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Embeddable Sandy content
Google and WNYC created free, shareable media
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM
One of the most useful bits of embeddable content being passed around in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is this... More
Hard Numbers
Election edition
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
54 Percent of Americans who knew that General Motors’ decision to close its plant in Janesville, WI, happened before Barack... More
Newsrooms’ digital Sandy coverage
Outlets are pulling out all the stops
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 29, 2012 at 05:24 PM
Several big news services have put public service ahead of profit by doing away with their paywalls for the duration... More
CNN says women vote with their hormones
The Twitterverse goes mental
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 26, 2012 at 03:00 PM
It took seven hours of Internet backlash on Wednesday night for the Internet to convince CNN that an article it... More
HuffPost launches a platform for user-generated reporting
“Firsthand” to premiere “a new type of comment”
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
An October 1 editorial from Arianna Huffington announced The Huffington Post’s latest development in user engagement: Firsthand. Developed using a... More
Pulitzer Prize Board announces three new members
Steve Coll, Quiara Alegria Hudes, and Aminda Marques Gonzalez to join
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 23, 2012 at 04:20 PM
Columbia University announced today that three new members are joining the Pulitzer Prize Board. Steve Coll, who has worked at... More
BBC in crisis over a shelved pedophile investigation
Newsnight accused of a coverup after they dropped the case
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM
When it emerged, a year after his death, that popular UK television personality Jimmy Saville may have molested hundreds of... More
Artists from around the world to report for new site
Creative Times Reports will publish dispatches from abroad
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM
A new website, Creative Time Reports, gives artists from around the world a platform for commentary and analysis on current... More
Study shows UK newspapers are still sexist
78 percent of front-page articles are written by men
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The UK media is still dominated by sexist stereotypes and run by male journalists, according to a front page story... More
CMJ hosts a panel on ‘Music Journalism Exploded’
Editors from Billboard, MTV, and SPIN contribute
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 16, 2012 at 03:50 PM
Every October, New York City welcomes a circus of music industry professionals for a week of conferences, showcases, and parties... More
Santa Barbara is getting a nonprofit investigative newsroom
A Knight grant is funding the launch of a new journalism initiative
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 16, 2012 at 06:50 AM
A few years ago, a small team of journalists based in Santa Barbara, CA, starting sharing ideas on how address... More
MSN.com launches news service
MSN News is built for Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 15, 2012 at 11:00 AM
It’s only three months since Microsoft sold its stake in MSNBC.com, the news site it produced for 16 years in... More
LinkedIn launches a new blogging platform
Contributors include Obama, Romney, and Arianna Huffington
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM
LinkedIn has expanded beyond its roots as a professional connections network to include a blogging platform for 150 influential thinkers,... More
U-T San Diego CEO accused of threatening city official over vote
Voice of San Diego reports on the daily paper’s “uncomfortably strident stance”
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 9, 2012 at 02:39 PM
This article has been changed to clarify that an August 9 email was first obtained by KPBS/Investigative NewSource. The investigative... More
Darts and Laurels
That’s sick
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 8, 2012 at 11:00 AM
The Daily Caller drew some odd conclusions from a June survey of physicians, when it published a report with... More
Social media fails the ‘47 percent’ video taper
Did the anonymous source need Mother Jones?
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 4, 2012 at 06:50 AM
When Mother Jones premiered the now-infamous 47 percent video on September 17, it received two million views in 24 hours... More
Tributes pour in for Sulzberger
Here are places to read about the former New York Times publisher, whose death was announced last weekend
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 1, 2012 at 02:01 PM
The New York Times announced the death of Arthur “Punch” Sulzberger, chairman and chief executive of the company for 34... More
When Worlds Collide
NPR interns devoured by music-site trolls!
By Hazel Sheffield Sep 28, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Newsrooms tend to shield their interns from the rougher side of the news business. But this summer, two NPR interns... More
First impressions of Quartz
Atlantic Media’s mobile-first business site looks great, acts “janky”
By Hazel Sheffield Sep 26, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Quartz, Atlantic Media’s mobile-first business site, launched on Monday afternoon following much fanfare this summer. Straight off, users responded to... More
Muck Rack hosts a meetup with NBC News
With tips, chips, and a whole lot of live-tweeting
By Hazel Sheffield Sep 25, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Muck Rack, the startup that aggregates media tweets, hosted its first New York meetup at 30 Rock on Tuesday night... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
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”
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.
