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Streams of consciousness
Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
By Ben Adler May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
My first encounters with journalism were the same as most American males: through the sports pages. Sometime in middle... More
Piecemeal existence
For today’s young freelancers, what will traffic bear?
By Ben Adler Jul 31, 2012 at 11:05 AM
In 2009, an editor for a new website called The Faster Times, which sought to be “an edgier Huffington Post,”... More
The Right-Wing Media’s Discipline Machine
Talk radio and Fox News bully the GOP candidates into line—and, in the process, offer a narrow vision of conservatism
By Ben Adler Feb 15, 2012 at 01:16 PM
When Mitt Romney was asked at a New Hampshire town hall in June 2011 about climate change, he probably did... More
Park Slope Pundits Get the Story Wrong
Why lifestyle pieces need context
By Ben Adler Feb 8, 2012 at 12:47 PM
I grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, so a headline on The New Yorker's homepage Monday, declaring "Park Slope is... More
A Trail of Unexpected Costs on the Campaign Trail
Price-gouging in the primary states
By Ben Adler Jan 24, 2012 at 03:30 PM
My first visit to New Hampshire in this election cycle came just days before the Iowa caucuses. With most political... More
Reporting from the Right
Heritage Foundation aims to fill left-right coverage gap
By Ben Adler May 12, 2011 at 03:23 PM
In the domestic Cold War a reporting gap has developed: a number of left-leaning web sites such as The Huffington... More
The Problem with Covering Polls
Daily Caller mistakes opinion for fact
By Ben Adler Apr 8, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Thursday afternoon, Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson tweeted the link to a story on his website, saying "and the poor... More
The Real Problem with Fox News
A case study
By Ben Adler Mar 25, 2011 at 04:35 PM
On Thursday night, Fox News anchor Bret Baier was Jon Stewart’s guest on The Daily Show. The two men went... More
WaPo’s New Opinion Tabs Miss the Mark
A flawed way to quantify ideological diversity
By Ben Adler Mar 17, 2011 at 01:41 PM
The Washington Post, as part of its ongoing web redesign, unveiled an addition to its online opinions section on Monday.... More
Heresy on the Right
A handful of new Web sites try to rewire conservative media
By Ben Adler May 18, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Electoral defeat tends to spawn bouts of ideological tinkering—when the Democrats lost the presidential election in 2004, a clutch of... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
