After Turmoil, The New Republic Re-emerges on Newsstands
Date: 02 February 2015
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
New Republic returns to newsstands after many staff writers left during turmoil there in 2012; chief executive Guy Vidra says three-year strategy will focus on targeting an audience of readers who are between 25 and 45 and are 'urban, educated, affluent and diverse.'
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Egypt Deports Peter Greste, Journalist Jailed With 2 Al Jazeera Colleagues
Date: 02 February 2015
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
David
Egypt deports Australian television journalist Peter Greste, who was jailed for over a year on politicized charges about his work; he was one of three jailed journalists for Al Jazeera's English-language unit.
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Why Judges Tilt to the Right
Date: 01 February 2015
By ADAM LIPTAK
Adam LIPTAK
News Analysis; study conducted by Maya Sen and Adam Bonica, of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Stanford, respectively, has found that judges are generally more conservative than average lawyer; while Sen and Bonica attribute trend to way politics shapes judiciary, some skeptics say that it may be that lawyers in general are far more liberal than in population at large.
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David Landau, Mideast Journalist and Biographer of Sharon, Dies at 67
Date: 02 February 2015
By JODI RUDOREN
Jodi RUDOREN
David Landau, British-Israeli reporter, newspaper editor and author, dies at age 67.
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Media Titans Murdoch and Bloomberg at Play in Politics and News
Date: 02 February 2015
By DAVID CARR
David CARR
David Carr The Media Equation column observes media titans Rupert Murdoch and Michael R Bloomberg have fun running their respective media businesses, focusing their time on them and getting involved in all aspects of news production; points out they both like gossip, and are news hounds who like to have broad power on how that news unfolds.
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What Can a Pregnant Photojournalist Cover? Everything
Date: 01 February 2015
By LYNSEY ADDARIO
Lynsey ADDARIO
Lynsey Addario article, adapted from book It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War, describes having a baby while continuing to work as a photojournalist in some of the world's most dangerous places.
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Our Loud, Proud Left
Date: 01 February 2015
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Ross DOUTHAT
Ross Douthat Op-Ed column examines debate among liberal journalists in wake of New York Magazine essay by Jonathan Chait about political correctness; explores roots of new, more assertive cultural left, and how it could affect politics, particularly 2016 presidential campaign.
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