focuses on the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, Kenya, and selected parts of the Arab World, providing a detailed crosscultural survey of different approaches to addressing these various issues. To keep the study fi rmly rooted in the “real world” the contributors include distinguished practitioners as well as experienced academics." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Peter Anderson, 1
SECTION I. WHAT IS QUALITY NEWS JOURNALISM?
1 Defining and measuring quality news journalism / Peter Anderson, 7
2 From the Insight Team to Wikileaks, the continuing power of investigative journalism as a benchmark of quality news journalism / Paul Lashmar, 35
SECTION II. FUNDING QUALITY NEWS JOURNALISM IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
3 Finding viable business models for developed world print and online newspaper sectors / Chris Blackhurst, 55
4 Finding viable business models for developed world broadcast news / Paul Egglestone, 67
5 Finding viable business models for intermediate and developing world broadcast, print and online newspaper sectors / Motilola Akinfemisoye and Sally Deffor, 88
SECTION III. A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF CURRENT QUALITY LEVELS IN THE JOURNALISM OF SAMPLE DEVELOPED WORLD STATES AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THEM
6 Quality journalism in the UK, in print and online / Michael Williams, 103
7 One newsroom, many possibilities: how the merging of digital and print journalism in American newsrooms is shaping the future of U.S. news media / Alex Ortolani, 127
8 American broadcast news and the future / Robert Beers, 143
9 How the audience saved UK broadcast journalism / Deborah Robinson and Andrew Hobbs, 162
10 US citizen journalism and alternative online news sites / Clyde Bentley, 184
11 UK Social media, Citizen Journalism and Alternative News / Clare Cook and Andrew Dickinson, 202
SECTION IV. CURRENT QUALITY LEVELS IN THE JOURNALISM OF SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THEM
12 The future of quality news journalism and media accountability in south africa and kenya / George Ogola and Ylva Rodny-Gumede, 227
13 Citizen Journalism in South Africa and Kenya: the quandary of quality and the prospects for growth / Harry Dugmore and Dina Ligaga, 248
SECTION V. CASE STUDIES FROM INDIA AND THE ARAB WORLD
14 Where more is not better: Challenges facing quality news journalism in "shining" India / Prasun Sonwalkar, 267
15 (Re-)framing the "quality" debate: The Arab media and its future journalism / George Ogola, 282
16 Conclusion / Peter Anderson, 297
SECTION I. WHAT IS QUALITY NEWS JOURNALISM?
1 Defining and measuring quality news journalism / Peter Anderson, 7
2 From the Insight Team to Wikileaks, the continuing power of investigative journalism as a benchmark of quality news journalism / Paul Lashmar, 35
SECTION II. FUNDING QUALITY NEWS JOURNALISM IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
3 Finding viable business models for developed world print and online newspaper sectors / Chris Blackhurst, 55
4 Finding viable business models for developed world broadcast news / Paul Egglestone, 67
5 Finding viable business models for intermediate and developing world broadcast, print and online newspaper sectors / Motilola Akinfemisoye and Sally Deffor, 88
SECTION III. A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF CURRENT QUALITY LEVELS IN THE JOURNALISM OF SAMPLE DEVELOPED WORLD STATES AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THEM
6 Quality journalism in the UK, in print and online / Michael Williams, 103
7 One newsroom, many possibilities: how the merging of digital and print journalism in American newsrooms is shaping the future of U.S. news media / Alex Ortolani, 127
8 American broadcast news and the future / Robert Beers, 143
9 How the audience saved UK broadcast journalism / Deborah Robinson and Andrew Hobbs, 162
10 US citizen journalism and alternative online news sites / Clyde Bentley, 184
11 UK Social media, Citizen Journalism and Alternative News / Clare Cook and Andrew Dickinson, 202
SECTION IV. CURRENT QUALITY LEVELS IN THE JOURNALISM OF SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THEM
12 The future of quality news journalism and media accountability in south africa and kenya / George Ogola and Ylva Rodny-Gumede, 227
13 Citizen Journalism in South Africa and Kenya: the quandary of quality and the prospects for growth / Harry Dugmore and Dina Ligaga, 248
SECTION V. CASE STUDIES FROM INDIA AND THE ARAB WORLD
14 Where more is not better: Challenges facing quality news journalism in "shining" India / Prasun Sonwalkar, 267
15 (Re-)framing the "quality" debate: The Arab media and its future journalism / George Ogola, 282
16 Conclusion / Peter Anderson, 297
