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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:32 AM

Mid-East Media War

Craig Whitlock of The Washington Post has written a revealing two-part series on the Mid-East media campaigns of the U.S. government and al-Qaeda. It's fascinating to compare the campaigns' structures and their results. The centerpiece of Washington's
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Monday, June 30, 2008 6:20 AM

Covert Action

Seymour Hersh has a long history of helping break important stories: the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, the C.I.A.'s illegal spying against Americans, the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and many more. In the July 7 New Yorker, Hersh returns with another
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Monday, June 23, 2008 6:57 AM

Detainees

Two stories in the past week have taken us deep inside the war against terrorism to show us the people, places and techniques that the U.S. government has tried to keep hidden. In Sunday's New York Times, "Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation" by
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 6:09 AM

Iraq Today

For a terrific overview of the current state of Iraq, check out this week's issue of The Economist. In "Iraq: Is it Finally Turning the Corner?" the magazine puts the country's political, military, economic and social situations in clear
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Monday, June 16, 2008 6:45 AM

Undercover in Myanmar

More than a month after Cyclone Nargis killed tens of thousands of people in Myanmar, the military regime continues to deny unhindered access to the disaster zone. To reach the affected regions, a Los Angeles Times staff writer hid in the holds of riverboats
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Friday, May 30, 2008 6:06 AM

Sights and Sounds

I love the way Andrew Lee Butters starts his "Welcome to Hizballahstan" in the May 26 issue of Time with a sharp mix of sight and sound accented with a strong quotation: Surrounded by a ring of mountains like a concert band shell, Beirut
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:20 AM

Two Tales Become One

"In Rubble, Couple Clung to Each Other, and to Life," by Edward Wong in The New York Times, is one of the finest stories to emerge from the Chinese earthquake. In his lede, Wong quickly draws us into the predicament a husband and wife face as they lie
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:31 PM

Storm Damage

It's a reporter's nightmare: trying to cover a devastating natural disaster in a country controlled by a paranoid military junta. The news out of Burma this week has been spotty after a cyclone killed tens of thousands of people or perhaps more than 100,000 --
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Friday, May 02, 2008 8:30 AM

Explosive Deals

The greatest threat of nuclear proliferation may not come from rogue terrorists but from white-collar businessmen trying to get rich, according to a joint investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting and American RadioWorks. Their "Business
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Monday, April 28, 2008 8:30 AM

The Crime of Reporting

Hurray for Barry Bearak of The New York Times! Two weeks ago we learned that Bearak was finally free from a Zimbabwean jail after being arrested in early April on charges of "committing journalism." In this Sunday's Times, Bearak gives us a riveting
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:00 AM

The Condemned

"Islamic Schools Lure African Boys Into Begging," by the AP's Rukmini Callimachi, is a powerful, disturbing story. While Callimachi builds dramatic tension by describing 9-year-old Coli's attempts to escape from a Quranic instructor, she takes us into
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:00 AM

The Hunger

The war in Iraq, the presidential campaign and the slumping economy have been the big stories so far this year, but they may soon be eclipsed by one with a more devastating impact: a worldwide hunger crisis. Marc Lacey of The New York Times
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Friday, April 04, 2008 8:00 AM

Winning Pictures

The National Press Photographers Association has finished its 2008 competition, and the winners show us the best of photojournalism on the Web. John Moore of Getty Images captured first place in the still photo category for a portfolio showing the causes
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Monday, March 31, 2008 8:45 AM

Prisoners of War

Two fascinating pieces about POWs and detainees have recently been published. "Out of a Tortured Past," by Matt Soergel in the Florida Times-Union, is a moving account of how American prisoners survived their mistreatment in the Hanoi Hilton. "A Day in
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Monday, March 24, 2008 8:30 AM

Five Years of War

To mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Reuters and Media Storm collaborated to create the powerful "Bearing Witness." The Web package combines brilliant photographs of the fighting and everyday Iraqi life, video interviews with some
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