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View all coversJuly / August 2010
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Cover Story
A Second Chance How mobile devices can absolve journalism of its original sin: giving away online content
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The Rise of Private News A niche model can make a lot of money. What are the costs?
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Justice for John Conroy John Conroy spent years exposing police torture in Chicago. Now the alleged leader is on trial, and the reporter is laid off.
By Don Terry
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After the Storm What happens to the journalists who get pushed out of their newsrooms?
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Lone Star Trailblazer Will the Texas Tribune transform Texas journalism?
By Jake Batsell
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On the Job
A World of Trouble Who’s a journalist? In today’s war zones, the answer matters.
By Shahan Mufti
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Message Control Is Obama’s White House tighter than Bush’s?
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The Trouble With Experts The Web allows us to question authority in new ways
By Alissa Quart
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Darts and Laurels
Darts and Laurels The diamond thief's tale sounded too good to be true. Turns out it was.
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Short Takes
Bold Move Gannett makes a surprising venture into the online world
By Janet Paskin
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Short Takes
Is the End Nigh? A libel reform campaign makes great strides in Great Britain
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Editorial
Shield Abuse A bogus argument stretches a good law to the breaking point
By The Editors
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- Ideas & Reviews
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Review
American Soldiers Think you know them? Sebastian Junger suggests you have no idea.
By Tom Bissell
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Second Read
The Ordinary Jungle A not-so-awed explorer who was unafraid to say so
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The Research Report
Philadelphia Story A study in the City of Brotherly Love suggests what's been lost, and what can be gained
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Brief Encounters Short reviews of a classic novel about journalism and a biography of a pioneering female reporter
By James Boylan
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Review
Around the Bend A new book charts Commentary’s slide into irrelevance
By Ethan Porter
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Memoirs of a Pugilist Hitchens in light and shade
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Desks
The Audit Business
- Sorkin’s Glass-Steagall straw man Of course its repeal contributed, directly and indirectly, to the financial crisis
- Audit notes: Buffett on newspapers, Times-Picayune, SEC lets Lehman go A vow to invest in newspapers and protect them from interference
The Observatory Science
- Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
- The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
Campaign Desk Politics & Policy
- Herald’s Caputo dives deep on diverging polls Do other news organizations undermine their credibility when they don’t do the same?
- Many stations don’t factcheck super PAC ads: survey Conference highlights difference in attitudes between industry, watchdog groups
Behind the News The Media
Blog
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- The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs
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- The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
- A game of telephone fools the Times
- What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
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