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May/June 2000 CONTENTS Cover Story/The Truth About Self-Censorship THE TRUTH ABOUT SELF-CENSORSHIP A new survey, commissioned especially for the Columbia Journalism Review, finds widespread self-censorship among journalists. Andrew Kohut reports on the survey's results Trudy Lieberman explores self-censorship's many varieties Tracy McNamara tells of ways to fight back Lowell Bergman offers a personal view Features PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS A publisher's life: Reid Ashe of the Tampa Tribune The most important relationship, by Brent Cunningham THE TRIBUNE MERGER AND THE FUTUER The life and death of Times Mirror, by David Laventhol  Tribune beams toward a multimedia future, by Neil Hickey In Tampa, the future is now, by Aly Colon LOVE THOSE STOCK OPTIONS Stock options are increasingly becoming part of the compensation package for journalists. That's a good thing, but is it the right thing? by Anne Colamosca Options fever in Hartford, by Dan Haar THE MIAMI SOLUTION The Miami Herald has a tough competitor, its own Spanish-language edition, El Nuevo Herald, by Mike Clary EXPERT WITNESS Myths and facts in the coverage of world trade: Robert E. Litan, Brookings Institution, and Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute   Departments Letters Currents Darts & Laurels The Lower Case Voices Maria Cristina Caballero In Colombia, journalism is more than just reporting facts. Geneva Overholser How about a trust fund for better journalism? Marshall Loeb Maxim is both a marvel and a menace. James Ledbetter Exit polls are an old vs. new media issue. Lawrence K. Grossman Should exit polls be withheld from voters? Robert Hood Why low-wage newspapers are paying a price. Book Reviews The Chief, a new biography of William Randolph Hearst Reviewed by Richard Norton Smith Book Reports by James Boylan cjr  |  archive  |  resources  |  contact  |  search  |  subscribe