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(On behalf of Peter J. Anderson) The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis Edited by Peter J. Anderson, Michael Williams, George Ogola Routledge – 2013 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415532860/ In the face of the continuously changing challenges of the digital age, it is difficult for quality news journalism to survive on any significant scale if a means for adequately funding it is not available. 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 comprehensive cross-cultural survey of different approaches to addressing these various issues. To keep the study firmly rooted in the "real world" the contributors include distinguished practitioners as well as experienced academics. Contents: Introduction *Peter Anderson **Section One - What is Quality News Journalism? *1. Defining and measuring quality news journalism, *Peter Anderson *2. From the Insight Team to Wikileaks, the continuing power of investigative journalism as a benchmark of quality news journalism, *Paul Lashmar * * **Section Two - 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 *4.Finding viable business models for developed world broadcast news, *Paul Egglestone* 5.Finding viable business models for intermediate and developing world broadcast, print and online newspaper sectors*Motilola Akinfemisoye and Sally Deffor * * **Section Three – 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* 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* 8. American broadcast news and the future *Robert Beers *9. How the audience saved UK broadcast journalism*Deborah Robinson and Andrew Hobbs *10.US citizen journalism and alternative online news sites, *Clyde Bentley *11. UK Social media, Citizen Journalism, and Alternative News *Clare Cook and Andrew Dickinson * * **Section Four - 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 acccountability in South Africa and Kenya *George Ogola and Ylva Rodny-Gumede *13.Citizen Journalism in South Africa and Kenya: the quandary of quality and the prospects of growth *Dina Ligaga and Harry Dugmore * * **Section Five – Case studies from India and the Arab World *14. Where more is not better: Challenges facing quality news journalism in ‘shining’ India *Prasun Sonwalkar* 15. (Re-) framing the ‘quality’ debate: The Arab media and its future journalism* George Ogola *Conclusion *Peter Anderson* -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------