Database may uncover conflicts of interest for TV doctors January 23, 2015 By Paul D. Thacker Free lunches, paid speaking gigs & free drug samples are often not disclosed by media physicians
A prominent gathering in Georgetown January 5, 2015 By James Boylan Gregg Herken’s new book suggests journalists got cozy with influential individuals during the Cold War
How postmodernism destroyed journalism January 5, 2015 By Julia M. Klein A review of Scott Timberg’s new book, Culture Crash
Why it pays to work the fringes January 5, 2015 By Vanessa M. Gezari Photojournalist Lynsey Addario’s intimate account of "life and love in war"
Dreaming of Michael Lewis January 5, 2015 By Mimi Swartz The New New Thing could have aged poorly, but it endures as an example of the author at his understated best
War and conspiracy October 31, 2014 By James Boylan Molly Guptill Manning and Kati Marton’s latest books reviewed
Chuck Todd’s Obama book says more about the author than it does about the president October 31, 2014 By Elbert Ventura ‘The Stranger’ underscores a broader problem with the way we cover politics
What’s next for David Plotz? October 30, 2014 By Christopher Massie The former editor of Slate charts a new path
Copywrong October 29, 2014 By Robert Levine Copyright may make creative work more expensive, but without it we’d all be poorer
The kids are all right October 29, 2014 By Eugenia Williamson Donna Gaines saw beyond a Teenage Wasteland
How the First Amendment applies to Jennifer Lawrence October 29, 2014 By Garrett Epps Amy Gajda’s new book overstates the threat to press freedom in digital-age court rulings
The Tea Party is timeless September 2, 2014 By Nicholas Lemann Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism In American Life reviewed
Carol J. Loomis reflects on 60 years at Fortune September 2, 2014 By Ryan Chittum "It’s pretty amazing I’ve worked this long!"
Lincoln teams up with journalists September 2, 2014 By James Boylan Quick reviews of Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion and The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom
Uncle Sam wants (to kill) you September 2, 2014 By Louise Roug A political screed misses the true threat to war correspondents
Matt Bai seeks a larger truth September 2, 2014 By Julia M. Klein A new book examines how Gary Hart’s fall turned political reporters into character cops
A parting shot July 1, 2014 By Julia M. Klein Michael Hastings’ posthumous novel skewers the media elite
Received wisdom July 1, 2014 By Eugenia Williamson How think tanks became the malls of America’s intellectual life
Brief encounters July 1, 2014 By James Boylan Short reviews of Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability and Foreign Correspondent: A Memoir
Glenn Greenwald against the world May 15, 2014 By Malcolm Forbes Snowden is deified, the media are demonized, but in between is an important story of journalism in the 21st century
The danger of fair and balanced May 1, 2014 By Robert S. Eshelman As the science grew more convincing about man’s effect on climate change, it’s as if the journalists were stuck in time
The fixer, the flacks, and the dictator’s son May 1, 2014 By Edirin Oputu Ken Silverstein delves deep into the clandestine world of oil
A fierce hunt for justice May 1, 2014 By Anna Clark Corruption, sexual assaults, and the cops who did it
Brief encounters May 1, 2014 By James Boylan Short reviews of Journalism and Memory and Protest and Propaganda: W.E.B. Du Bois, The Crisis, and American History
The tyranny of punk rock March 3, 2014 By Malcolm Forbes Pussy Riot’s venom for Vladimir Putin captivated the media and then set the fearless band on a course to prison
The cunning of one letter March 3, 2014 By Christie Chisholm And the power of media to change the course of history
Brief encounters March 3, 2014 By James Boylan Short reviews of Deadly Censorship and The Loudest Voice in the Room
Joining the chorus January 2, 2014 By Elias Altman Albert Camus’ journalism, more than his famous fiction, reveals the evolution of his thinking on life and how to live it
Uncommon ground January 2, 2014 By LynNell Hancock J. Anthony Lukas realized something larger than the truth