MAY/JUNE 2007

Table of Contents

Articles

  • Rules of Engagement. A year in Iraq with Charlie Troop of the 101st Airborne. By John Laurence.
  • Soldiers' Stories. The journalists at the Military Times papers are the voice of the vulnerable troops they cover. By Alia Malek.
  • The Curious Case of Victor Pey . Why the Chilean government wants to keep a friendly newspaper shuttered. By John Dinges.
  • The Shield Bearer. How a conservative congressmman became journalism's best ally in the fight to protect anonymous sources. By Bree Nordenson.

Departments

  • Learning Curve. What Floyd Landis taught the press about drug testing. By Jennifer Hughes.
  • On the Job. Sexual assault and the foreign correspondent. By Judith Matloff.
  • Dispatch. Despite India's media boom, its journalism is shrinking. By Basharat Peer..
  • The Fray. British media are making inroads in the U.S., and they're not shy about saying why. By Susan Hansen.

Ideas & Reviews

  • New Grub Street. How ethics became a staple of contemporary food writing. By Christopher Shea..
  • Second Read. Douglass McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the Former World.
  • Brief Encounters. By James Boylan.
  • Reviews. The Averaged American: An Intellectual History of Polling, by Sarah Igo. Reviewed by Rick Perlstein. Missing Pages: Black Journalists of Modern America: An Oral History by Wallace Terry. Reviewed by Cynthia Tucker.
  • The Research Report. The White House watchdog barks more often than you think. By Michael Schudson and Tony Dokoupil.
Editorial
Letters
Currents
Darts and Laurels
American Newsroom
The Lower Case