Meet the first two African American women in the White House press corps Excerpts from Alice Dunnigan's Alone atop the Hill and James McGrath Morris' Eye on the Struggle about Ethel Payne February 10, 2015 By The Editors
In a new film, once-shunned reporter’s reputation comes full circle September 26, 2014 By Chris Ip Kill the Messenger as Gary Webb’s final act
How Katrina and BP spill coverage defined NOLA as the two events, in turn, shaped local press July 17, 2014 By Alexis Sobel Fitts A review of Oil and Water: Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and The Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Government lies July 7, 2014 By Chris Mossa Charles Lewis’ new book says nonprofit journalism is the answer to government lying and corporate bullying–but we have to figure out how to pay for it
A parting shot July 1, 2014 By Julia M. Klein Michael Hastings’ posthumous novel skewers the media elite
Received wisdom July 1, 2014 By Eugenia Williamson How think tanks became the malls of America’s intellectual life
Brief encounters July 1, 2014 By James Boylan Short reviews of Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability and Foreign Correspondent: A Memoir
The People shows how little opinion mags have changed in a century May 19, 2014 By Ben Adler Journalists starred in a reading of the 1917 play Sunday night at Joe’s Pub
Glenn Greenwald against the world May 15, 2014 By Malcolm Forbes Snowden is deified, the media are demonized, but in between is an important story of journalism in the 21st century
The fixer, the flacks, and the dictator’s son May 1, 2014 By Edirin Oputu Ken Silverstein delves deep into the clandestine world of oil
A fierce hunt for justice May 1, 2014 By Anna Clark Corruption, sexual assaults, and the cops who did it
Brief encounters May 1, 2014 By James Boylan Short reviews of Journalism and Memory and Protest and Propaganda: W.E.B. Du Bois, The Crisis, and American History
Lethal immigration March 4, 2014 By Marcela Valdes In Mirta Ojito’s latest book, a notorious hate crime gains context and analysis
The cunning of one letter March 3, 2014 By Christie Chisholm And the power of media to change the course of history
Brief encounters March 3, 2014 By James Boylan Short reviews of Deadly Censorship and The Loudest Voice in the Room
