This book responds to mounting calls to broaden the theorization of digital journalism, addressing critical questions about an emerging yet rapidly expanding area of study, and presenting multiple entry points and approaches that help us understand digital journalism better. Seeking to establish itself as a rich resource and a defining reference point for the evolving field, the handbook provides a critical appraisal and a useful overview of novel approaches and concepts, backed by a full breadth of dynamic and diverse interactions drawn from overlapping and critical studies by some of the leading experts on digital journalism. This handbook presents multiple methodological perspectives, reporting strategies, threats and opportunities and valuable insights on future trajectories for digital journalism practice in an era dominated by digital media technology. Split into four parts, it has been uniquely assembled to investigate and critique the full potential of digital journalism capturing broader, cross-cultural perspectives from all four corners of the world.

Bruce Mutsvairo is Professor in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands, where he doubles as the UNESCO Chair on Data, Disinformation and Democracy.

Kristin Skare Oregeret is Professor of Journalism at Oslo Met University, Norway.

“One of the first truly global collections of essays on digital journalism, this volume reaches far and wide to spread its timely message that journalistic practice never develops in a vacuum. With essays from every continent, it traverses democracies and autocracies, Global North and Global South, to expose the various dimensions of power that center and marginalize canons of knowledge about journalism.” (Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication - University of Pennsylvania)

“The editors of this eclectic volume, Mutsvairo and Orgeret, have brought together over 30 researchers and scholars, representing diverse nations and regions of the world to collectively explore the contemporary International Approaches to Digital Journalism Studies. Central to understanding news and reporting in the digital age, this excellent collection is a welcome addition to the existing literature in the field of global communication and journalism.” (Yahya R. Kamalipour, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University, United States)