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Post Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present
A report by Emily Bell, CW Anderson, and Clay Shirky has just been released
By Emily Bell Nov 27, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Today we publish our report, “Post Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present” from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at... More
What’s happening at the BBC
The Corporation is facing a serious challenge to its future and to its independence
By Emily Bell Nov 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM
“To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” —Oscar Wilde, The... More
Journalism by numbers
It’s time to embrace the growing influence of real-time data on the media business
By Emily Bell Sep 5, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Everywhere we go, everything we do, we send signals. Simple acts create streams of data, whether it is crossing... More
The YouTube campaign
Not everyone trying video streaming will still be doing so in four years time, but the disruption this time feels real
By Emily Bell Sep 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM
It is not easy to know if you have just witnessed a ‘seminal moment,’ particularly in the fluid and dystopian... More
In NYT’s search for transformation, Thompson a surprising choice
“If Thompson manages more than failure, it will, in some ways, be an astonishing achievement”
By Emily Bell Aug 16, 2012 at 05:48 PM
Is Mark Thompson the right person to be chief executive of The New York Times? The cynical might note that,... More
Murdoch may sell his British papers
The British press asserts the embattled mogul may ditch the papers under phone hacking scrutiny
By Emily Bell May 19, 2012 at 07:45 AM
News International, the UK outpost of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, might be preparing to sell off or isolate its scandal-struck... More
Murdoch takes a bow
If the Leveson Inquiries revealed anything, it was that the News Corp. chief’s self perceptions make entertaining viewing
By Emily Bell Apr 26, 2012 at 02:25 PM
Rupert Murdoch finished his two-day testimony before the Leveson Inquiry on Thursday, convened to address the phone-hacking scandal that emanated... More
Exit James Murdoch
Cracks in the News Corp. castle walls?
By Emily Bell Feb 29, 2012 at 05:55 PM
James Murdoch’s evacuation from the mess of News International’s UK newspaper business has been in the cards for a long... More
Exit Interview
Whither the wizard of HuffPo?
By Emily Bell Feb 29, 2012 at 03:45 PM
Paul Berry became the chief technology officer of the Huffington Post in 2007. He developed technical strategies that exploited... More
The Blessings of Networks
Emily Bell takes on Dean Starkman’s “news gurus” argument
By Emily Bell Nov 9, 2011 at 03:40 PM
Dean Starkman's long read on 'the news gurus' in the Columbia Journalism Review starts out with the story of the... More
Rupert Murdoch’s “Arse”
An ex-tabloid editor tells Parliament who kissed what
By Emily Bell Oct 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Ever since the News of The World phone-hacking scandal gathered pace in July this year, members of the UK press... More
Signal and Noise
Trying to follow global news in America, a newcomer finds that something is missing
By Emily Bell Jul 5, 2011 at 02:00 PM
If you wished to see a vivid illustration of how the broadcast news media in the US are perceived in... 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.
