Adam Bellow, Pamphleteer for the 21st Century Adam Bellow has earned a name for himself as an editor of famously controversial and conservative books, and his new venture aims to "reinvent the book for the 21st century." December 20, 2006 By Gal Beckerman
Times-Pic Reporter Finds Lessons For New Orleans in Japan December 15, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Gordon Russell on what New Orleans can learn from Tokyo and Kobe, and the rewards of working in a city where people are now much more engaged in the news.
A Syndicated Column Preaches Beyond the Green Choir November 21, 2006 By Curtis Brainard Doug Moss, editor of E — The Environment Magazine, talks about how to present environmental and scientific issues to the public, and promoting his magazine.
Henry Weinstein On What Great Journalism Can and Cannot Do November 13, 2006 By Edward B. Colby The 2006 John Chancellor Award winner discusses Dean Baquet’s exit, a newsroom carrying on, and the limits of great stories on the bottom line.
Matthew Currier Burden on the Endangered Milblog November 2, 2006 By Paul McLeary With the military increasingly cracking down on military bloggers, one prominent milblogger collects some of the best examples of the form.
Wired Scribe Tells How He Busted A MySpace Sex Offender October 20, 2006 By Liz Cox Barrett Having written an automated script that searched MySpace profiles for registered sex offenders, a reporter details how he put the story together.
Two Toronto Editors on an Afternoon Newspaper Experiment October 13, 2006 By Edward B. Colby Can an online PDF version of an afternoon paper work? The Toronto Star is in the process of finding out.
A Good, Old-Fashioned Human Triumph October 6, 2006 By Gal Beckerman G. Wayne Miller of the Providence Journal on devoting an entire year of reporting to “an ordinary person who has done some extraordinary things.”
Waiting For Macaca September 22, 2006 By Paul McLeary The reporter who broke the news of Virginia Senator George Allen’s Jewish ancestry tells how she got the story.
Tamara Jones on One Extraordinary 9/11 Mother September 15, 2006 By Edward B. Colby The Washington Post feature writer discusses Marilynn Rosenthal, a sociologist who set out on a quest to understand the hijacker who killed her son.
How Well Has the Press Covered Torture? September 8, 2006 By Paul McLeary A Q&A with the author of a new CJR piece which looks at how the press has covered allegations of the torture of prisoners in U.S. custody.
Chandler Burr Brings a Point de Rep re to Perfume Criticism September 8, 2006 By Liz Cox Barrett The New York Times‘ new perfume critic explains what “smelling fresh insecticide while locked in an aluminum cell” might be like.
Carl Hartman On One Long Career September 5, 2006 By Edward B. Colby In a belated nod to Labor Day, an interview with the AP’s longest-serving newsman.
Roger Weisberg on Waging a Living and How the Press Covers Poverty August 25, 2006 By Liz Cox Barrett The award-winning documentary filmmaker discusses the process and challenges of depicting poverty in America.
Photographer Aric Mayer on Shooting New Orleans August 21, 2006 By Paul McLeary Having spent weeks in the wreckage of New Orleans last September, a photographer puts his work into perspective.
Neil Vigdor on Joe Lieberman and Living in Greenwich on a Reporter’s Salary August 11, 2006 By Liz Cox Barrett The politics reporter for Greenwich Time and The (Stamford) Advocate discusses covering the Connecticut Senate race and the impact of blogs.