Kathryn McGarr’s book, “City of Newsmen,” Featured in “The New Yorker”

This is the book cover of City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington. There is a photograph of a group of reporters taking notes at a press conference. The New Yorker included Kathryn McGarr’s book, City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington, in their list of Best Books of 2022, based on a review by Louis Menand. McGarr was an IRH Resident Fellow (2019-2020) and is Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. To see the list of “Best Books of 2022” click here. To read Louis Menand’s full review of the book click here.