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The article discusses the potential physical dangers to weightlifters who assist other weightlifters attempting to bench press heavy weights via a maneuver known as spotting.

The article discusses the psychology of those who commit mass killings. Research suggests mass killers are obsessive and organized individuals who plan their crimes with considerable care, and who use violence as a medium for expressing their frustrations. The author offers several recommendations on how police and the media can discourage mass killings, among them withholding public identification of the perpetrators.

The article discusses the commitment of firms to use social media to disseminate information despite an April 23, 2013 fraudulent message from the Twitter Inc. microblogging account of news organization the Associated Press that caused stock prices to briefly plummet before recovering. Real-estate company Zillow Inc. and computer maker Dell Inc. are among companies that say they will use social media to communicate corporate news.

The article reports on the results of an inquiry that exposed corrupt practices in British media companies like News Corp. and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Topics include former News Corp. executive Rebekah Brooks' response to an investigation into News Corp.'s phone hacking practices, Lord Justice of Appeal Brian Leveson's recommendations for regulation of the press in Britain, and how newspapers like "The Guardian" and "The Daily Mail" are reacting to the investigation.

The article talks about archives relating to the late reporter Hugh Mulligan compiled by the Associated Press (AP).

The author looks at the early history of the fight for press freedom in the U.S., focusing on the newspaper "Publick Occurrences: Both Forreign and Domestick" published by Benjamin Harris in Boston, Massachusetts in 1690, which it notes was shut down by the Massachusetts Bay Colony government.

The article reports that the Law Lords in Great Britain have ruled that publications can be protected from libel suits as long as the stories they publish are in the public interest, can justify use of a defamatory statement, and are the result of fair and responsible reporting. The decision should help open up investigative journalism in Britain, which has some of the world's strictest libel laws.

This article looks at the print media's struggle with competing with the Internet on breaking news stories. While the print media is constrained by their publication dates, the Internet is not. "TIME" magazine is planning to move its Monday edition to hit the newstands on the weekend to appeal to the busy readers. "TIME," which also has a Web site, makes decisions every day as to which stories it can hold for the print version. Weekly news magazines have been struggling with publishing cycles for many years.

The article reports that bloggers in Israel and Lebanon are communicating online as their countries bomb each other. Blogger Lisa Goldman has been chatting with a Lebanese blogger who writes from the roof of his apartment building in Beirut, where he can see both Israeli and Hezbollah bombs fall. The community of cross-border bloggers had started before the conflict, and while most bloggers still champion unity, some have become disillusioned by the actions of Israel.

Discusses how lawyer Floyd Abrams has helped reporters Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper fight the United States government, which is attempting to find out the reporters' sources pertaining to articles that were written about Central Intelligence Agency operative Valeria Plame. How Cooper has dismissed Abrams, seeking another attorney; Description of their cases; Arrest of Miller, who would not divulge sources; Way that Cooper feared that Miller's case with the same prosecutor could taint him by association; Analysis of investigations of Cooper and Miller.

The author reflects on the different strategies taken by U.S. President Barack Obama and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toward the media as of May 2015, with both feeling they have been treated unfairly by journalists.

A photograph is presented which depicts a snow-covered Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, focusing on information about a New Year's Day snowstorm which swept through parts of the West and Southwest regions of the U.S.

The author asserts as of August 5, 2014 that there is excessive media attention paid to the war in Gaza by the American press and that fighting between Muslims in other countries is not as fairly represented, such as counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan.

The author argues that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's military regime has engaged in press-related repression efforts as of June 2014, focusing on three journalists who received prison sentences for allegedly collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group.

The article looks at regulation of drone aircraft by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as of 2014, reporting that press outlets including the New York Times Co. are pressing the FAA to permit the use of drones in news gathering in the U.S. and citing a legal case over the issue.

The article discusses a report which claims that thousands of people turned out in Hong Kong, China in March 2014 to support press freedom in the wake of a knife attack which injured former newspaper editor Kevin Lau, focusing on freedom of speech rights and a lack of arrests in the Lau case.

The author argues that U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, bureaucrat Susan Rice, and several American news reporting agencies have taken part in a coverup regarding the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, focusing on an apparent lack of media coverage.

The author discusses freedom of the press in Hong Kong as of February 25, 2014, with topics including the "Free Speech, Free Hong Kong" protests by journalists and citizens in Hong Kong against Chinese government pressures on independent media, and and publishing industry in Hong Kong.

The article discusses Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's admission to having called Mehmet Fatih Sarac, deputy chairman Turkish media conglomerate Ciner Yayin Holding, demanding headlines be removed in a broadcast news story, with details on other such recordings on streaming media website YouTube as of February 2014.

The author argues that the government should not be involved in the coverage of news stories by media organizations as of February 2014, with a focus on an initiative proposed by U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) called the "Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs" (CIN).

The author offers opinions on President Vladimir Putin of Russia, stating that his own expulsion from the country as a foreign correspondent indicates that Putin's government is threatened by public disclosure of its actions.

A reprint is presented of a December 30, 2013, online posting on the website of "The American Interest" by Adam Garfinkle concerning the U.S. mainstream news media's avoidance of the term "tribes" in discussing events in countries such as Libya.

The article offers world news briefs as of December 21, 2013 on topics including the assassination of mayor Ukol Talumpa from Labangan in the Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, credit-rating firm Standard & Poor's (S&P's) cut to the European Union's (EU's) debt outlook, and the suspension of a weekly Malaysian newspaper by Malaysia's Home Ministry.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous editions including the editorial "Vive La France" in the November 11, 2013 edition, which discusses U.S.-Iran negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program, "What Mass Killers Want" by Ari Schulman in the November 9, 2013 edition, which discusses the psychology of mass murderers, and "OK, You're a Runner; Get Over It" by Chad Stafko in the November 13, 2013 edition, which discusses the vanity of runners.

The article discusses plans by the British government to regulate the press on topics including formal consent from England's Queen Elizabeth, the creation of an independent regulator by Royal Charter, and the 2013 telephone hacking scandal at News Corp.'s British newspaper unit.

The editorial looks at the government-run mass media in China as of October 2013, criticizing Chinese press reports critical of foreign companies operating in the country including coffee shop company Starbucks and dairy company Fonterra, which it says are designed to assist domestic companies.

The article looks at press freedom in China as of 2013, citing the detention of reporter Chen Yongzhou while he was investigating construction equipment firm Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. and reporting his employer, the "New Express" newspaper, published a plea for his release.

In this article the author discusses aspects of a 2009 law in Argentina that expands state-controlled media and restricts privately-owned media outlets and the forced divestiture of the assets of independent media company, Clarin Group, led by Argentina's president Cristina Kirchner.

The article looks at attempted government reform of the newspaper industry in Great Britain, discussing concessions made by the government in October 2013 around fees for lodging complaints against newspapers and newspapers' codes of conduct.

The article discusses the Egyptian military-led interim government's closure of a newspaper run by the opposition party Muslim Brotherhood in 2013, and mentions the government's restriction of journalism, ousted former President Mohammed Morsi, and journalists' attitudes toward restrictive policies.

The article discusses the downward trend of University of Michigan's undefeated football team on the college football poll of news organization the Associated Press (AP), which includes a chart listing teams that have slipped the most positions on the AP poll despite consecutive wins.

The article discusses violence against Afghan journalists such as Nasratullah Iqbal, who was allegedly attacked by Parwan provice governor Abdul Basir Salangi after criticizing Salangi's history book, and mentions the reaction of Afghan Minister of Culture Sayed Makhdoom Raheen and press freedom.

Graphs of U.S. stock prices between June and September 2013 are presented for companies that have been in the news in September, such as metal processor Allegheny Technologies, pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, and networking equipment company Gigamon.

The article looks at the state of the newspaper industry in Europe as of 2013, discussing topics including decreases in government subsidies to newspapers, newspaper bankruptcies, and the shift to online news, and citing newspapers including "Le Monde" in France and "Corriere della Sera" in Italy.

The article looks at forecasting petroleum industry market trends based on news items as of 2013, discussing a report from financial analysis firm Sanford C. Bernstein which analyzed petroleum-related news reports and press releases that offered clues to future market movements.

Graphs are presented depicting stock prices between April and July 2013 for companies that have been featured in the news, such as airline Alaska Air Group, computer chip equipment manufacturer Applied Materials, and propane distributor AmeriGas Partners.

Charts are presented of stock prices for companies that have been in the news as of June 2013, including food packaging company ConAgra Foods, business software company Progress Software, and drug company Peregrine Pharmaceuticals.

The article presents a first-hand account of the author's experience as a journalist in Kabul, Afghanistan when militant Islamic fundamentalists attacked the presidential palace on June 25, 2013, with information on taking cover from the bombings and gunfire.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the editorial "Those AP Subpoenas" regarding U.S. Justice Department subpoenas for telephone records of Associated Press (AP) reporters issued in the context of its investigation of information leaks, which appeared in the May 17, 2013, issue.

The article considers the U.S. Justice Department's having subpoenaed telephone records from reporters of the Associated Press news-gathering organization in connection with an investigation into a national-security leak, and suggests much of the angry media response has been unjustified.

The article discusses U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's May 15, 2013 appearance before a Congressional panel in which he was questioned about the Justice Department's seizure of phone records from news-gathering organization Associated Press, and reports President Barack Obama voiced support for stronger legislative protection for journalists.

The article reports on May 2013 remarks by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the U.S. Justice Department's subpoena of telephone records of Associated Press (AP) reporters in its investigation of a leak of information to the press and cites concerns the subpoena abridged press freedom.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Justice seized the records of 20 telephone lines used by reporters and editors of the news agency Associated Press (AP) in 2012 as part of a counterterrorism investigation without notifying AP management.

A letter to the editor is presented that responds to a letter from George McKenna in the April 6, 2013 issue that discussed the journalistic practices of television journalist Walter Cronkite regarding the U.S. military performance in the Vietnam War Tet Offensive battle in 1968.

The article reflects on the U.S. freedom of the press and the U.S. Constitution's first amendment in light of Colorado Judge William Sylvester's confrontation with reporter Jana Winter for not revealing her source for her reporting about a notebook owned by 2012 movie theater shooter James Holmes.

Letters are presented from readers responding to the article "Counting the Costs of the New-News Chaos" by Edward Kosner from the March 29, 2013 issue.

The article reflects on the potential impact of negative media coverage in China by China Central Television and the Communist Party's media outlet newspaper called "The People's Daily" on the computer company Apple Inc. and its market share in the country.

The author argues that the Argentinian president Cristina Kirchner is attempting to inhibit the independent press in Argentina and reduce political opposition by implementing strategic restrictions on newspaper advertising as of March 2013.

Corrections are presented to articles previously published in 2013 including separate articles from the January 31 issue that mischaracterized a financial forecast from Boeing Co. failed to attribute authorship to the Associated Press, and gave incorrect information about a quarterly earnings report for Facebook Inc.

The article reports that a January 2013 controversy regarding purported press censorship in China has moved to the newspaper "Beijing News," after beginning at the paper "Southern Weekly," when government propaganda officials made the Beijing, China paper to reprint a pro-government editorial.