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Islam: Reporting in Context and With Complexity Vol. 61, No. 2 • Archive of previous issues • Professor's Corner Publisher: Bob Giles Editor: Melissa Ludtke Assistant Editor: Lois Fiore Editorial Assistant: Sarah Hagedorn Design Editor: Diane Novetsky

Islam: Reporting in Context and With Complexity View Islam Photo Galleries Introduction By Melissa Ludtke Violence: Its Source Is Not Always What It Seems By Griff Witte Understanding the Many Faces of Islamism and Jihadism By Fawaz A. Gerges The Arab Story: The Big One Waiting to Be Told By Rami G. Khouri When the News Media Focus on Islam's Internal Struggles By Geneive Abdo Misperceptions of the 'War' in Iraq By Richard Engel Fiction Can Be More Real Than Journalism By Matt Beynon Rees Emotions Speak Through Images Photo Essay by Anja Niedringhaus Islam Today: The Need to Explore Its Complexities By Tariq Ramadan Deconstructing 'the Other'—And Ourselves By Robert Azzi Exposing Extremism—No Matter Where It Is Found By Bruce B. Lawrence Western Journalists Report on Egyptian Bloggers By George Weyman A Photojournalist Immerses Himself in the Story Being Told Words and Photographs by Iason Athanasiadis A Master Narrative About Iran Emerges By Ali M. Ansari Finding Ways to Bridge the Abyss of Misunderstanding By Khaled Almaeena Reporting the Arab and Muslim Worlds By Marda Dunsky Visual Contours of Middle Eastern Life Words and Photographs by Katharina Eglau Swamp Speak: Then and Now By Ray Close History, Memory and Context By Iman Azzi Women and Islam: Bearing Witness to Their Daily Lives By Alexandra Boulat Muslims in America: Creating a New Beat By Andrea Elliott American Muslims By Andrea Elliott Newspapers Portray Women in Pakistan as the 'Good' Muslims By Susan Moeller The Consequences of Uninformed Reporting By Jamie L. Hamilton Glossary Words & Reflections Introduction Two Years Later, Justice Denied By Andrea McCarren Newspapers, Schools and Newsroom Diversity By Dan Sullivan The Civil Rights Struggle and the Press By Mary C. Curtis Predicting Digital Media Challenges Is Not Difficult By Cameron McWhirter 'A Voice, a Brain, and a Notebook' By Dan Froomkin Revisiting the Vanguard of Women Journalists By Kay Mills Demonstrating the Craft of Writing By Tom Ehrenfeld Curator's Corner Honoring the Best for Fairness in Reporting By Bob Giles Nieman Notes    Compiled by Lois Fiore A Dilemma for Black Women in Broadcast Journalism By Renee Ferguson Class Notes A Skeptical Vietnam Voice Still Echoes in the Fog of Iraq By Dexter Filkins (not available online)

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