American Journalism Review

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Articles in October 2005 issue of American Journalism Review

• Gun-toting journalists: it's long been taboo for reporters to carry weapons. But what do you do when you're in constant danger, your colleagues are being gunned down and the authorities can't protect you?
  by Ricchiardi, Sherry
• 2005 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism: CJC salutes journalists in 11th annual contest.(Advertisement)
• An inspirational and instructive memoir: Andrea Mitchell, a real-life Brenda Starr, looks back at an action-packed career in broadcast journalism.
  by Stepp, Carl Sessions
• Playing big: the media's impressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
  by Rieder, Rem
• 2005 Awards, fellowships & scholarships.(Advertisement)
• Webb reaction.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Carey, Pete
• Apocalypse in New Orleans: a firsthand account of how a small band of Times-Picayune journalists covered devastation and misery in their shattered home.
  by Thevenot, Brian
• Costas says no, media say yes.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Lanier, Robert K.
• Essential again: as the tragedy of Katrina unfolded, the battered mainstream media elevated their games, challenging inaccurate statements by public officials and providing crucial information to an audience that needed it desperately.
  by Fisher, Marc
• Back-page jumps.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Clark, Robert P.
• Eye on CBS: the network launches a blog to scrutinize its news operation.(CBS Inc. CBS News' CBS' Public Eye)
  by Dorroh, Jennifer
• A magazine is not a newspaper: an Alabama case shows why crafting a shield law isn't easy.(FIRST AMENDMENT WATCH)(Mike Price sues Don Yaeger and Time Inc.)
  by Kirtley, Jane
• Who's the makeup artist?(Katherine Harris giving views about his makeup)(Brief Article)
• Unmasking the source.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Keat, Jim
• Bearing witness: TV journalists delivered hard-hitting, heartrending accounts of Hurricane Katrina's devastation.(BROADCAST VIEWS)
  by Potter, Deborah
• Off balance.(media model opposing on different view points)(Brief Article)
• A tepid response.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Fischer, Jeanne; Rattican, Neal F.
• Online search and rescue: efforts to reunite Katrina's victims were well-intentioned but chaotic.(THE ONLINE FRONTIER)
  by Palser, Barb
• Leaving Iraq behind: Knight Ridder's Hannah Allam swaps Baghdad for Cairo.(Interview)
• Too harsh indeed.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Bull, John V.R.
• A fond farewell: how Peter Jennings' Middle East expertise helped a newspaper reporter.(APPRECIATION)(Obituary)
  by Sloyan, Patrick J.
• Everyone's a grammarian.(Editorial)
  by Reid, Robin T.
• The curse of prescience: covering a disaster in a city that belongs to all of us.(Hurricane Katrina, 2005)
  by Kunkel, Thomas
• Dizzy in Detroit: the three-way deal shows how much the industry has changed.(THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS)(Gannett Company Inc., Knight Ridder and MediaNews Group Inc.)
  by Morton, John
• The Chronicle Chronicles.(San Francisco Chronicle's financial problems)
  by Robertson, Lori
• Stop overanalyzing it.