Political journalism: mapping the terrain / Erik Neveu, Raymond Kuhn -- Four generations of political journalism / Erik Neveu -- pt. I. Cross-management of the interdependencies between journalists and politicians -- First Blair government and political journalism / Raymond Kuhn -- Crisis in the mirror: old and new elements in Italian political communication / Franca Roncarolo -- Political journalists and their sources in Thailand / Duncan McCargo -- Can political journalism exist at the EU level? / Olivier Baisnโee -- pt. II. Towards a cynical coverage of politics? -- Media escalation and political anti-climax in Australia's 'Cash for Comment' scandal / Rodney Tiffen -- Explaining the wave of scandal: the exposure of corruption in Italy, France and Spain / Vโeronique Pujas -- Ambivalent watchdog: the changing culture of political journalism and its effects / Kees Brants, Hetty Van Kempen -- pt. III. Changes in political journalism: an opportunity or threat for democracy? -- Journalism and democracy in contemporary Britain / Brian McNair -- Repositioning the newsroom: the American experience with 'public journalism' / Theodore L. Glasser, Francis L.F. Lee -- pt. IV. Conclusion -- Trends in news media and political journalism / Jeremy Tunstall