“Journalism has been changed forever. It’ll never be the same again.”
In so many words, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review set the tone and thrust of the lead editorial he wanted me to write for his next edition. Like many Americans, he was reeling from the stunning terrorist attack on the United States a few days earlier. The country was in a state of shock: everything, it seemed, suddenly turned upside down, including the journalism he had practiced his entire professional life. In this post-9/11 chaos, he was certain of only one thing: the way the news was reported would never be the same again.
