ABSTRACT
This chapter builds the foundation to shift from the established bases of journalism at the 'core' of the field and embedded in the work of traditional journalistic actors towards analysis of the work of interlopers on the 'periphery'. When considering journalism from the perspective of field theory, one point of attention is on journalism's links to democracy. Where embracing commercialism weakens arguments of a press built around informing its citizenry, and sensationalism weakens claims of providing key news for the deliberation and conduct of society, the emphasis on democratic roles can be rallied by journalists to enhance a 'noble' vision of journalism. Within the field, a dominant vision of a homogeneous journalism consolidates ideas of journalism in a way that also delegitimizes alternative narratives of what journalism might be from new actors and alternative approaches by those seen as 'within'.
