The starting premise of this article is that democratic journalism, no matter its specifics, is not
viable as long as states are unable to perform key functions that cannot be delegated to …

We live in paradoxical times. The core institutions and systems that have supported
journalism in America for decades are weathering a perfect storm of challenges that have …

Although consensus has been reached that journalism is in crisis, few agree on the nature of
its decline or the means of resolving it. After providing an overview of this ongoing debate …

This article challenges what it characterizes as the pervasive pessimism, and narratives of
decline, which dominate current scholarly debates on the relationship between journalism …

American journalists have long insisted that they are essential to the persistence of
American democracy, but they have not devoted much thought to what exactly they do for …

Democracy requires a free press. However, most people rarely reflect on the requisite
infrastructures and policies that maintain a healthy press system. Today, as we look to …

Can we talk about the news media without proclaiming journalism either our savior or the
source of all evil? It is not easy to do so, but it gets easier if we put the problems and …

Over the past 25 years, political communication researchers have presented mounting
evidence of how the press fails its public mission by not adequately informing the electorate …

Journalism is in freefall collapse in the United States, and, to varying degrees, elsewhere.
Unless there is a dramatic rethinking in the United States, and to a lesser extent elsewhere …

'Public'or 'civic'journalism denotes a loosely organised reform movement aimed at getting
the American press to rethink its commitment to the ideals of democratic participation. It …