http://www.cjr.org/ Columbia Journalism Review: Strong Press, Strong Democracy en Copyright 2012 Sat, 19 May 2012 07:45:21 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss By Emily Bell News International, the UK outpost of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, might be preparing to sell off or isolate its scandal-struck newspaper titles, according to a report from rival newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph broke the story for its Saturday morning edition, drawing a line between the speculation and the ongoing woes the Murdoch company is suffering as... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/murdoch_may_sell_his_british_p.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/murdoch_may_sell_his_british_p.php Behind the News Sat, 19 May 2012 07:45:21 -0500 By Kira Goldenberg The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU hosted I Want Media’s fifth annual “Future of Media” forum on Friday afternoon. Speakers included Adweek executive editor James Cooper, BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti, Jezebel editor in chief Jessica Coen, Reuters social media guru Anthony De Rosa, Thrillist co-founder Ben Lerer, Activate’s Michael Wolf, and Greg Clayman, the publisher of The... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_future_of_media_is_social.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_future_of_media_is_social.php Behind the News Fri, 18 May 2012 15:15:50 -0500 By Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi Is this the kind of reporting that got Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chan expelled from China last week? The foreign ministry did not give an official reason for the first expulsion of a journalist in 15 years, except to say that “the media concerned know in their heart what they did wrong." Chan's probe into... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/why_china_ejected_melissa_chan.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/why_china_ejected_melissa_chan.php The Kicker Thu, 17 May 2012 13:15:00 -0500 By Bret J. Schulte Jack Kaminsky lives with his mother now. He is 63 years old, broad shouldered, with silver hair and a silver beard. He's the circulation director of The Joplin Globe, and he and his wife survived the tornado that blew apart their city last May 22 by diving into their basement and listening to “everything fall apart.”... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_joplin_globe_one_year_afte.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_joplin_globe_one_year_afte.php Behind the News Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:17 -0500 By Steven Brill In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner: How much for charity? Two Sundays ago, Tom Brokaw used an appearance on Meet the Press to attack... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/press-dinner_proceeds_cat-and-.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/press-dinner_proceeds_cat-and-.php Behind the News Tue, 15 May 2012 08:41:26 -0500 By Steven Brill In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Protecting the Homeland….in New Zealand Is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano completely on the sidelines? And has she not gotten the memo about limiting government... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/stories_id_like_to_see_16.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/stories_id_like_to_see_16.php Behind the News Tue, 08 May 2012 12:11:15 -0500 By Rebecca MacKinnon How many more years will need to pass before we can stop calling digitally networked media “new”? After all, this year’s graduating class of students—and most of their generation—have spent their entire news-consuming and producing lives in a digitally networked environment. This digitally networked environment has not only transformed how professional journalists do their jobs—or how news organizations package and... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/collateral_damage_news_organiz.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/collateral_damage_news_organiz.php Behind the News Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:00 -0500 By The Editors By advocating Internet access that is open, interconnected, and neutral—which is not what's happening now—Rebecca MacKinnon argues that big media companies will be helping preserve conditions where a diverse media contingent can thrive. Specific points: 1. As app-based dissemination and social media supplant the Web, what’s good for the big media companies is not necessarily good for free speech and... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/3_things_big_media_can_do_to_s.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/3_things_big_media_can_do_to_s.php Behind the News Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:00 -0500 By Jared Malsin Journalists covering the May 1 Occupy demonstrations across the country encountered some police obstruction, including a few arrests, and an uptick in cases of demonstrators confronting journalists. According to Josh Stearns, of the advocacy organization Free Press, who has been intensively tracking arrests and harassment of journalists covering demonstrations nationwide, May Day marked a slight improvement in police... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fewer_journo_arrests_at_latest.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fewer_journo_arrests_at_latest.php Behind the News Wed, 02 May 2012 15:18:32 -0500 By Sheila S. Coronel The scandal surrounding the recently purged Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai has all the elements of Shakespearean drama: the precipitous fall of a powerful man, a mysterious murder that involves the man’s glamorous wife, and dark secrets that come to light as the plot unfolds. The scandal is the most serious to hit China in years,... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_bo_scandal_how_we_got_that.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_bo_scandal_how_we_got_that.php Behind the News Wed, 02 May 2012 06:30:00 -0500 By Steven Brill 1. The $5 billion moving bill: Reports last week that the US had agreed with Japan to transfer 9,000 of its 19,000 troops out of Okinawa stated matter of factly that the move will cost $8.6 billion - that’s billion, or $955,000 per service member. Even with Japan paying $3.1 billion of the bill, that leaves the US... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/stories_id_like_to_see_15.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/stories_id_like_to_see_15.php Behind the News Tue, 01 May 2012 10:34:11 -0500 By Emily Bell Rupert Murdoch finished his two-day testimony before the Leveson Inquiry on Thursday, convened to address the phone-hacking scandal that emanated from and ultimately closed down his News of the World tabloid. Murdoch talked at length there about his own personal anguish at the scandal, his regret he personally did nothing to stop it, and his regret that he... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/murdochs_fictions_in_leveson_i.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/murdochs_fictions_in_leveson_i.php Behind the News Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:25:20 -0500 By Charles Lewis The Pulitzer season is a time for inspiration and reflection. Inspiration because those and other awards each year remind us of how important public service reporting is, and also that American news outlets—even those struggling financially—continue to do it. A case in point is The Philadelphia Inquirer, which won the Gold Medal for its series about violence in the city’s... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/reporting_that_changed_history.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/reporting_that_changed_history.php Behind the News Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:19:31 -0500 By Olivia Smith Instead of keeping the $10,000 that accompanied their recent Pulitzer for investigative reporting, Ken Armstrong and Michael Berens decided to donate it so that other journalists could learn their prize-winning skills. “So much public information is now maintained exclusively in a digital format,” said Berens. “Yet, so many reporters don’t know how to access and analyze it. Training... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/pulitzer_winners_donate_their.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/pulitzer_winners_donate_their.php Behind the News Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:01:54 -0500 By Steven Brill In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Where is Citi’s board? In the wake of the shareholders’ stunning 55 percent vote against the 2011 compensation packages approved by the Citigroup Board of... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/stories_id_like_to_see_14.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/stories_id_like_to_see_14.php Behind the News Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:02:59 -0500