- “Editorial: Why South Africa?”
- “News: Type and/or Tube” by William Leonard and Richard Wald
- Section I—Focus on South Africa
- “The Practice of Journalism” by Benjamin Pogrund
- “The Plight of the Press” by John Corr
- “Inside a Land of Oppression”
- “Transkei Charade” by James Thomson
- “The Political Logjam” by Gatsha Buthelezi
- “U.S. and Angola” by Percy Qoboza
- Section II—Focus Elsewhere
- “Canada: A Strange Case of Libel” by Stuart Keate
- “India: Aspects of Democratic Order” by Ranjan Gupta
- “USSR: A Press Like Ours?” by H. Brandt Ayers
- “International—Newsweek v. Newsweek” by William H. Read
- “United States—A Reporter’s Reflections on America” by Richard L. Strout
- “Media Responsibility for Economic Literacy” by Louis Banks
- “J-Schools: A Nouveau Riche Environment?” by Ronald T. Farrar

Focus on South Africa