Introduction: The Value(s) of Truth-Seeking in News and JournalismStuart AllanPART I Journalism and Democracy1. News and the Public SphereC.W. Anderson2. India’s Imperilled Public Sphere: Challenges to Independent Journalism in the World’s Largest Democracy Kalyani Chadha3. The Political Economy of Contemporary Journalism and the Crisis of Public Knowledge Peter Golding and Graham Murdock 4. Journalism and Community Engagement as if Democracy MattersLana F. Rakow5. The So-Called "Crisis" of Trust in JournalismRachel E. Moran6. Journalists, Epistemology, and AuthorityMatt Carlson7. Social Roles of JournalismTim P. Vos8. Bargaining with Local Journalism’s ValueKristy Hess and Lisa WallerPART II Rewriting the Rules of Reporting9. Journalism’s Multiple Gods: Objectivity, Its Variants, and Its RivalsMichael Schudson10. Newsroom Cultures at risk? Journalism’s Reliance on Web Metrics and AnalyticsValérie Bélair-Gagnon and Avery E. Holton11. The Changing Status of Women Journalists Linda Steiner and Dinfin Mulupi12. Digital Journalism in China: Media Convergence, the ‘Central Kitchen’ and the Platformization of NewsJing Meng and Shixin Ivy Zhang13. Convergent Journalism: Cross-Media Content Strategies to Improve the Quality of Thai News ReportingSakulsri Srisaracam14. Pop Up Newsrooms: From New Collaborations to Counter NarrativesMelissa Wall15. Online Trolling of JournalistsSilvio WaisbordPART III News, Mobilities and Data16. Witnessing George Floyd: Tracing Black Mobile Journalism’s Rise, Impact and Enduring QuestionsAllissa V. Richardson17. Mobility, Smartphones and NewsAndrew Duffy and Oscar Westlund18. Journalism and Data Justice: Critically Reporting DataficationArne Hintz, Emiliano Treré and Naomi Owen19. Balancing between “Statistical Panic” and “Statistical Boredom”: News, Numbers and Narratives in the Risk SocietyBrendan Lawson and An Nguyen20. Hybrid JournalismStephen D. Reese21. Podcast Journalism and Performative TransparencyMia Lindgren22. Drone Journalism: The Invisibility of the Aerial ViewJonas HarvardPART IV Crisis, Conflict and War Reporting23. News Reporting of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from the Global SouthSara Chinnasamy and Felipe F. Salvosa II24. Risk Journalism and Globalized Crisis Ecologies: Journalists as ‘Cosmopolitan’ ActorsIngrid Volkmer25. Video Journalism and Human RightsSandra Ristovska26. Beyond Verification: UGC as Embodied Testimony in Conflict NewsLilie Chouliaraki and Omar Al-Ghazzi27. The Ethics of War ReportingDonald Matheson28. News Reporting of Pakistan and the War on TerrorShahzad Ali and Ahmer Safwan29. Photojournalism and the US-Led Invasion of AfghanistanStuart AllanPART V Representing Realities30. Journalism and Environmental FuturesLibby Lester31. News Reporting of Poverty and InequalityJairo Lugo-Ocando32. Journalism and Gender ViolenceLisa M. Cuklanz33. Women in Sports News: Challenges Posed by the Emergence of Popular FeminismErin Whiteside34. Celebrity News Online: Changing Media, Actors, and StoriesAnne Jerslev and Mette Mortensen35. Girls, News, and Public CulturesCynthia Carter and Kaitlynn Mendes36. Socially Responsible Journalism: Diverse Responses to PolarisationLaura AhvaPART VI Envisioning Alternative Journalisms 37. News Audiences and the Challenges of Digital CitizenshipChris Peters38. Contextualizing Citizen Visual Journalism: Narrative and TestimonyMary Angela Bock39. Citizen Journalism, Electoral Conflict and Peacebuilding Processes in Kenya and ZimbabweJacinta Maweu and Admire Mare40. Journalism and Counterpublics: Is Journalism for All the People?Bolette B. Blaagaard41. News Literacy Practice in a Culture of InfodemicPaul Mihailidis42. Journalism and Ethnoracial MinoritiesSherry S. Yu and George L. Daniels43. Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Journalism Students as Change Agents?Marcel Broersma and Jane B. SingerPART VII Globalising Journalisms44. Comparing Journalistic Cultures across NationsFolker Hanusch45. Fringe Benefits: Weekly Magazines and Access Journalism in JapanDavid McNeill and Kaori Hayashi46. Arab Investigative Journalism: Exploring Processes of Cultural ChangeSaba Bebawi47. Theorizing Journalism and the Global SouthBruce Mutsvairo and Kristin Skare Orgeret48. Mapping Anti-Press Violence in Latin America: Challenges for Journalists’ SafetyMireya Márquez-Ramírez49. Devalued News Workers in the Labor of International Journalism: Local Stringers and FixersLindsay Palmer50. Digital Journalistic Cultures on Social MediaClaudia MelladoIndex