WAR COVERAGE

What we saw, what we learned
The war may be over, but the problems that emerged in trying to cover it are still with us. The experiences and afterthoughts of five journalists point to some questions that linger

• Another front
  by Michael Massing
• The pool
  by William Boot
• The "unilaterals"
  by Chris Hedges
• Arnett
  by Walter Goodman
• The dead
  by Laurie Garrett

Campaign '92
Where have all the people gone?
Voter participation keeps dropping. If the press is part of the problem, can it come up with a solution?
by James Boylan

Dispatches from a forgotten front
Journalists in three countries exhibit courage and ingenuity as they pursue dangerous and politically sensitive stories.

• El Salvador
  by Chris Norton
• Peru
  by Robin Kirk
• Colombia
  by David Lloyd Marcus

Picking the Pulitzers
Enter the World Room; join the jurors at work. Listen in on their comments -- and to the thud of rejected entries.
by Bill Dedman

Chronicle

• A drowning pool at NBC?
• Resources: Factsheet Five
• Boca Raton's reinvented newspaper
• The Register redraws its borders
• Those anonymous letters to the editor
• EMF's and cancer -- and the press

Technology
Who will rewire America?
by Mark Silk

Judgment Call
To sting or not to sting?
by Marcel Dufresne

On the Job
Who gets quote approval?
by Philip Weiss

Opinion
The upside of a downturn
by Daniel Lazare

Books
Battle lines
Fighting for Air: in the Trenches with Television News
by Liz Trotta
reviewed by Jon Katz

Letters

Darts and Laurels

Short Takes

The Lower Case