To Our Readers   

We'd like to introduce you to our new front-of-the-book sections, The Beat and Drop Cap. The Beat, which replaces Bylines, will include longer pieces on people in the journalism industry--a change that we feel is a better fit with our bimonthly publishing schedule. Drop Cap, the new Free Press, is simply a hipper name for a section that both addresses serious media issues and includes fun and funky items about the press. You'll also notice that we gave our columns and other departments a new look, one that's more modern and inviting. We hope you enjoy the revamped AJR.