The State we’re in

Leonard Downie, Jr U.S. press : bright new dawn

Joy Johnson Billboard jungle

John Smith One-way street

Wilf Mbanga Fighting fire, with words as weapons

Julian Petley Bleak outlook on the news front

The way we were : From the British Journalism Review of 10 years ago (vol. 9, issue no 3, 1998)

Suzanne Franks Getting into bed with charity

Icons of photography : Harry Benson

Arthur MacMillan Scots on the rocks

John McEntee Desmond’s legacy : Expresses derailed

Robert Barnett Ethics in China’s wild west

Michael Wilson Crisis ? What crisis ? But it’s great TV

Magnus Linklater What happened to playing fair ?

Greg Dyke Book Review : The men who sacked ITV : The Dream that Died— The Rise and Fall of ITV, by Ray Fitzwalter (Matador, pp286, £19.99)

Robin Lustig Book Review : For FOOC’s sake : More From Our Own Correspondent, edited by Tony Grant (Profile Books, pp358, £8.99)

Mark Bolland Book Review : Pros and cons : The Fame Formula, by Mark Borkowski (Sidgwick & Jackson, pp380, £16.99)

Derek Jameson Book Review : Rogues and chancers : News of the world ? Fake Sheikhs and Royal Trappings, by Peter Burden (Eye Books, pp174, £12.99)

Cal McCrystal Book Review : Chicken feed : Panicology, by Simon Briscoe & Hugh Aldersey-Williams (Penguin Viking Adult, 204pp, £18.99)

Brian Winston Book Review : Minority view : Media & Values : Intimate Transgressions in a Changing Moral and Cultural Landscape, by David E Morrison, Matthew Kiernan, Michael Svennevig & Sarah Ventress (Intellect, pp392, £29.95)

Bill Hagerty Book Review : Second Time Around : A Classic Revisited. Towards yesterday : Towards the End of the Morning, by Michael Frayn (Collins 1967 ; republished in paperback by Faber and Faber 2005, pp221, £7.99)