A prominent gathering in Georgetown Gregg Herken's new book suggests journalists got cozy with influential individuals during the Cold War January 5, 2015 By James Boylan
Brief Encounters October 21, 2008 By James Boylan Short reviews of books about Masson v. New Yorker and immersion journalism at Harper’s magazine.
Some Kind of Journalist October 16, 2008 By David Gates Hunter S. Thompson: prolific, Bible-loving, workaholic
What Happens in War September 23, 2008 By Anthony Swofford Dexter Filkins’s decade in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq
Brief Encounters August 26, 2008 By James Boylan Short reviews of books about the run-up to World War II and the media’s coverage of John McCain
Interpret the World August 14, 2008 By John Maxwell Hamilton Vincent Sheean’s Personal History reminds us what foreign coverage once was…and what it might be again
Brief Encounters June 19, 2008 By James Boylan Short reviews of books about the Pulitzers, early African American journalism, and the relationship between advertisers and consumers
America’s Think Tank June 17, 2008 By Benjamin Schwarz Politics warps a new history of the mysterious RAND Corporation
Best Face Forward May 15, 2008 By Julia M. Klein At the Newseum, a troubled industry looks good under glass
Love Thy Neighbor – Video May 6, 2008 By Michael Meyer and Malcolm Murray The religion beat in an age of intolerance