Newsweek Publishing Special 'Spirit' Edition

Newsweek magazine will publish a special commemorative issue entitled "The Spirit of America" available on newsstands Thursday with $1 of each issue sold going to the relief effort.

"The special issue tells the tale of the resilience of America and the heroism, in acts great and small, of its people," Richard M. Smith, Newsweek chairman and editor-in-chief, said.

"With moving reporting and powerful photography, the magazine paints a portrait of bravery, generosity and patriotism in the face of incredible tragedy," Smith said.

"The Spirit of America" chronicles how the nation became a neighborhood after the attacks, and focuses on U.S. leaders during the crisis. Newsweek also offers remembrances of some of the missing and dead, and explores the solidarity currently uniting America.

Some of the highlights in the issue include:

• Chief political correspondent Howard Fineman writing that President George W. Bush rose to the occasion with an address that inspired the nation.
• White House correspondent Martha Brant reporting on Laura Bush and how she has come forward to console her husband and the nation.
• Columnist Jonathan Alter looks at Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has set the standard for crisis management.
• Managing editor Jon Meacham who takes the historical view, writing that Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt can teach a new century about the art of leadership.
• Newsweek international editor Fareed Zakaria contributes a column on how America?s unique contribution to humankind is the right to the pursuit of happiness.
• Contributing editor Anna Quindlen writing that the September 11 attacks have brought together a nation of disparate parts, and that terrorism, which led to devastation, has also led to unity.

Newsweek will distribute over 2 million copies of "The Spirit of America," and it will remain on newsstands for eight weeks. This commemorative issue follows an extra edition Newsweek published on Sept. 14 immediately after the attacks, in addition to the magazine?s weekly editions.

Johnson & Johnson is the sole advertiser in the issue, and the company has donated its advertising space to a number of nonprofit, relief and recovery associations.

Newsweek will donate $1 for each issue sold to the September 11th Fund to support the victims of the attack and their families.