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Essay
Checkbook Journalism Revisited
January 4, 2008 09:00 AMIn November 1970, Esquire published one of the most memorable covers in its history. Illustrating “The Confessions of Lt. Calley,” the first of three articles about the man who, with his platoon, murdered hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians in... Continue reading
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Bio
Robert Boynton
Robert Boynton is the director of New York University's magazine writing program and author of The New New Journalism.
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Desks
The Audit Business
The Observatory Science
- The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
- USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- What’s the swingiest state of them all? By any measure, Colorado is at the center of the action in 2012
- The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
Behind the News The Media
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Mon 3:17 PM
- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
- What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
- Don’t take my traditional Internet away!
- Why China ejected Melissa Chan
The Future of Media
News Startups Guide last updated: Wed 2:13 PM
- Missouri Scout Subscription-based niche political news from a stockbroker turned political junkie
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