Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. “I Have Selected Columbia” 3
6. 2. Schools for Journalists? 6
7. 3. “Dealing with a Wild Man” 12
8. 4. “A Posthumous Affair” 21
9. 5. “We Will Start Right Away” 24
10. 6. A Building Called “Journalism” 31
11. 7. “What Journalism Will Do to Columbia” 40
12. 8. “If Sedition Is to Be Excluded” 48
13. 9. Red Apple and Maraschino Cherry 55
14. 10. The First Dean 63
15. 11. “Ackerman Hails Stand of Press” 71
16. 12. The Graduate School 76
17. 13. Speaking to Cabots 81
18. 14. “My Dear Dean” 87
19. 15. Outpost in Chungking 94
20. 16. “Sweat and Tears” 102
21. 17. Postwar Ventures 109
22. 18. The Dean and the Prizes 116
23. 19. “Training Ground” 123
24. 20. “The Pulitzer Mandate” 130
25. 21. From Dropout to Dean 137
26. 22. Short-Changed 144
27. 23. “Why a Review?” 151
28. 24. Era of Expansion 156
29. 25. Edging Toward the Abyss 162
30. 26. Fallout 167
31. 27. Desperately Seeking a Dean 171
32. 28. “Welcome to the Joint” 178
33. 29. Hohenberg and the Prizes 185
34. 30. Meeting Fatigue 193
35. 31. “It Appears You Have a New Dean” 200
36. 32. CJR—From New Management to Old 206
37. 33. “Sour Apples” 212
38. 34. Showdown 218
39. 35. To the Exits 223
40. 36. The Conglomerate 228
41. 37. “Deans’ Row” 233
42. 38. Trying to Stretch the Year 239
43. 39. “Clearly Insufficient” 246
44. 40. Has the Pulitzer Idea Survived? 250
45. On Sources 257
46. Notes 261
47. Index 319