Future of Quality News Journalism

<p>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.</p> <p>This new study a follow-up to 2007's <em>The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies</em> 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. </p> <p>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.</p>