If journalists have power in the constructing of public discourses, how are they taught to use this power?"Making Journalists" examines journalism practices and professionalism in countries as varied as China, Cameroon, India and Italy, as well as the US and the UK. The contributors offer insights into models of journalism as they are taught and learnt across the globe. They look at what journalism is in different societies, the contradictions between national and professional cultures, how education "makes" the journalist and thus the news and what the ethical implications of these processes are. They offer a valuable corrective to simplistic assumptions about globalization of the media. When news reporting can lead to decisions on whether or not to go to war, we are all affected by the power of journalists and how they mediate our world.

The Making of Journalists: The present and futures of journalists around the world Foreword James Curran Introduction: Journalism and the new cultural paradigm Hugo de Burgh Notes on Contributors Section 1: Journalism and Journalists What is Journalism? Brian McNair Who are Journalists? David H. Weaver Journalism and the Making of a Profession Howard Tumber and Marina Prentoulis Section 2: Journalism and Location Is there a European Model of Journalism? Paolo Mancini The US Model of Journalism: Exception or exemplar? Michael Schudson The Conception of Chinese Journalists: Idealogical convergence and contestation Chin-Chuan Lee Adapting to Globalization: The changing contours of journalism in India Daya Kishan Thussu The Changing Dynamics of Arab Journalism Naomi Sakr African Journalism and the Struggle for Democratic Media Helge Rønning From Lapdog to Watchdog: The role of the press in Latin America's modernization Rosental Calmon Alves Section 3: Journalism and the Future The Evolution of Journalism Education in the United States Betty Medsger Who's to Make Journalists? Angela Phillips Running the Technological Gauntlet: New media and journalism John V. Pavlik Can we Make Journalists Better? Theodore L. Glasser and Lise Marken