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How can we improve American media’s coverage of race, class, and social mobility? Let’s ask some of the brightest minds in this business.
By Farai Chideya Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
[Update, April 15] While we took our opening comment in the Herald-Leader at face value in the piece below,... More
Ask Obama This: Can you imagine criminal justice reform?
A nearly forgotten topic that impacts the budget, families, and communities
By Farai Chideya Oct 24, 2012 at 03:12 PM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is publishing a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
