Magazine

November / December 2009

Articles

• Feature

  The Rise of True Fiction Some of the best new films and books live between genres

  By Alissa Quart

• Feature

  Myths of Mexico The media's simplistic depiction of the 'drug war'

  By Michelle Garcia

• Feature

  'A Minor Regional Prophet' Paul Hemphill wrote the stories he was meant to write

  By Steve Oney

• Reconstruction

  The Reconstruction of American Journalism A report by Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson

  By Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Schudson

• Reconstruction

  First Read: Follow the Breadcrumbs What if it’s not just the business model of journalism that is broken?

  By Jan Schaffer

• Reconstruction

  First Read: Report Ignores Web’s Nimble Nature Why not a Journalism Geek Squad? Or Report For America?

  By Martin C. Langeveld

• Reconstruction

  First Read: Journalism Minus its Old Public Even if funds can be found, journalism's reach is narrowing

  By Paul Starr

• Reconstruction

  First Read: The Mutualized Future is Bright But we will need some help—from government and others—to get there

  By Alan Rusbridger

• Reconstruction

  Schudson Talks Back A response to CJR’s responders about “The Reconstruction of American Journalism”

  By Michael Schudson

Departments

• Short Takes

  Freeze Frame A photojournalist finds himself increasingly shut out

  By James Lo Scalzo

• Short Takes

  All the News Fit to Sing An interview with the man behind Pakistan's musical news cartoons

  By Ayesha Akram

• Short Takes

  Man on the (Digital) Street A new Web service helps reporters find the perfect quote

  By Janet Paskin

• Darts and Laurels

  Darts and Laurels The East Valley Tribune uncovers abuse of a school tuition program

  By Alexandra Fenwick

• Editorial

  A Helping Hand The case for (smart) government support of journalism

  By The Editors

Ideas & Reviews

• Review

  Brief Encounters Short reviews of books on foreign reporting and journalists who risked it all

  By James Boylan

• Second Read

  A Failure of Skepticism Stolen Valor and the effort to expose bogus battlefield heroics

  By Russell Working

• The Research Report

  Mourning Becomes Electric The rituals of grief can still bring a fragmented audience together

  By Michael Schudson and Julia Sonnevend

• Review

  Poverty's Poet Laureate A new portrait of Dorothea Lange

  By Julia M. Klein

• Review

  Glass Half Full? Two new books with clashing takes on American optimism

  By James Surowiecki

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