ABSTRACT
The articles in this special issue contain theoretically and empirically focused contributions to the contemporary study of cultural journalism and mediated cultural critique. One group of articles provides new knowledge on cultural journalism as a professional practice, including the specificities that distinguish this branch of journalism from other types of journalism. That is, specificities that are the constant centre-point for professional challenge and self-reflection, but which also emphasise the importance and contribution of this specialised type of journalism to contemporary media and news culture. Another group of articles attends to the changing nature of cultural critique in a digital media landscape by scrutinising the co-existing variety of critical voices. These articles to some extent counter-balance the normative-critical approach often taken to the rise or increasing dominance of non-professional discourses.
