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Journos Call For More Transparency at NYT Op-Ed Page
Toward a higher standard of disclosure
By Craig Silverman Oct 6, 2011 at 01:46 PM
Just a bit after 11 a.m. this morning, New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane received an e-mail from the... More
Unknown Quantities
How social network verification can show us what we don’t know
By Craig Silverman Sep 30, 2011 at 12:35 PM
We don’t know. Those are three difficult words for a journalist to say. For many, it's an admission of failure.... More
Eight Simple Rules for Doing Accurate Journalism
Some new, some old, some wonderfully clichéd
By Craig Silverman Sep 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM
It’s a cliché to say clichés exist for a reason. As journalists, we’re supposed to avoid them like the, um,... More
Calling Out a Source that Lied
The Memphis Commercial Appeal holds Schnucks accountable
By Craig Silverman Sep 9, 2011 at 01:19 PM
As far as official denials go, it was clear and emphatic. Lori Willis, communications director of the Schnucks grocery chain,... More
Errors in Anytown, U.S.A.
Academic brings an anonymous newsroom’s corrections practices to light
By Craig Silverman Sep 2, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Last spring, Kirstie Hettinga spent several months working two days a week as an unpaid intern at what she will... More
A Victim’s Tale
What it’s like to be on the receiving end of a press error
By Craig Silverman Aug 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Last week was a terrible one for Jon Harris, a librarian at the North Canton Public Library in Ohio. On... More
Schmidle in Secret
New Yorker keeps mum on fact-checking process for bin Laden piece
By Craig Silverman Aug 12, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Amid the discussion and debate about the sourcing and accuracy of Nicholas Schmidle’s lengthy retelling of the Bin Laden raid... More
From Breaking News to Baseless Speculation
Why journalists jumped to conclusions about the Norway attacks
By Craig Silverman Jul 29, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Why do journalists and news organizations exhibit such a lack of restraint when it comes to breaking news like last... More
What The Guardian Can Learn from Watergate Coverage
On the importance of making the “right” mistakes
By Craig Silverman Jul 22, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Up until The New York Times Magazine published a lengthy piece last September that broke new ground in the News... More
The Case for the Corrections Page
Why news organizations should follow the Times’s example
By Craig Silverman Jul 15, 2011 at 11:35 AM
A website redesign is a major event for a news organization. Reuters recently unveiled a new website, and it occasioned... More
Introducing the Grantland Corrections Desk
Deadspin picks up Bill Simmons’s slack
By Craig Silverman Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM
“Without looking it up, I can tell you the night the Toronto Blue Jays won their first World Series —... More
And on the Fender Bass, President Abraham Lincoln!
A humorous correction earns AAA World some praise
By Craig Silverman Jul 1, 2011 at 01:19 PM
It wasn’t too long after the July/August issue of the mid-Atlantic edition of AAA World magazine reached subscribers that Mike... More
Misquotes That Refuse to Die
Things that David Plouffe, Captain Kirk, and others didn’t say
By Craig Silverman Jun 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Back in 2009, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe, said some rather kind words about Utah governor Jon Huntsman,... More
The Backfire Effect
More on the press’s inability to debunk bad information
By Craig Silverman Jun 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Which of these headlines strikes you as the most persuasive: “I am not a Muslim, Obama says.” “I am a... More
Best Practices for Social Media Verification
Some tips and thoughts from the experts
By Craig Silverman Jun 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Whether you view it as long overdue or just in time, I believe we are starting to see the emergence... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
