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Ingrassia’s balancing act
Thoughts as The New York Times business editor steps aside
By Dean Starkman Dec 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM
What are the most important American journalism jobs in the early 21st century? Given the Financial Crisis, you could make... More
In Cleveland, bracing for a free-news fallout
Fear and loathing at The Plain Dealer
By Dean Starkman Dec 12, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Cleveland Scene magazine ran a fine, overlooked story on the ticking clock at the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, as journalists and readers... More
Audit Notes: a big Dealbook conference, Gawker on unemployment, buzzed into oatmeal, etc.
An assembly of titans at the Times, listening to the jobless, etc.
By Dean Starkman Dec 10, 2012 at 11:01 PM
For better and worse, conferencing is becoming a big part of the media landscape. We do a mini-version, too.... More
News worth paying for
Looking for profit in public-interest news
By Dean Starkman Dec 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Now that the confetti and campaign corks had been swept up after news leaked that The Washington Post was probably... More
Audit Notes: sustainable newsrooms edition
More thoughts on digital subscriptions at the Washington Post and elsewhere
By Dean Starkman Dec 7, 2012 at 06:16 PM
Jeff Bercovici asks if the The Washington Post waited too long to install its paywall since its revenue losses,... More
Audit Notes: WaPo likely to get a wall; papers as luxury product; thought on The Daily; Barofsky
Long overdue in the nation’s capital; That was Murdoch’s ideal newspaper? etc.
By Dean Starkman Dec 6, 2012 at 06:25 PM
The news: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Washington Post is most likely adopting a wall next... More
On blaming The Daily’s demise on purely technical causes
Was it any good? Who knows?
By Dean Starkman Dec 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Remember The Daily? Yeah, that was a long time ago. Good times. Now an artifact of history, like the Montreal... More
The Washington Post needs a paywall—now
A strategic error needs to be reversed, stat
By Dean Starkman Nov 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM
The not-so-gentle ejection of Marcus Brauchli from the top editor’s chair at The Washington Post has cast a bright... More
Paywalls are a means, not an end
A Toronto Star columnist’s belligerence gets me thinking
By Dean Starkman Nov 7, 2012 at 11:02 AM
I like paywalls. I really do. I think it makes sense for newspapers that saw the bottom drop out... More
Lessons from Sullivan-Silver fracas
When digital and institutional cultures collide
By Dean Starkman Nov 5, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Before the Margaret Sullivan/Nate Silver episode fades into history, there are a couple of meta lessons to be drawn from... More
Audit Notes: Stray on Silver, the new-old Black, ‘rocketing’ from a low base
Data-based journalism and its potential; an ex-mogul takes a flogging, etc.
By Dean Starkman Nov 2, 2012 at 11:30 AM
The best thing about the faux-controversy between New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan and political stats whiz Nate Silver... More
MSM: port in a storm
And social media was not as useful as I’d thought it’d be
By Dean Starkman Oct 31, 2012 at 07:35 AM
Sandy was the first natural disaster I can remember experiencing not as a reporter but as Joe Reader/Viewer. (I’ve... More
Send Candidates for The Best Business Writing 2013
Our 2nd annual compilation of business journalism’s best is closing soon; send us stuff
By Dean Starkman Oct 29, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Hi Internet, This spring, we launched with Columbia University Press the first of what we hope will be a long-running... More
Are newspaper audiences really shrinking?
A dialogue with Alan Mutter
By Dean Starkman Oct 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Alan Mutter’s post the other day—"The incredible shrinking newspaper audience"—got me thinking: is the newspaper audience really shrinking? So... More
Tuesdays with Andrew
Changing up a Dealbook ritual
By Dean Starkman Oct 16, 2012 at 04:54 PM
An Andrew Ross Sorkin column is beginning to take on a ritualistic feel. Sorkin is The New York Times... More
Audit Notes: a missing foreclosure figure, Denton, Brookes
How many “boomerang” buyers are there again? Gawker’s secret sauce, etc
By Dean Starkman Oct 15, 2012 at 07:05 AM
This Wall Street Journal story says buyers who went through foreclosure are already back in the market, buying houses again.They’re... More
Facing up to the high cost of free news
Is there a quality argument to support the digital ads-only model?
By Dean Starkman Oct 8, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Pretty soon, proponents of free digital news will have to own up to the implications of their model. The... More
The hamster wheel vs. the quality imperative
The real problem with JRC/Advance free model and the unappreciated benefit of a paywall
By Dean Starkman Sep 14, 2012 at 07:22 AM
…The great is rare; the dull quite common. But — and this is the genius of the online format... More
Required skimming: unemployment
Get the facts about the jobs figures
By Dean Starkman Aug 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This month, CJR presents “Required Skimming,” a daily miniguide to our staffers’ beats and obsessions, ranging from finance to food.... More
Digital goes first at the FT (Updated)
The Financial Times now has more digital subscribers than print ones; running the numbers
By Dean Starkman Jul 30, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Like them or not, newspaper paywalls continue better-than-expected performances, the latest good (for some of us) news coming from The... 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)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
