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Geoff Cooper (Surrey) and Mary Ebeling (Drexel): Epistemology, Structure and Urgency: The Sociology of Financial and Scientific Journalists. From Neiman Reports, special issues on Afghanistan: Stories come back into view and on Islam: Reporting in context and with complexity. An interview with John Byrne Cooke, author of Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism. A review of What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics. Feeeeeelings: News features detailing tragedy in candidates' lives focus too much on emotion and sympathy and not enough on substance and balance in the race for the White House. Read all about it! Tom Brokaw recommends books on journalism's high aims and low comedy. A review of Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else. A review of Online News: Journalism and the Internet by Stuart Allan. The cyber guardians of honest journalism: No longer trusting what they read, see and hear, people in western democracies are questioning as never before, particularly via the internet. From TNR, Franklin Foer on the story of Baghdad Diarist. In The Tank: Did National Review reporter make his stories up? Thomas Edsall investigates. Forever weird: A review of Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson by Jann S. Wenner and Corey Seymour (and more and more).