AJR Archives
 
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April/May 2007
   Features
“Global News is Local News”
Online Exclusive » Why McClatchy maintains the network of foreign bureaus it inherited from Knight Ridder   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Celebrating the Silver Quill
Online Exclusive » George Kiseda was a great sportswriter--and a class act.   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Barbarian at the Gates
Online Exclusive » Rupert Murdoch's audacious bid for Dow Jones. Posted May 3, 2007.   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Out on its Feet
Online Exclusive » The sad irrelevance of the White House Correspondents Association dinner   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Kicked to the Curb
Online Exclusive » Kudos to MSNBC for dropping “Imus in the Morning.”   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Shunning the I-Man
Online Exclusive » It’s time for all those big-name journalists and politicos to abandon “Imus in the Morning.”   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Obstructed View
Extreme danger and sky-high security costs have diminished the press corps in Iraq and severely limited access to a deepening morass. The result is a clouded picture of perhaps today’s most important news story.   > read more
By  Sherry Ricchiardi
Finding a Niche
Is there a role for the weekly newsmagazines and their Web sites in a 24-7 news environment?   > read more
By  Rachel Smolkin
Caught in the Contradiction
Young journalists at the Charlotte Observer love their jobs. They value what papers do but find them often dull, out of touch and sluggish. They have passion for their craft but are positioning themselves for a future that may leave newspapers behind.   > read more
By  Carl Sessions Stepp
A New Portfolio
With print in general and business publications in particular facing stiff challenges, magazine giant Condé Nast launches a business monthly. Portfolio is banking on heavily reported narrative journalism and sophisticated design to prevail in a competitive media landscape.   > read more
By  Paul Farhi
Correction   > read more
By  AJR Staff
Home Free
Is delivering free newspapers to affluent homes a recipe for success in today’s volatile media environment? The fate of Philip F. Anschutz’s three Examiner dailies should provide a clue.   > read more
By  Lori Robertson
Really Local
Gannett and other media companies are embracing “hyperlocal” Web sites as a new way of engaging fleeing readers.   > read more
By  Donna Shaw
   Columns
Eighty-Two and Counting
The continuing excellence of The New Yorker   > read more
By  Thomas Kunkel
Counting the Spoons
Eternal vigilance is the price of covering national security and political campaigns.   > read more
By  Rem Rieder
Preparing for the End
Newspapers should be planning for a print-free future.   > read more
By  Barb Palser
You Witness News
Many TV outlets love the work of citizen journalists, but not enough to pay for it.   > read more
By  Deborah Potter
Facing the Future
Newspapers are making necessary changes to endure in the Internet era.   > read more
By  John Morton
   Drop Cap
Uncovering Misery at Walter Reed   > read more
By  Lori Robertson
Slow to React
Should the New York Times have jumped on the Walter Reed story much more quickly?   > read more
By  Donna Shaw
Bye-Bye Byline   > read more
By  Emily Groves
Questionable Questions   > read more
By  AJR Staff
Take 2   > read more
By  AJR Staff
Oops   > read more
By  AJR Staff
   Books
Bungling the WMD Story
No Questions Asked:
News Coverage Since 9/11
By Lisa Finnegan
Praeger
189 pages; $49.95   > read more
Book review by  Carl Sessions Stepp
   The Beat
Lone Wolf
Blogger and anarchist Josh Wolf isn’t a traditional reporter, but he’s been in jail on contempt of court charges longer than any U.S. journalist in memory.   > read more
By  Dana Hull
   Cliché Corner
Cliche Corner   > read more
By   Unknown
   Letters
Bold New Leaders?   > read more
Assailed by the Times-Dispatch   > read more
Looking Outward   > read more