Issue 5: September/October

September/October 2004

Table of Contents

Cover Story

  • Imagining Evil
    Why homeland security is dangerously undercovered. By Trudy Lieberman

Articles

  • My Laptop, My Life
    He’s come unplugged. By David M. Halbfinger
  • God is My Co-Author
    An evangelical J-school wants to save our newsrooms, one reporter at a time. By Gal Beckerman
  • The Shooting
    A boy is killed, and two young Brooklyn documentarians get real. By Rachel Morris
  • Letter from Johannesburg
    In South Africa’s newsrooms, race still runs through everything. By Douglas Foster

Commentary

Ideas & Reviews -- Special Books Edition

  • Essay: Whose Turf is the Past?
    The boundaries between journalism and history are fading. By Andie Tucher
  • The Education of Stacy Sullivan
    A first-time author learns that getting published is just the beginning. By Gal Beckerman
  • Review
    Pols: Great Writers on American Politicians from Bryan to Reagan, edited by Jack Beatty. Reviewed by Christopher Hanson
  • Excerpts
    From the Bush bookshelf, some tasty bits about the press.

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