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Postage due The USPS is running out of money. Where does that leave magazines?
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Encryption is your friend Four easy ways to protect yourself and your sources
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Meanwhile, in the land of the free... In the US, you can still say almost anything, but someone just may be listening in
By Dan Gillmor
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Beyond encryption Hold the phone! And other security strategies
By Dan Gillmor
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Censory overload How a reluctant journalist used his software skills to aid the Arab Spring
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FeatureThe Audit
The reporter who saw it coming Mike Hudson thought he was merely exposing injustice, but he also was unearthing the roots of a global financial meltdown
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The spy who came in from the code How a filmmaker accidentally gave up his sources to Syrian spooks
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Sino the times Can China’s billions buy media credibility?
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Muscovy pluck How long can Ekho Moskvy radio get away with pooh-poohing Putin?
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The reporter who saw it coming Mike Hudson thought he was merely exposing injustice, but he also was unearthing the roots of a global financial meltdown
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Cover Story
Six degrees of aggregation How The Huffington Post ate the Internet
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Language Corner
Language Corner Basis Points
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Currents
Sree Tips Social-media etiquette for journalists
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Currents
Open Bar The Press Room
By The Editors
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Darts and Laurels
Darts and Laurels Not going the distance
By The Editors
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Currents
Title Search User Experience (UX) Designer
By Jay Woodruff
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Hard Numbers Retracting "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory"
By The Editors
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How I got that story RealRural
By The Editors
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What’s in My... Dean Takahashi from GamesBeat unpacks
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Notes from our Online Readers Readers weigh in on Ron Howell's "The New York Times Goes to the Dogs"
By The Editors
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Editorial
Aggregated assault Whose work is it, anyway? A plea for standards.
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On the Job
An unflinching witness Long Island native Marie Colvin spent her career chronicling the horrors of war and oppression, from Sri Lanka to Syria. She wanted the world to see what she saw.
By Jon Swain
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Letters to the Editor Readers respond to our March/April issue
By The Editors
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Opening Shot
Opening Shot The Instagram campaign
By The Editors
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Editorial
Editor in Chief's Note CJR's 50th birthday party continues
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The Lower Case Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors
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Review
Brief Encounters Short reviews of Hitlerland and Yazoo
By James Boylan
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The Research Report
Guiding Starr Freedom of expression is not freedom of the press
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Review
A master’s missteps Fixated on Kapuscinski’s flaws, a new biography misses the point
By Ted Conover
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Q and A
Exit Interview C-SPAN’s maestro exits the stage
By Erika Fry
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Review
The re-entry problem America’s tough-on-crime policies didn’t work. Now what?
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The astroturf Cassandra Why hacks like Andrew Keen really fear the social Web
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Second Read
Laboratory confidential The Double Helix’s warts-and-all portrayal of scientific pursuits shook up the formal world of science writing
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