Magazine
View all coversMarch / April 2011
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Cover Story
Tested Covering schools in the age of micro-measurement
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Feature
The Cancer Report Journalists who wrote on—and through—their disease
By Joel Meares
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Reports
Hiding the Real Africa Why NGOs prefer bad news
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Unnecessary Secrets Opening government, from Ellsberg to Manning
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CJR Column Mentions The Simpsons A second look at SEO
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Reports
Sunrise on the Nile Egypt’s news media enter a new era
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The Fixer Meet Greg Scott, your guide to Junkieville
By Don Terry
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Open Mic A popular radio host tests press restrictions in Azerbaijan
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Q and AReports
Mark Cuban’s Business Model A media maverick on the news industry
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Currents
The Hacker, Off the Couch Brian Boyer and the rise of "hacker-journalists"
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Darts and Laurels
Darts & Laurels The Portland Press Herald blurred an important line with its donation of ads during an election
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Editorial
Members Only Two cheers for high-cost subscription journalism
By The Editors
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Currents
Hard Numbers Some stats and figures on the news industry
By The Editors
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Currents
Hungarian Chill A Q & A with Eva Simon of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union on press freedom
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Opening Shot
Opening Shot Al Jazeera showed global media how to cover an uprising
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Philip Gourevitch reacts to Tristan McConnell's piece about him, and McConnell responds
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Letters to the Editor
Notes From Our Online Readers A reader's response to a CJR.org post about Congresswoman Giffords
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Language Corner
Mentee Fresh Some notes on "protégés," "mentors," and manatees
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- Ideas & Reviews
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Review
Coked Up A review of Luca Rastello's I Am the Market: How to Smuggle Cocaine by the Ton, in Five Easy Lessons
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Second Read
Not for Laughs A pathbreaking look at the dark comic genius behind "Skippy"
By David Hajdu
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The Research Report
The Public Screen A study on collective viewing experiences
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Review
Mitford’s Good Fight A review of Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking
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Review
Brief Encounters Short reviews of a new history of NPR, Denys Wortman's cartoons, and Laurie Hertzel's memoir
By James Boylan
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Review
The Selfish Bit Do we rule information, or does it rule us?
By David Shenk
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Q and A
Mark Cuban’s Business Model A media maverick on the news industry
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The Lower Case
The Lower Case Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
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Desks
The Audit Business
- A game of telephone fools the Times And the newspaper-of-record short-arms the correction
- Audit notes: Questions for JPMorgan, hindsight journalism, Ticketmaster Jesse Eisinger asks what and when Dimon & Co. knew about the bank’s big loss
The Observatory Science
- USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
- Attachment parenting, detached debate Time’s titillating cover overshadows article’s substance
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- The entirely predictable failure of Americans Elect A little poli-sci—or just recent history—would have helped pundits avoid the hype
- The Obama camp serves up a Bain story Some local outlets take the bait, while others offer a closer look
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