Includes bibliographical references and index.

Deliberative journalism. Deliberation and journalism / Angela Romano -- American public journalism versus other international media models / Angela Romano -- Public and citizen journalism. Public journalism in South Africa : experiences and experiments with local and community med ia / Brett Davidson -- Civic journalism initiatives in Nigeria / Tokunb o (Tokz) Awoshakin -- Sustaining public journalism practices : the Aust ralian experience / Angela Romano -- Public journalism, kiwi style : li ngering echoes of a big bang / Margie Comrie and David Venables -- Publ ic journalism in Japan : experiments by a national paper / Yohtaro Hama da -- Civic and citizen journalism in Germany / Klaus Forster -- Public journalism in Finnish mainstream newspapers / Laura Avha -- Citizen vo ices : public journalism made in Colombia / Ana Maria Miralles (transla ted by Angela Romano) -- Other deliberative models for peace, participa tion, development and empowerment. Britain's big issue : street papers as social entrepreneurs / Angela Romano -- Inspiring public participati on : environmental journalism in China / Jiannu Bao -- Peace journalism in Indonesia / Gita Widya Laksmini Soerjoatmodjo -- Traditions of publ ic journalism in India / Pradip Thomas -- In the hands of the people : citizen media for revitalising Puerto Rico's poor communities / Angela Romano and Anette Sofâia Ruiz Morales -- Viraðcäao Magazine : conscious ness-raising media for young Brazilians / Paulo Lima and Maria Izabel L eäao (translated by Angela Romano and Alice Baroni) -- Conclusions. Ong oing issues for deliberative journalism / Angela Romano.