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1. January 17, 2011 12:12 PM

   “Everyone has a past.”

   New Yorker’s brutal Issa profile and, yes, Howard Kurtz

   By Joel Meares

   We all knew Ryan Lizza’s profile of Darrell Issa was coming. After all, it was a call from Lizza that reminded The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz of that error in his own Issa profile published back on November 27—a fact Kurtz remembered to mention to Politico’s Keach Hagey last week. (Briefly, Kurtz believed he was speaking to Issa on...

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2. October 25, 2010 10:42 AM

   Times’s Act Two Profile of Assange

   A revealing follow-up to The New Yorker

   By Joel Meares

   Raffi Khatchadourian’s profile of Julian Assange for The New Yorker back in June—before the Afghanistan and Iraq war logs dumps—is still the definitive read on the WikiLeaks founder. And it may always be. Since releasing the Iraq War Logs at 5 p.m. Friday, EST, Assange has been back in the headlines and back on TV screens. At a press conference...

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3. February 14, 2011 11:58 AM

   Indescribable

   ‘Nondescript’ says more than ‘plain’

   By Merrill Perlman

   Bob Kamman of Arizona writes: “Am I the only one who has noticed the increasing use of the adjective ‘nondescript,’ even in publications (NYT, New Yorker) usually known for stories that describe things? I just did a Google News search and found 590 hits from the last month. In January 2006 there are only 27 hits. (Of course, Google was...

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4. September 4, 2012 12:27 AM

   Instagram on the trail

   More media are experimenting with use of the app as a news tool

   By Hazel Sheffield

   When AP staff photographer Evan Vucci downloaded Instagram, a photo-sharing app, on his iPhone before the Iowa caucus in January, he used it to keep in touch with friends and family while on the road. Now, the AP has requested that Vucci and 12 other staff photographers use their personal Instagram feeds professionally, with the hashtag #aponthetrail, to capture behind-the-scenes...

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5. May 4, 2012 06:56 AM

   National Mag Awards announced

   The industry's annual recognition of its best was Thursday night

   By Kira Goldenberg

   The American Society of Magazine Editors announced this year's National Magazine Awards at a black-tie ceremony Thursday night. Time netted the top award, for magazine of the year. Other big winners included Bloomberg Businessweek for general excellence and the New Yorker for reporting. Vanity Fair won for columns and commentary for pieces by the late Christopher Hitchens. See the complete...

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6. August 12, 2011 12:39 PM

   Schmidle in Secret

   New Yorker keeps mum on fact-checking process for bin Laden piece

   By Craig Silverman

   Amid the discussion and debate about the sourcing and accuracy of Nicholas Schmidle’s lengthy retelling of the Bin Laden raid in The New Yorker, we’ve failed to hear from one important group of people. They have the detailed information about the sourcing of the article, and spoke to Schmidle’s sources to confirm the details long before it was published. I’m...

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7. August 21, 2012 10:49 AM

   Stories I’d like to see

   Fareed Zakaria's "mistake"

   By Steven Brill

   In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. Suppose I steal my neighbor Jill's flat-screen television and install it in my living room. Jill or one of her friends who knows about Jill's missing television comes...

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8. August 8, 2012 06:50 AM

   What makes Paul Ryan tick?

   The New Yorker defines the man who would remake the government

   By Trudy Lieberman

   For those closely observing the attacks on Medicare and Social Security, Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker profile piece in the August 6 issue is a must read. Lizza spent a lot of time with US Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, the chairman of the powerful House Budget Committee, who has pushed his ideas for privatizing Medicare into mainstream GOP thinking. If he...

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