Do Newsrooms Value Families?
Across the country, flexible schedules are being devised for journalists with children
by Barbara W. Selvin

Maverick
The Odyssey of Inmate No. 40493
by Bruce Porter

Chronicle

• Canada's horrific uncovered trial
• Rock 'n' roll 'n' journalists
• Did Time magazine buy phony photos?
• Diversity dilemas: who covers what
• How the IRS is reading newspapers
• Challenging South African TV - on TV
• Follow-up: a new Arab network

Opinion
JAMA Knows Best
by Wayne S. Smith

On the Job
Back to Basics
by Kay Mills

A Journalist's Life
The Lie
by S. Lee Kanner

Books
Deep Truth: the Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
by Adrian Havill
reviewed by Steve Weinberg

New York Days
by Willie Morris
reviewed by Robert Manning

Letters
Darts and Laurels
Sound Bite

Short Takes

• Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State
• Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics
• Molunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience
• The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets

The Lower Case