The Kicker
Climate scientist’s privacy victory may prove a lose for journalists
Court ruling limits access to public information in Virginia
By Alexis Sobel Fitts Apr 23, 2014 at 03:00 PM
After deliberating for months, late last week the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of climate scientist Michael Mann in... More
The Second Opinion
Forget the spin of eight million sign-ups
The consumer and business story angles Obamacare reporters should turn to now
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM
With the announcement late last week that eight million people had signed up for Obamacare, it seemed for a while... More
Behind the News
FOIA win against government on drones
Will it lead to more or less disclosure in the future?
By Cora Currier Apr 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM
The enormous increase in public attention to the drone war in the past year arguably began with the leak of... More
United States Project
Come for the Facebook spat, stay for the child welfare story
Yes, there was a social media dustup between SC politicians last week. There’s also a real story here that local media have been on since last fall
By Corey Hutchins Apr 23, 2014 at 06:50 AM
CHARLESTON, SC -- Late last week, a Facebook spat between South Carolina's Republican governor and an oft-supportive GOP state senator... More
Cloud Control
Aereo coverage in a nutshell
Of all the angles on Aereo, the most important one is the worst for the company
By Sarah Laskow Apr 22, 2014 at 04:00 PM
No rational CEO chooses to take a company's business model before the Supreme Court just for the publicity. But for... More
Reality Check
Crossing over
Hybrid documentary series Borderland recreates the treacherous journey that actual undocumented immigrants have attempted from Mexico to the US
By Edirin Oputu Apr 22, 2014 at 03:00 PM
Halfway through retracing the journey that thousands of undocumented migrants take from Mexico to the United States each year, Washington... More
Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see
Obama’s unaccountable briefers, pipeline bribery, and economic woes at Yankee Stadium
By Steven Brill Apr 22, 2014 at 11:26 AM
This column, a regular feature, was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Obama's unaccountable briefers: Here's a key paragraph in Saturday's... More
The Audit
Newspapers continue to sink
Ad declines far outweigh subscription gains
By Ryan Chittum Apr 22, 2014 at 07:50 AM
The newspaper industry continued to sink last year, shedding 2.6 percent of its revenue on heavy print ad declines, according... More
Behind the News
Pakistan’s most prominent journalist shot by gunman in Karachi
An apparent assassination attempt on Hamid Mir illustrates the price that comes with the higher profile and influence of the news media in Pakistan
By Shahan Mufti Apr 22, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Pakistan's most famous and influential journalist is recovering in a hospital after being shot by a gunman in the metropolis... More
Language Corner
Ker-choo!
To catch a sneeze
By Merrill Perlman Apr 21, 2014 at 03:20 PM
In honor of allergy season, here's a riddle: What word's first syllable is pronounced differently than the way it is... More
United States Project
For comprehensive coverage of the Florida State case, go to…NYT?
The Tallahassee Democrat and other Florida papers could have done more on the Jameis Winston investigation
By Susannah Nesmith Apr 21, 2014 at 01:00 PM
Last week, the most comprehensive look to date at the flawed investigation into a rape accusation against Jameis Winston, Florida... More
News Literacy
The rise of internet video news
More and more young people get their news from online video, which is not necessarily a bad thing
By Ben Adler Apr 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
Most of the discussion of youth news consumption and news literacy--including that of yours truly--focuses on articles and written content.... More
Reality Check
The secret whistleblowers, revisited
The new documentary 1971, which premiered on Friday, reveals how a group of activists exposed the secrets of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI
By Edirin Oputu Apr 21, 2014 at 06:50 AM
In March 1971, eight burglars broke into a Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Media, PA, and stole hundreds of... More
The Kicker
Must-reads of the week
“Ah, the New York Times is coming today. I’d better put on my best pair of leggings”
By The Editors Apr 18, 2014 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
United States Project
How the Detroit Free Press won a Pulitzer for commentary
The paper put columns at the forefront of its coverage of the city’s bankruptcy
By Anna Clark Apr 18, 2014 at 11:21 AM
DETROIT, MI -- This might just be the newsiest city in America--and Stephen Henderson's job is to make sense of... More
Behind the News
The ambiguous LA Times/Occidental rift
It’s in many ways a “they said, he said” story with no easy answers
By Lauren Lipton Apr 18, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Last month, the Los Angeles Times dismissed Jason Felch, a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting, in the kind... More
The Observatory
Walking the public opinion tightrope
Early reception of a celebrity-packed Showtime documentary demonstrates the difficulty of engaging audiences on climate change
By Alexis Sobel Fitts Apr 17, 2014 at 03:00 PM
The first episode of Years of Living Dangerously, Showtime's mammoth documentary series on climate change that premiered Sunday night, is... More
The Kicker
Huffington: ‘Virality has become fetishized’
HuffPost’s founder spoke about her site’s direction—and her newest book—at Tufts University on Wednesday
By Molly Mirhashem Apr 17, 2014 at 12:15 PM
The Huffington Post's South Korean edition--the site's 11th international incarnation--launched in February with a reporting focus on burnout and technology... More
The Audit
In defense of ‘Dasani’
The NYT series transcends the Pulitzers and the second-guessing
By Ryan Chittum Apr 17, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Columbia's Bill Grueskin tries to explain why the Pulitzer board dismissed The New York Times's "Invisible Child" series about Dasani... More
United States Project
What law did the Toledo Blade break? The Army won’t say
But we’ve got a guess—and the paper’s lawsuit could present the first challenge to the statute
By Jonathan Peters Apr 16, 2014 at 03:22 PM
After military police detained two journalists last month outside a military manufacturing plant, an Army spokesman said the journalists had... More
Behind the News
Another Pulitzer for reporting classified info
The prize’s board has “rewarded” coverage of leaked material before
By Cora Currier Apr 16, 2014 at 11:35 AM
The Pulitzer committee's decision to give its public service award this year to the Washington Post and the Guardian for... More
The Kicker
3 signs you’re in a bad relationship with your editor
What happens if, somewhere between first draft and publication, the editor-writer relationship goes south?
By Sarah Laskow Apr 16, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Just like any successful romance, a good editorial relationship starts with two people, a mutual attraction, and the hope that... More
Behind the News
Why was ‘Dasani’ shut out of the Pulitzers?
5 problems with The New York Times’ ambitious, influential series on the life of one homeless Brooklyn girl
By Bill Grueskin Apr 16, 2014 at 06:50 AM
On Monday afternoon, the Pulitzer board awarded the local news reporting prize to an impressive, powerfully written series of stories... More
16 women whose digital startups deserve Vox-level plaudits - A look at the media entrepreneurs who aren’t grabbing headlines
Why was ‘Dasani’ shut out of the Pulitzers? - 5 problems with The New York Times’ ambitious, influential series on the life of one homeless Brooklyn girl
The AP downplays its Obamacare scoop - Repeal on deductible caps marks another step in The Great Cost Shift
The enduring pull of mag covers - Why do magazine cover images still hold so much cultural power in this decline-of-print era?
Michael Wolff’s digital media bloopers - The Newser founder trolls (other) digital-news companies
Email blasts from CJR writers and editors
The top spook’s stupid gag order
The nation’s top spy has prohibited all of his spies from talking with reporters about “intelligence-related information” unless officially authorized to speak
Andrew Sullivan on the new Slate+
Why liberals have fallen for Thomas Piketty
The French economist gives the American left a sturdy framework for its economic ideas
Marathon runners carrying competitor across finish line? Didn’t happen
Yet another viral story debunked
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
