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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Mirror, the Watchdog and the Marketplace | |
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| The Historical Backdrop | |
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| What Democracy Needs From Journalism | |
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| How Does the Press Fulfill Those Democratic Needs? | |
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| Can Journalism Provide What Democracy Needs? | |
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| Must Journalism Provide What Democracy Needs? | |
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| What Is Journalism? | |
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| "Actual Reporting" | |
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| Definitions: Plentiful But Lacking | |
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| Definitions Have Consequences | |
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| The Elements of Journalism | |
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| Because I Said So? Nope | |
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| Independence at the Center of it All | |
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| So What Is Journalism, Anyway? | |
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| Enough Already! What's the Answer? | |
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| How Is News Made? | |
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| Tools Change. Audiences Change. The Work Doesn't | |
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| Information, News and Journalism | |
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| So Where Does News Come From? | |
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| The Nuts and Bolts of Newsgathering | |
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| News: Not Just Like Any Other Product | |
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| Who Pays for Journalism? | |
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| "This News Is Brought to You by": The Commercial Media | |
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| Who Owns the Media? | |
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| Concentration of Ownership | |
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| The Dual-Product Model | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| New Voices, New Models | |
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| New Funding Models: Non-Profit Journalism? | |
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| Journal-Register Co.: An Old Media Company Pivots | |
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| Paywalls: The Answer? An Answer? | |
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| Hyperlocal: Coming Full Circle | |
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| What do Journalists Owe Us? | |
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| Black, White and Gray | |
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| Ethics Is … Not What You Think | |
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| Meet W.D. Ross, Intuitionist | |
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| How Journalists See Their Duties | |
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| A Process for Ethical Decision-Making | |
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| Want to Know What We Would Do? | |
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| The Foundations of Free Expression | |
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| The Power of Free Expression | |
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| No Law? | |
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| The Limits of Freedom | |
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| Drawing Lines | |
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| Secrets, and When to Keep Them | |
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| When Reporting Becomes Prying, There are Consequences | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A Declaration of Journalistic Independence | |
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| When Compromise Isn't a Good Thing | |
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| Facts, Values and the Objectivity Trap | |
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| Journalism's Built-In (Not Necessarily Bad) Biases | |
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| "Journalists Angry Over the Commission of Journalism" | |
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| Engagement or Detachment? | |
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| Unchanging Principles for an Unchanging World | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |