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July / August 2008

Articles

Cover Story
Sulzberger at the Barricades
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. is racing to transform the embattled New York Times for the digital age. Is he up to the job?
By Douglas McCollam
Feature
The Hunger
Egypt's bloggers want to be journalists
By Stephen Franklin
Essay
Politics With Drawl
Our double standard for the southern twang
By Jane Hammons
Essay
Flickring Out
What will become of photojournalism in an age of bytes and amateurs?
By Alissa Quart
Essay
The Lives of Others
What does it mean to "tell someone's story"?
By Julia Dahl
Feature
Climate Change: Now What?
A big beat grows more challenging and complex
By Cristine Russell
Feature
Endangered Species
The big-city sports columnist: devoured by TV, negated by the Net
By Robert Weintraub
Feature
Crossing Lines
In a bombed-out Detroit neighborhood, a new blog works to rekindle a community
By Megan Garber

Departments

Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Dissent Deficit
An American ideal needs a workout
By Editors
Short Takes
Silent Vows
Why are couples reluctant to announce their same-sex marriages in newspapers?
By Madeline Lewis
Darts and Laurels
Dart to the Television News Industry
Send tips and comments to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org
By Clint Hendler

Ideas + Reviews

Review
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books about the run-up to World War II and the media's coverage of John McCain
By James Boylan
The Research Report
Too Good to Be True?
New research about what viewers want from television news
By Michael Schudson & Danielle Haas
Q and A
He Likes Ike?
Robert Scheer looks left, right, and center
By James Marcus
Review
Interpret the World
Vincent Sheean's Personal History reminds us what foreign coverage once was…and what it might be again
By John Maxwell Hamilton
Review
My Facts, Your Facts
America and the pursuit of willful delusion
By David Cay Johnston
Review
Pyrrhic Victory
Winning and losing at Guantánamo
By Emily Bazelon
Review
Interpret the World
Vincent Sheean's Personal History reminds us what foreign coverage once was--and what it might be again
By John Maxwell Hamilton
Q and A
He Likes Ike?
Robert Scheer looks left, right, and center
By James Marcus
Review
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books about the beginnings of World War II and the media's love affair with John McCain
By James Boylan
The Research Report
Too Good to Be True?
Do local TV news viewers prefer Jim Lehrer to Kent Brockman?
By Michael Schudson and Danielle Haas

Back Issues

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Top Stories
  • Parting Thoughts: An Invitation

    Give us your thoughts on journalism’s state and its future

  • Opening Bell: Oil Slicks

    As prices soar, U.S. looks for scapegoats; UBS ready to roll over; Jimmy Cayne, pariah; Rachael Ray, jihadi; etc.

  • Mort Rosenblum on Dispatches

    New quarterly bucks industry trend, exudes smart idealism

  • Cut the Dividends!

    Newspaper companies fork over hundreds of millions a year—and for what?

  • Opening Bell: The Hours

    Americans are working fewer, but not by choice; cuts on Wall Street; jobless ranks swell; etc.

  • Wiring Journalism 2.0

    Brad Stenger on the intersection of the press and computer science

  • Opening Bell

    In CJR's a.m. guide to the business press: Grim tidings on housing; WP says a veto threatened on bailouts; 50 bank failures? etc. etc.

  • The Opening Bell

    Pause in the panic; the Times on useless insurance; more bad news for a fallen titan, etc.