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By Gabriel Sherman 6/12/06 12:00am

Times Recruits Team For Baghdad Bureau: Its ‘Volunteer Army’

Over Memorial Day weekend, New York Times metro reporter Paul von Zielbauer called his mother to tell her about his new assignment: Next month, he’ll be going to the Baghdad bureau.

“She freaked out and she hung up,” Mr. von Zielbauer said, “and turned on the TV and saw what happened to the CBS News Read More

By Gabriel Sherman 6/12/06 12:00am

Times Recruits Team For Baghdad Bureau: Its ‘Volunteer Army’

Over Memorial Day weekend, New York Times metro reporter Paul von Zielbauer called his mother to tell her about his new assignment: Next month, he’ll be going to the Baghdad bureau.

“She freaked out and she hung up,” Mr. von Zielbauer said, “and turned on the TV and saw what happened to the CBS News Read More

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