Includes bibliographical references and index.

Attacking the devil? local journalists and local newspapers in the UK / Bob Franklin -- News on local radio / Andrew Crisell and Guy Starkey -- What future for regional television news? / Richard Tait -- News from a small country : the media in Scotland / Brian McNair -- The regional and local media in Wales / James Thomas -- Profits, politics, and paramilitaries : the local news media in Northern Ireland / Greg McLaughlin -- Educating and training local journalists / Peter Cole -- Profits before product? Ownership and economics of the local press / Granville Williams -- Industrial relations and local journalism / Gregor Gall -- Local journalists and the local press : waking up to change? / Rod Pilling -- Regulating the local press / Robert Pinker -- The alternative local press / Tony Harcup -- Real readers, real news : the work of a local newspaper editor / Sara Hadwin -- A right free for all! competition, soundbite journalism, and the local free press / Bob Franklin -- Local news, global politics : reporting the London bomb attacks / Stuart Allan -- Local government public relations and the local press / Shirley Harrison -- Hungry media need fast food : the role of the central office of information / Brent Garner -- The role of the freelance in local journalism / Ros Bew -- Trading on trust : news agencies, local journalism and local media / Martin Hamer -- Letters to the editor in local and regional newspapers : giving voice to the readers / Karin Wahl-Jorgensen -- Open source? Hearing voices in the local press / Karen Ross -- Out damned plot: the Evening standard and the introduction of the London congestion charging / Ivor Gaber -- Downgrading the 'local' in local newspapers' reporting of the 2005 UK general election / Bob Franklin, Geoff Court and Stephen Cushion -- Ethics for local journalism / Chris Frost -- Football fanzines and local news / Chris Atton -- The freedom of information and local journalism / Heather Brooke.