FEATURES

Cover Story--The Squeeze
Worried about appearing inside the same covers as material that, in one industrial giant's phrase, "encompasses sexual, political, social issues," big advertisers are stepping up pressure on magazines to alter their content.
by Russ Baker

Woolly Times on the Web
It's early yet, but as new media search for ethical guidelines, the news/advertising wall seems to be tumbling down. One expert foresees "a marketing vehicle with the editorial content inserted into that."
by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal

How Bloomberg Pressures Editors
The news service refuses to charge publications for its product, but those who use the marvelous terminal known as the Bloomberg have to credit its provider generously in their pages.
by Dan Kadlec

Whaddya Mean, Gray?
The Gray Lady known as The New York Times is adding color and new sections--and later news--in an effort to keep current readers and attract new ones. Risky, says the publisher, but not changing would be even riskier.
by Lee Berton

Trying to Make Editorials Sing
More reporting to inform opinion, more contributions from the public, more taking of stands--and sometimes no editorials at all--are among changes coursing through U.S. newspaper opinion pages.
by Stephen Simurda

What Makes a Winning Editorial
A sampler from some of the best of the last two years.
excerpted by Andie Tucher

Reporting on Race: A Tale of Two Cities
The Carroll County Times in western Maryland and the Times Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas, took revealing looks at race in their communities. Neither changed the world, but both opened people's eyes.
by Terry A. Dalton

DEPARTMENTS

Index
People and organizations mentioned in this issue

Publisher's Note
Joseph Pulitzer Nods and Smiles: Reflections on the evolution of journalism--and on his grandfather --from Michael Pulitzer
by Joan Konner

Letters

Grapevine
Who's Where and What's What

Darts and Laurels

In the Public Interest
How to Escape from a Highway Robbery
by Lawrence K. Grossman

Essay
It's Your Other Money!
by Mike Hoyt

Lower Case

Upfront

• Libel:
  Behind The Weekly Standard's abject apology
• Access:
  In Rudy Giuliani's New York City, official lips are sealed
• Sex Charges:
  When a columnist stands accused
• Strikes:
  Some tentative good news for unionists in Detroit
• Puerto Rico:
  The government takes its ads away from the biggest paper
• Synergy Watch:
  Steve Brill says Time Warner brass tried to kill a story

CJR World

• Mexican officialdom seeks shelter in libel suits
  by Joel Simon
• A coup in Cambodia cripples the press
  by Peter Eng

BOOKS

• Big Trouble:
  A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America
  by J. Anthony Lukas
  Reviewed by James Boylan
• Interview:
  by Claudia Dreifus
  Reviewed by Neil Hickey

Excerpts

• Eight Weeks to Optimum Healing
  by Andrew Weil, M.D.
• Crazy Rhythm:
  My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond...
  by Leonard Garment
• Echo House
  a novel by Ward Just

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