MANHATTAN MINDSET What New Yorkers think and why it matters, by Brent Cunningham

NO DEGREES OF SEPARATION
The work-and-party media mix, by Lindsay Faber
The event of the year, by Michael Hoyt
My search for the media elite, by Vikram Sura
Rules of the game, by Eric Alterman

NEW MEDIA IN THE OLD-MEDIA CAPITAL by Donna Ladd

MARKET DRIVEN The media elite's new tilt, by Michael Massing

PLAYERS ONLY Foreign Affairs still matters, but..., by Camille Finefrock

SNAPSHOTS Five New York media figures: Cathleen Black, Gerald Boyd, David Halberstam, Larry Kramer, Andre Schiffren

THE VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE with Steve Wasserman, Phil Bronstein, Sandra Mims Rowe, Jay Harris, Jim Squires, Brandt Ayers, Tim McGuire, Gregory Favre, Paul Tash, Gene Collier, Geoffrey Cowan, and Tony Ridder

"THE SHAPERS" A list of 200 New Yorkers, selected by CJR,
who help shape the national media agenda.

ARTICLES

SO, WHO WON FLORIDA? Hanging with the chads. By Russ Baker

COMING OF AGE Creating a new beat. By Mary Ellen Schoonmaker

DEPARTMENTS

Currents
Role Model
Darts & Laurels

VOICES

Jack Germond
C.A. Tuggle
Robert Baugher
Lawrence K. Grossman
Andrew Kohut
Geneva Overholser

BOOKS

Daily News, Eternal Stories by Jack Lule
Reviewed by Christopher Hanson

Me and Ted Against the World by Reese Schonfeld
Reviewed by Neil Hickey

BOOK REPORTS by James Boylan