Joan Connell

Joan Connell is an award-winning journalist with a longstanding interest in religion, ethics and online media.

Most recently, she was Senior Editor at MSN.com, formulating editorial policy and strategy for the Microsoft portal. From 1997 to 20003, she was Executive Producer for Opinions at MSNBC.com. and Editor of Religion News Service. Earlier, she was a national correspondent for Newhouse News Service in Washington,DC, where she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for reporting on religion, ethics and moral issues.

She also worked as Religion & Ethics Editor at the San Jose Mercury News and as a reporter and editor at the Bellingham Herald in Bellingham, Washington.

Currently

  • A Whole New Relationship

    April 26, 2008

    This is more than just a new homepage. Our new site offers new ways to mine the richness of America's oldest weekly journal of politics and culture.

  • Things Have Changed

    April 24, 2008

    Notice anything different about this page? The online edition of The Nation just got a makeover. Here's a guide to what's new.

2007

  • Best of The Nation 2007

    December 19, 2007

    It was a year of alarming news and amazing reporting on the Iraq War, the rise of private mercenary firms, the burgeoning business of disaster capitalism, an ever more vulnerable environment. Here's how The Nation covered the year.

  • Alterman's Arrest

    June 4, 2007

    Eric Alterman, arrested in New Hampshire over whether he really belonged at a post-debate party, explains exactly what happened.

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Blogs

» State of Change

Not A Great Day for Senate Democrats | Majority Leader Reid needs to do a better job of leadering.
John Nichols
Posted at 5:33 PM ET

» Capitolism

The Week Ahead | What to expect from the first week of the 111th Congress.
Christopher Hayes

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» The Beat

Franken Named Minnesota Winner | Board says DFL candidate prevailed by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman.
John Nichols

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» Editor's Cut

A Trillion Dollar Recovery | We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt