The State Department's glossy Arabic-language magazine aimed at 18- to 35-year-olds is getting mixed reviews with its target audience. Hi Magazine which focuses on cultural and societal issues, is funded by more than $4 million of State Department money. So far 50,000 copies have been distributed from Morocco to Kuwait. U.S. officials hope to increase the circulation to 250,000.

Journalists and generals met in Chicago last week to discuss the media's role in reporting on the war in Iraq and agreed that the Pentagon's strategy of "embedding" journalists marked a sea change in combat reporting. "We brought the military service members into the homes of Americans, and they became spokespersons for the U.S. military," said an army chief of public affairs.

"Why isn't the F.D.A. adopting the same rules as the European Union to
protect Americans from Mad Cow Disease? Since 1996, Chicago Life readers have been learning about a very serious human and animal health issue, Mad Cow disease spurned by most media. The facts surrounding this issue are being heavily spun by government agencies and