First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents: J. Black, Introduction. J.W. Carey, Community, Public, and Journalism. C.G. Christians, The Common Good and Universal Values. Voices: A Different Way of Covering Crime. L.W. Hodges, Ruminations About the Communitarian Debate. Voices: San Diego Gets a Good News Solution. J.C. Merrill, Communitarianism's Rhetorical War Against Enlightenment Liberalism. Voices: The Sound of Discontent. R.D. Barney, A Dangerous Drift? The Siren's Call to Collectivism. Voices: In the Beginning There Was Columbus. R. Anderson, R. Dardenne, G.M. Killenberg, The American Newspaper as the Public Conversational Commons. Voices: "South of Heaven": A Community in Conversation With Itself. T.L. Glasser, S. Craft, Public Journalism and the Prospects for Press Accountability. Voices: What's So New About Public Journalism? J.H. Altschull, A Crisis of Conscience: Is Community Journalism the Answer? Voices: Adding Color to Public Journalism. R.M. Steele, The Ethics of Civic Journalism: Independence as the Guide. Voices: "Final Indignities": Finally, a Voice for the Community. D.B. Merritt, Public Journalism, Independence, and Civic Capital...Three Ideas in Complete Harmony. P. McMasters, A First Amendment Perspective on Public Journalism. Voices: McMasters and Merritt Debate the Merits of Public Journalism. L. Wilkins, Communitarian and Environmental Journalism. D. Elliott, The Problem of Compassionate Journalism. L. Peck, L. Waddell, Annotated Bibliography.