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May / June 2008

Articles

Cover Story
The Future of Reading
Ezra Klein discusses Amazon's Kindle in print and video
By Ezra Klein
Cover Story
Video: The Future of Reading
Ezra Klein discusses Amazon's Kindle in print and video
By Michael Meyer and Malcolm Murray
Cover Story
The Future of Writing
Lost Media, Found Media
By Alissa Quart
Feature
Saved by the Shield
A reporter recalls his legal crucible after the Chiquita story
By Cameron McWhirter
Essay
The Devil in the Details
Polls reinforce reporters' stereotypes about evangelicals
By Lester Feder
Feature
Shop Stewards
Der Spiegel's employee-owners gave their boss the boot. Now they must prove they can revive the venerable German magazine.
By Konstantin Richter
Q and A
Worse Than It Seems
Drilling down to the rotten foundation of the economic crisis
By Dean Starkman
Feature
My Year in the Trenches
A veteran editor goes back to square one, and learns something new
By Mike Pride

Departments

Short Takes
Mission Revisited
Pundits paved the way to "Mission Accomplished"
By Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky
Editorial
Who Will Tell Us?
Journalism is losing its reporters
By The Editors
Short Takes
Name-Dropping
Jay Z? Shawn Carter? Mr. Z?
By Chris Faraone
Short Takes
Outsourced Edit?
Newspaper ad departments are already outsourcing to India. Is editorial next?
By Ben Frumin
Articles
Dart to the Ottawa Citizen
Send tips and comments to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org
By Clint Hendler

Ideas + Reviews

The Research Report
Getting Bit
When sound bites get snack-sized
By Michael Schudson & Danielle Haas
Review
Love Thy Neighbor
The religion beat in an age of intolerance
By Tim Townsend
Review
Best Face Forward
At the Newseum, a troubled industry looks good under glass
By Julia Klein
Review
What We Sow
The maddening folly of our man-made pension crisis
By James Surowiecki
Review
America's Think Tank
Politics warps a new history of the mysterious RAND Corporation
By Ben Schwarz
Review
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books about the Pulitzers, early African American journalism, and the relationship between advertisers and consumers
By James Boylan

Back Issues

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