The early days of the Iraq war gave journalists freedom to report, but also hints of something darker

As Iraq began to unravel

How Iraq is different from, and the same as, other wars

The mundane and the profound

The clamor for ‘positive’ stories didn’t fit the reality of Iraq

How big stories could hide in plain sight

Everyone has a story about when things began to go bad

What is gained, and what is lost

Excerpted from "The Washington ‘Post’ and Watergate: How two Davids slew Goliath" in CJR’s July/August 1973 issue

Excerpted from "Why We Published," in CJR’s September/October 1971 issue