''Extra!'' is a monthly magazine of media criticism published by the media watch group FAIR. First published in 1987, its first full-time editor was

Martin A. Lee Martin A. Lee is an American author and activist who has written books and articles on far-right movements, terrorism, media issues, and drug politics. Education and career Lee has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Mich ...

. Since 1990, it has been edited by

Jim Naureckas Jim Naureckas (born 1964 in Libertyville, Illinois) is the editor of ''Extra!'', the magazine of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting). He graduated from Stanford University in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in political science. He covered the ...

. The magazine covers a wide variety of media issues in the form of analytical essays, features publications on media commentators, and book reviews. ''Extra!'' was published six times a year until January 2009, when it switched to monthly. Contributors include Peter Hart,

Janine Jackson Janine Jackson (born January 30, 1965 in Wilmington, Delaware) is the program director of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), and the host and producer of FAIR's syndicated radio show '' CounterSpin''—a weekly program of media criticism ...

, Julie Hollar,

Laura Flanders Laura Flanders (born 5 December 1961) is an English broadcast journalist living in the United States who presents the weekly, long-form interview show ''The Laura Flanders Show''. Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person". The brother ...

Howard Friel Howard Friel is an American scholar and author,Philip KitcherThe Climate Change Debates''Science'', Vol. 328, June 4, 2010, pg. 1232 who writes about foreign policy, public international law, international humanitarian law, human rights, civil libe ...

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky i ...

, Stephen Maher,

Michael Corcoran Michael Corcoran (September 21, 1827 – December 22, 1863) was an Irish- American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln. As its colonel, he led the 69th New York Regiment t ...

, Seth Ackerman, Beau Hodai, and

Edward S. Herman Edward Samuel Herman (April 7, 1925 – November 11, 2017) was an American economist, media scholar and social critic. Herman is known for his media criticism, in particular the propaganda model hypothesis he developed with Noam Chomsky, a fr ...

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"The Critics: Magazines: Other Magazines"
by Tracy McNamara and Brent Cunningham, ''

Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its contents include news and media industry trends, an ...

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