Waldo Jaquith

Biography

Waldo Jaquith is a graduate of the University of Virginia and worked for the Virginia Quarterly Review as web editor. He was a News Challenge Fellow with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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REPORTING

Kosovar Muslims Love the US’s Secret Interrogation Site

By Waldo Jaquith

As recently as 2005, Camp Bondsteel was purported to be a secret interrogation site for the American military. So why does predominantly Muslim Kosovo love it so much?

CRITICISM

E-Book Apps: You’re Doing It Wrong

By Waldo Jaquith

Releasing an e-book as a stand alone application is a lousy new trend. It’s bad for authors, it’s bad for publishers, and it’s bad for customers.

EDITOR'S DESK

2 Utne Independent Press Award Nominations

By Waldo Jaquith

We’re up for their General Excellence and International Coverage awards.

EDITOR'S DESK

We’re Nominated for Two National Magazine Awards

By Waldo Jaquith

VQR has been nominated in both the Fiction and Photojournalism categories.

EDITOR'S DESK

Hvistendahl’s Chinese Population Article to Become a Book

By Waldo Jaquith

She’s written a book based on her Fall 2008 article about how the gender imbalance in China threatens the country’s future.

REPORTING

WSJ Joins in Calling Out Bloomberg

By Waldo Jaquith

It’s now clear that it’s not true that Goldman Sachs executives arming themselves against an uprising. But neither the news outlet nor author Alice Schroeder are talking.

REPORTING

Bloomberg: Goldman Execs are Armed to the Teeth

By Waldo Jaquith

Alice Schroeder’s claim is being repeated by major media outlets around the world. But it seems awfully unlikely.

EDITOR'S DESK

Joe Sacco in our Winter Issue

By Waldo Jaquith

The journalist/artist is producing an original, 48-page comic for us, entitled “The Unwanted,” about the thousands of African refugees who have washed up in Malta.

EDITOR'S DESK

Contributor and Scholar Merrill Peterson Has Died

By Waldo Jaquith

His long, full life included a Guggenheim fellowship, service in WWII, and a brief stint in the Peace Corps at the age of 76.

INTERVIEWS

Revisiting a 1982 Star Wars Analysis

By Waldo Jaquith

In 1982, David Wyatt analyzed where the Star Wars franchise was headed. We asked him to consider how his forecast turned out.