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Aspiring line
Why a young lefty writer let a conservative brahmin make a monkey out of him—over and over again
By Eric Alterman Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
When William F. Buckley Jr. died in February 2008, I happened to be in another of the endless arguments... More
The journalist and the politician
Former NYT reporter Arthur Krock had a long friendship with Joe Kennedy—and it showed in his coverage
By Eric Alterman Feb 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Arthur Krock, one-time bureau chief and columnist for The New York Times, is an abject lesson in the temporality of... More
The Girl Who Loved Journalists
Stieg Larsson’s posthumous gift to an embattled industry
By Eric Alterman Jan 4, 2012 at 06:00 AM
For a profession whose entire raison d’être is communication, American journalists sure have done a lousy job of explaining... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
