Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and index.

Foreword by Stuart Allan -- Introduction : background and scope of human rights journalism -- Human rights journalism : a conceptual framework -- Critical comparative analyses of human rights journalism and peace journalism, global journalism and human rights reporting -- Public, citizen and peace journalisms : towards the more radical human rights journalism strand -- The dynamics and challenges of reporting humanitarian interventions -- The 'us only' and 'us+them' frames in reporting the Sierra Leone War : implications for human rights journalism -- 'Operation Restore Hope' in Somalia and genocide in Rwanda -- Politics of humanitarian intervention and human wrongs journalism : the case of Kosovo vs Sierra Leone -- The Politics of development and global poverty eradication -- The 2007 EU-Africa Lisbon Summit and 'the Global Partnership for Africa' -- The reporting of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK -- Conclusion : a case for human rights journalism and future directions -- Afterword by Jake Lynch.