CJR Issue 5: September/October 2005

September/October 2005

My Aim is True An Army journalist in Iraq on his divided mission. By Bill Putnam
Dead On Obituary maestro Steve Miller approaches his life’s work one death at a time.
By Paul McLeary
Vanished With readers hungry for voice and a sense of place, why has the great metro writer gone missing? By Steve Twomey
Undoing Darwin As the evolution debate becomes political news, science gets lost.
By Chris Mooney and Matthew C. Nisbet
Letter From Tel Aviv Before a unilateral pullout from Gaza could take place, Israelis had to disengage emotionally from the Palestinians. Israel’s press did the job.
By Gal Beckerman
Beyond Deep Throat Watergate mysteries remain, but the Woodstein archives are full of clues. By David Greenberg
Web Special: The Judy Code Judith Miller's account of her grand jury visit seems like a carefully scripted set of messages. What could those messages be? By Douglas McCollam
Web Special: Newsroom Confidential The Oregonian's Stephen Engelberg goes on record about the use and abuse of unidentified sources.
Web Special: FOIA Falters Even as secrecy-minded public officials try to compromise FOIA, it remains a powerful tool for reporters who are persistent and patient. By Martin E. Halstuk

Editorial Who has journalism's back?
Voices E.J. Graff on when sexual behavior is — and isn’t — fair game for the press, and Ralph Gross on his misadventures with a readers’ advisory board.
Darts & Laurels Advertiser windfalls, dodgy Dish, and more. By Gloria Cooper
State of the Art Military blogs are windows into the uncertain world of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
By Daniel Schulman
Scene Alone on the lobster shift. By Julia F. Heming

Profile In his new book on Iraq, The Assassins’ Gate, George Packer targets idealists of all stripes and his most persistent foe — himself. By David Glenn
Q&A Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, talks to Carl Bromley about how to dissect a teeming and complex city.
Reviews Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
By Jacques Leslie. Reviewed by Tom Vanderbilt
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
By Jonathan Kozol. Reviewed by Linda Perlstein
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
By Barbara Ehrenreich. Reviewed by Kim Phillips-Fein