Columbia Journalism Review

Pass the #popcorn

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:00 -0500

By Sara Morrison According to a recent Pew study, 16 percent of adults online use Twitter -- 8 percent daily. I'm pretty sure most of that 8 percent are journalists. Journalists love Twitter, whether using it for writing, conversation, or fighting. And I love to watch--and judge--the sparring. If you see a #JournoTweetFight that you think merits inclusion, please give me a...

Must-reads of the week

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:50:10 -0500

By The Editors

Pass the #popcorn

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 -0500

Must-reads of the week

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:50:52 -0500

By The Editors Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week: Why Kathryn Schulz despises The Great Gatsby -- It is the only book she has read five times despite failing to derive almost any pleasure...

And that's the way it was: May 10, 2006

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:49:35 -0500

By The Editors On this day seven years ago, legendary New York Times executive editor Abraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal died at the age of 84. Rosenthal was a journalist for the Times for over half a century, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1960 for international reporting. He served as managing editor from 1969-77, executive editor from 1977-88, and was a columnist from1987-99. During...

And that's the way it was: May 9, 1918

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:49:43 -0500

By The Editors Television broadcast journalist Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace was born on this day in 1918. During his 60-year career in broadcasting, Wallace interviewed a slew of prominent newsmakers, from Malcolm X in 1964 to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2006. The program with which he was most associated was CBS's 60 Minutes. Wallace was one of the news show's...

And that's the way it was: May 8, 1984

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:49:47 -0500

By The Editors Born Lila Bell Acheson, she married DeWitt Wallace in 1921. The two went on to found Reader's Digest, the monthly general interest family magazine first published in 1922. For years, Reader's Digest was the best-selling consumer magazine in the United States. With tens of millions of subscribers worldwide, and 49 editions in 21 languages, it remains the largest paid circulation...

And that's the way it was: May 7, 1945

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:49:46 -0500

By The Editors On May 7, 1945, Germany signed the terms for unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, thus putting an end to World War II in Europe. Here was Page One of The New York Times the day after the signing, when the document took effect:

CPJ's Impunity Index updates

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500

By Sara Morrison The Committee to Protect Journalists updated its Impunity Index last week. The Index calculates the number of unsolved murders of journalists against a country's population, resulting in a figure that reflects both the tendency for journalists to be murdered and the reluctance or inability to solve those murders. A country has to have at least five unsolved...

And that's the way it was: May 6, 1937

Mon, 06 May 2013 06:49:00 -0500

By Sang Ngo On this day in 1937, the German passenger zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire, crashed, and burned down to nothing but its metal frame, at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, near Lakehurst, New Jersey. The disaster killed 36 people, shattered public confidence in dirigibles, and marked the end of the era of the airship. The Hindenburg catastrophe is as a long-...

Must-reads of the week

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:50:00 -0500

By The Editors

And that's the way it was: May 3, 1978

Fri, 03 May 2013 06:49:01 -0500

By Sang Ngo On an evil day, 35 years ago today, a sinister pair of hands typed and sent out the first ever unsolicited bulk commercial email message--later to be known as "spam." Gary Thuerk, then a marketing manager for the now defunct computer company Digital Equipment Corporation, sent out a single mass email to 393 recipents on ARPANET (an earlier version of...

And that's the way it was: May 2, 1885

Thu, 02 May 2013 06:49:09 -0500

By Sang Ngo Founded in 1885 by Clark W. Bryan, Good Housekeeping was purchased in 1911 by the Heart Corporation, which still owns it today. The women's magazine features articles tailored to "women's interests," along with recipes, diets, and works of fiction. The magazine also includes product testing from The Good Housekeeping Institute, which stamps products it deems worthy with its "Good Housekeeping...

Local reporting at its grandest

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:53 -0500

By Kira Goldenberg The local news in Florida is likely full of "truth is stranger than fiction" tales all year round because it's always warm down there. Further north, though, the cold weather keeps a lid on the crazy (except in Maine, where it's winter for so long that residents just strap on their Stabilicers and get on with it)....

More of Jessica Lum's work

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:24 -0500

By Sara Morrison Jessica Lum's life and career were cut short, but she left a lot behind. Here's a sampling of some of her work: Her website, JessicaLum.com (click the photo below to go to the site): Her work for Mission Loc@l, one of UC Berkeley j-school's hyperlocal news sites (click the photo below to go to...