A collaborative relationship between citizen journalists and professional journalists has long
been an aspiration for many media scholars. While tensions surrounding professional …

'High priest of journalism's existential angst'was how the Toronto Star headlined a profile of
the late New York Times journalist, David Carr (English, 2012). The headline captured the …

The article reflects on contemporary processes of de-professionalisation of journalism, its
consequences for democratic processes and challenges to citizen journalism. It is argued …

Journalism is often discussed in terms of its relationship to democracy. But one's conception
of democracy can influence how one understands journalistic concepts. This study surveyed …

As new actors assert their voices into global discussions, the boundaries of journalism are
continuously tested and tugged at. Some, like citizen journalists and alternative community …

Citizen and participatory journalism occupy key positions in today's news media
environment, having become expected, regularized components of breaking and other …

The study of journalistic roles is central to our understanding of journalism's identity and
place in society in a time when journalistic ideals have become more ambivalent and liquid …

“Community journalism” has become its own genre of scholarship as efforts have been
made to define the term and aggregate what counts and does not count (Hume 2012; …

The role of journalism has arguably become more important with the unfolding of the
Information Age, and particularly with the changing democratic significance of the mass …

Journalism around the world is being shaped by both convergent and divergent forces. The
resulting landscape, comprising a patchwork of journalistic traditions that are both similar …