1. Introduction to social issues in journalism 2. An insight into the history of social and human interest stories in journalism 3. Sociological grounds for reporting on civil society and social movements 4. Reporting techniques in social journalism 5. Service and public journalism 6. Other cross-related issues in social journalism: migration 7. Media and gender 8. Media and disability 9. Environment journalism 10. Civil and professional codes in relation to the treatment of vulnerable groups and individuals. 9. Social journalism in different media outlets: newspaper, television, radio, and the internet 10. Service Journalism: usefulness as an added value to information