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August/September 2008 issue  
Talking to Themselves
Online Exclusive »:   Rachel Maddow’s promotion reflects and reinforces the polarization so prevalent on cable and in the blogosphere—and in American politics.
By  Rem Rieder
 
Cable's Clout
With their obsessive single-topic focus, are the three 24-hour cable news channels setting the agenda for the rest of the media when it comes to the presidential campaign—even though most of the material they endlessly flog originates somewhere else?
By  Paul Farhi
 
Handheld Headlines
News organizations are embracing content aimed at cell phones and other mobile devices as part of their survival strategy in the digital age.
By  Arielle Emmett
 
The Oakland Project
In an echo of the Arizona Project that investigated the murder of slain journalist Don Bolles in 1976, Bay Area news outlets, journalism schools and media groups have joined forces to complete the unfinished work of murdered Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey.
By  Sherry Ricchiardi
 
Disconnected
As embattled news organizations try to safeguard their futures with intensely local coverage, there is often a wide gulf between journalists and the communities they cover.
By  Will Bunch
 
Notice What You Notice
Stop obsessing about the depressing industry news on Romenesko and open your eyes to all of the amazing stories out there.
By  Beth Macy
 
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
 
Voice in the Wilderness
A retired journalist provides up-to-the-minute local news online in his rural Virginia county.
Politico Animal
A year and a half after launch, Politico lives up to the hype.
Blog Binge
More than 70 percent of the political journalists surveyed by communications firm Brodeur in May said they spent at least an hour per day reading blogs and other online media. AJR asked seven political writers and reporters to name their must-reads.
Going Long
A new quarterly bucks trends toward Web publishing and short-form journalism.

Investigating His Own Dark Story
Book Review by Carl Sessions Stepp
 
 Sweet!
Welcome to the high-energy world of Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief, indefatigable blogger, Obama watchdog—and interviewing technique guru.

The Future of Newspapers
Vanishing Iraq Coverage
Shameful Behavior
» Lee Thornton
More Than a Notion?
How Barack Obama is influencing our vocabulary.
» Rem Rieder
An AJR Homecoming
Jennifer Dorroh is AJR's new managing editor.
» Barb Palser
Changing the Paradigm
News organizations must think more creatively about how to attract online ads.
» Deborah Potter
On the Go
What’s the outlook for mobile TV news?
» John Morton
Win Some, Lose Some
Tribune’s editorial approach is as wrongheaded as its business ideas are refreshing.
   
 
Whaaa?
Clare County told committee strucutevtureates open meetings law
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan’s Morning Sun
 
   
 
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