Magazine

January / February 2012

Articles

• Feature

  The Accidental Correspondent When war came to his home, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad found his calling

  By Michael Massing

• Reports

  The American Newsroom

  By Sean Hemmerle

• Feature

  Friday Night Bytes In Texas, high school football is the killer app

  By Jake Batsell

• Feature

  The Ring is Counted Out Boxing's duplicity devours an honest magazine

  By Ivan G. Goldman

• Reports

  What Scientist Shortage? The Johnny-can't-do-science myth damages US research

  By Beryl Lieff Benderly

• Reports

  Get Real The unlikely marriage of documentary filmmakers and reality TV

  By Alissa Quart

• Feature

  The Times and the Jews A vocal segment of American Jewry has long believed that the paper has been unfair to Israel. Here's why—and why they're wrong.

  By Neil Lewis

• Cover StoryThe Audit

  A Narrowed Gaze How the business press forgot the rest of us

  By Dean Starkman

• Reports

  The Girl Who Loved Journalists Stieg Larsson's posthumous gift to an embattled industry

  By Eric Alterman

Departments

• Currents

  Florida Roots A native son discusses environmental journalism

  By Curtis Brainard

• Language Corner

  The Jury is in On "jury-rigged" and "jerry-built" confusion

  By Merrill Perlman

• Currents

  The Velvet Rope Why do journalists still care about seeing their name in print?

  By Janet Paskin

• Notes From our Online Readers Readers respond to Erika Fry's "The Romenesko Saga"

  By The Editors

• Currents

  Saturation Point A plethora of news outlets doesn't mean deeper coverage

  By Michael Meyer

• Currents

  Hard Numbers Some stats and figures on the news industry

  By The Editors

• Editorial

  In the Dark The campaign to weaken campaign-finance disclosure laws

  By The Editors

• Letters to the Editor Readers respond to our 50th anniversary issue

  By The Editors

• Opening Shot

  Opening Shot Show us how the game is rigged

  By The Editors

• Campaign DeskDarts and Laurels

  Darts and Laurels Univision, The Miami Herald, and Marco Rubio, the GOP's rising star

  By Erika Fry

• Editorial

  Executive Editor's Note Welcome Cyndi Stivers, our new editor in chief

  By Mike Hoyt

• Corrections Mistakes from our 50th anniversary issue

  By The Editors

Ideas & Reviews

• Review

  Brief Encounters Reviewing anthologies on food in wartime reporting and the best of Wolcott Gibbs

  By James Boylan

• The Research Report

  The Algorithm Method Making news decisions in a clickocracy

  By Michael Schudson and Katherine Fink

• The Lower Case Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back

  By The Editors

• Essay

  When the 99% Had a Paper The brief, wondrous life of PM

  By Christopher B. Daly

• Review

  Reading Room An illustrated review of The Occupied Wall Street Journal

  By Ted Rall

• Second Read

  The Road Book Before Ernie Pyle went to war, he wrote about America

  By Kevin Coyne

• Review

  The Tea Party Paradox A democratic movement that is anti-democratic at heart

  By Elbert Ventura

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