The Future of Newspapers is a collection of essays by leading academics and practitioners exploring the many and diverse futures for current newspapers around the globe given unprecedented changes in the technology and methods of their production.

Editorial: The Future of Newspapers Bob FranklinThe Curse of Introversion Peter Preston The Future of Newspapers: Historical Perspectives Martin Conboy and John Steel Mapping Professional Imagination: On the Potential of Professional Culture in the Newspapers of the Future Laura Ruusunoksa and Risto Kunelius "The Supremacy of Ignorance over Instruction and of Numbers over Knowledge": Journalism, Popular Culture and the English Constitution John Hartley Newspapers go for Advertising! Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Media Environment Katrien Berte and Els De Bens Shifts in Newspaper Advertising Expenditures and their Implications for the Future of Newspapers Robert G. Picard (No) News on the World Wide Web? A comparative content analysis of online news in Europe and the US Thorsten Quandt How Citizens Create News Stories: The "News Access" Problem Reversed Zvi Reich Deliberativeness of Online Political Discussion: a Content Analysis of the Guangzhou Daily Website Xiang Zhou, Yuen-Ying Chan and Zhenmei PengThe Consumer as Producer – of What? User-generated Tabloid Content in The Sun (UK) and Aftonbladet (Sweden) Henrik Örnebring Attack of the Killer Newspapers! The ‘Tabloid Revolution’ in South Africa and the Future of Newspapers Herman Wasserman The History of a Surviving Species: Defining Eras in the Evolution of Foreign Correspondence Jaci Cole and John Maxwell Hamilton International News from Paris- and London-based Agency News-rooms Michael Palmer What Future for Local News? The Crisis of the French Regional Daily Press Aude Rouger Participatory Journalism Practices in the Media and Beyond: An International Comparative Study of Initiatives in Online Newspapers David Domingo, Thorsten Quandt, Ari Heinonen, Steve Paulussen, Jane B. Singer, Marina Vujnovic A Clash of Cultures: The Integration of User-generated Content within Professional Journalistic Frameworks at British Newspaper Websites Alfred Hermida and Neil ThurmanOld Values, New Media: Journalism Role Perceptions in a Changing World John O’Sullivan and Ari HeinonenThe Future of ‘Responsible Journalism’: Defamation Law, Public Debate and News Production Andrew Kenyon and Tim Marjoribanks Tabloid Nouveau Genre: Format Change and News Content in Quebec City’s Le Soleil Geneviève Drolet and Colette Brin Gossip, Sport And Pretty Girls: What Does ‘Trivial’ Journalism Mean to Tabloid Newspaper Readers? Sofia Johansson Newspapers in Education in Flanders: A Press Policy to Support the Future Readership Market for Newspapers Karin Raeymaeckers, Laurence Hauttekeete and Tim Hoebeke The Simultaneous Rise and Fall of Free and Paid Newspapers in Europe Piet Bakker Obituaries for Sale: Wellspring of Cash and Unreliable Testimony Nigel StarckFrom Newspapers to Multimedia Group: Business Growth Strategies of the Regional Press in Spain Miguel Carvajal and Jose A. García Avilés"If You Can’t Earn Enough – Teach" Newspaper Journalists as Journalism Lecturers in Israel Hagar Lahav Newspaper Negotiations: The Crossroads of Community Newspaper Journalists’ Values and Labor Wendy Weinhold The Passive Journalist: How Sources Dominate Local News Deirdre O’Neill and Catherine O’Connor