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Military Embeds: The World Tour
A military’s handling of the media says a lot about its nation
By David Axe Feb 19, 2008 at 09:00 AM
In February 2006, I was detained by the U.S. Army and ejected from Iraq. My crime? Reporting on the weapons... More
Harassed, Arrested, Gagged: A Report From Somalia
Mogadishu’s Independent Media Battle a Government Crackdown
By David Axe Dec 13, 2007 at 08:32 AM
Mohamed Farah Italy, a reporter with independent Radio Simba in Mogadishu, was helming one of the station's call-in shows on... More
Somalia’s Dark Days
By David Axe Oct 6, 2009 at 08:54 PM
Ahmed Omar Hashi was no stranger to death threats. As a senior producer for Mogadishu’s popular Shabelle Radio, Hashi routinely... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
