Issue 1: January/February

January/February 2002

Table of Contents

Special Report: At the Front

  • Access Denied
    The Pentagon has clamped down on the press as never before.
    By Neil Hickey
  • Q&A: Victoria Clarke
  • Q&A: Larry Flynt's War
  • In Afghanistan
    Warlords, border bribes, and the dreams of a war-ravaged country. By Stephen Franklin
  • Three Minutes From Death
    ABC's Jim Wooten tells how his cameraman's eye for b-roll saved his life.
  • Casualties
    The eight journalists killed in Afghanistan.
  • Culture Clash
    Satellite phones and digital video in a country where horses are a primary means of transport.

Going Global

Articles

  • Letter From Jerusalem
    Covering the nine-to-five war. By Steve McNally
  • The Freedom Forum Falters
    A questionable investment strategy hurts a high-rolling foundation that was already narrowing its vision. By Russ Baker
  • Boom and Bust
    The Industry Standard lived and died with the story it helped create. By Todd Woody

Currents

  • In Review
    The Threat to Freedom of Information
  • Trauma
    Journalists Counseling Journalists
  • Radio
    Static From Clear Channel
  • Job Hunt
    10 Tips
  • Politics
    Can Bloomberg Cover Bloomberg?
  • International
    Austria's Troubling Tabloid

Voices

  • Joel Simon
    Global censorship
  • Barbara Stewart
    Portraits of Grief
  • Frank Clancy
    Writer's rights
  • Scott Sherman
    Farewell Lingua Franca
  • Lawrence K. Grossman
    Television
  • Geneva Overholser
    Newspapers

Books

  • Coloring the News: How Crusading for Diversity has Corrupted American Journalism
    By William McGowan. Reviewed by Peter Schrag
  • Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet
    By Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, William Damon, and Howard Gardner. Reviewed by Tom Goldstein
  • Book Reports
    By James Boylan

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