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Gotham Gazette
Detailed reporting on New York City governance
By Connor Boals Jul 27, 2011 at 02:48 PM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — It's no secret that many Americans are shamefully uninformed about their elected representatives, particularly at... More
Universal Hub
A wicked smart Boston hyperlocal
By Connor Boals Jul 25, 2011 at 04:00 PM
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — What started as a simple online directory of businesses, restaurants, and other establishments serving Boston has grown... More
Common Language Project
In-depth human rights reporting and multimedia storytelling
By Connor Boals Jul 21, 2011 at 05:46 PM
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON —In 2005, three friends on their way to becoming freshly anointed college grads had an idea. They were... More
Quorum Report
A pioneer in niche online coverage, reporting on Texas politics since 1998
By Connor Boals May 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Harvey Kronberg and his team at the Quorum Report are true Internet news frontiersmen. Kronberg, who has... More
The News Outlet
College students report local news for northeastern Ohio
By Connor Boals May 19, 2011 at 04:01 PM
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — Faced with an increase in journalism majors and the general decay of legacy media coverage in the... More
Inside the Hall
The go-to site for Hoosier basketball fanatics
By Connor Boals Mar 24, 2011 at 03:48 PM
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA — What began as a couple buddies blogging about their passion for their alma mater has grown into... More
Columbus Underground
Entertainment and events coverage with a civic bent
By Connor Boals Mar 24, 2011 at 03:31 PM
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Launched in 2001, Columbus Underground was founding editor Walker Evans's answer to a lack of online resources... More
Pirate Radio, Mayan Style
Indigenous stations want to come in from the cold
By Connor Boals Aug 24, 2011 at 01:48 PM
When you get to Sumpango, in the central highlands of Guatemala, you won’t be able to find Radio Ixchel... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
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.
