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August 2013

Q&A: Nicholas Jackson, founder of The First Bound

New website provides an “off the record” style chat about media with writers and editors

By Alexis Sobel Fitts   Aug 1, 2013 at 02:56 PM

As a young writer Pacific Standard digital director Nicholas Jackson built his career through a time-honored tradition: cold-emailing editors. "I... More

The scandal attention cycle

How the media lost interest in IRS targeting, even as new facts emerged

By Brendan Nyhan   Aug 1, 2013 at 02:15 PM

At this point, the evidence on the Internal Revenue Service scandal is clear. Contrary to the initial hype, there is... More

The NYT’s $150 million-a-year paywall

Growth slows sharply, but digital-subscriber revenue is propping up the paper

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 1, 2013 at 01:27 PM

The New York Times's once-torrid paywall growth continued to slow in the second quarter, adding 23,000 digital-only subscribers. That's the... More

Manning verdict not a win for journalism

Bradley Manning’s “aiding the enemy” acquittal does little to mitigate the risk that future whistleblowers might be similarly charged for leaks to the press

By Susan McGregor   Aug 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Despite Tuesday's acquittal of Pfc. Bradley Manning on the charge of "aiding the enemy" by sharing hundreds of thousands of... More

Required skimming: digital longreads

Engrossing stories on any platform

By Kira Goldenberg   Aug 1, 2013 at 06:55 AM

This month, CJR presents "Required Skimming," a daily miniguide to our staffers' beats and obsessions. If we overlooked any of... More

Audit Notes: The unbanked, Paolo Pellegrini, a debt collector pauses

The NYT on the minor mishaps keep people out of the banking system

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 1, 2013 at 06:50 AM

You've read a lot about how Big Data can save the world and all that. You don't read much (at... More

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