Routledge Research in Journalism
About the Book Series
This series is our home for innovative research in journalism. It includes monographs and edited collections that provide insight into a field that faces the challenges of an ever-evolving news and media environment.
To submit a proposal for this series, please contact:
Suzanne Richardson, Commissioning Editor for Media, Cultural and Communication Studies
[email protected]
Literary Journalists Explore Death
1st Edition
Edited
By David Swick, Richard Lance Keeble
October 31, 2026
This volume examines how literary journalism – immersive, long-form journalism so beautifully written that it can stand up as literature – delves into the topic of death and dying. More than twenty international scholars from six continents draw from an eclectic range of disciplines including ...
Media and Migration in Southeastern Europe: Shaping Narratives and Policies
1st Edition
Edited
By George Pleios, Ioanna Kostarella, Naya Kalfeli, Angelo Tramountanis
October 16, 2026
This book examines the complex interplay between migration, media representation, and policy formation in Southeastern Europe. This volume brings together eighteen chapters, most based on primary research, along with an introductory chapter outlining key issues, to explore media narratives, public ...
Sports Journalism in the UK
1st Edition
By Richard Jones
October 14, 2026
This book makes a critical intervention into debates about sport, journalism and the broader media industries in the UK, and reveals new insights into the working practices of sports media professionals. The author argues for the importance of sports reporting as a central feature both of ...
Media Freedom in an Evolving Journalism Landscape
1st Edition
Edited
By Jingrong Tong
September 30, 2026
Media Freedom in an Evolving Journalism Landscape offers an international account of changes and continuity in media freedom and the emergence of new threats in the evolving journalistic sphere. Bringing together an international team of scholars and practitioners, the volume critically reflects ...
Journalists on Screen in the U.S. and Europe: Press Play
1st Edition
By Maxine De Wulf Helskens
August 18, 2026
This book offers a timely and necessary exploration of journalism in fiction, traditionally centered on American media, by analyzing journalistic discourses within European films and television series, and by examining how audiences make sense of these narratives. Adopting an intersectional ...
Cultural Journalism in the Digital Age
1st Edition
By Nete Nørgaard Kristensen
July 31, 2026
Cultural Journalism in the Digital Age provides the first international, book length introduction to Western cultural journalism, a distinct type of professional journalism that has expanded and diversified significantly, particularly from the mid-20th century into the first decades of the 21st ...
Ecologies of Global Risk Journalism: Conceptualizing Local Journalism in an Era of Deep Disruptions
1st Edition
Edited
By Ingrid Volkmer, Bruce Mutsvairo, Saba Bebawi, Ansgard Heinrich, Antonio Castillo
June 22, 2026
This volume investigates the practice and challenges of journalism addressing globalized risk from various world regions. With chapters written by members of the Global Risk Journalism Hub, an international research network of leading scholars from the Global North and Global South, this collection...
Reporting the Courts
1st Edition
By Richard Jones
June 22, 2026
This book makes a critical intervention into debates about journalism and the crisis in local news. Interrogating the history and current practice of court coverage in the UK, the author argues for its importance as a central feature of both open justice and public interest reporting. The book ...
Histories of Digital Journalism: The Interplay of Technology, Society and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Tamas Tofalvy, Igor Vobič
May 22, 2026
Building on the momentum of the recent “historical turn” in digital media and Internet studies, this volume explores how digital journalism has developed from a historical perspective. With contributions from established and emerging scholars from Europe, Asia, South and North America, the book ...
Spotlight on Journalism and Popular Heroism: The Rise from Tabloid Stars to Digital Activists
1st Edition
By Caryn Coatney
May 22, 2026
This book offers fresh insights into the central role of journalism in shaping popular memories of community heroism in times of crisis. Further, it challenges familiar assumptions about Hollywood celebrity reporting and shows journalists’ active role in connecting popular culture icons with local ...
Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny Msimanga, Sadia Jamil
December 26, 2025
This volume examines the trends and patterns of journalists’ harassment in Africa and assesses the policy interventions and protection mechanisms that are put into place in the region. Drawing from case studies from selected African countries, an international team of authors offer a broad insight ...
Narrative Theory in Journalistic Practice: Understanding Emerging Digital Genres
1st Edition
Edited
By Yngve Benestad Hågvar, Harald Hornmoen, Jørgen Alnæs
November 28, 2025
Narrative Theory in Journalistic Practice provides innovative analytical frameworks for examining journalistic narratives in today’s digital, multimodal media landscape. The volume expands beyond traditional models focused on linear texts to address contemporary formats across multiple platforms. ...