Newsroom democracy, defined as the exercise of fundamental democratic principles and practices in generating and processing news within professional news organisations, is rarely addressed in communication studies. Yet, the topic contains an interesting paradox: While newsroom journalists are expected to guard democracy, newsrooms themselves are often hierarchical in organisation and practices. In this chapter, the development of the concept of newsroom democracy is discussed, up to today’s contemporary integrated newsrooms. Empirical findings show that public service media are more advanced in terms of internal democracy than private media, and some younger democracies outperform long-established and venerable democracies in this respect. We conclude by arguing that democratic newsroom practices best serve both the public and private interest.