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A big week for the British press
Rupert Murdoch resigns, Leveson Inquiry closes, UK journalists charged
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 25, 2012 at 02:36 PM
Rupert Murdoch’s recent resignation from the boards of his UK newspapers seems, at first glance, like a dramatic move to... More
National Geographic launches a ‘ballsy’ online project
A community storytelling venture hopes to supplement good journalism
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
When Aaron Huey started photographing the lives of Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, he... More
Reactions to the Aurora shooting: the wrong, the sad, the irrelevant
How one tragedy led to many premature conclusions
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 20, 2012 at 03:48 PM
It doesn’t take long for news to travel about a tragedy like Friday’s midnight shooting at a screening of “The... More
Copyright and punishment
A panel of Internet entrepreneurs tackle property rights in the digital age
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM
“I’m a copyright moderate, but I get painted as a radical!” moaned the author Rob Reid to a woman clutching... More
Ready, set for an interactive Olympics
Outlets strike deals to bump viewer engagement during the games
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The London Olympics officially open in two weeks, which means media outlets are gearing up to cover them. That requires... More
Plagiarism and a resignation at Journatic
So why is the Chicago Tribune still involved?
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 16, 2012 at 05:46 PM
When CJR wrote about local news outsourcing company Journatic 10 days ago, its CEO, Brian Timpone, called the use of... More
Media reactions to the Freeh Report
Revelations force turnarounds from journalists
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 13, 2012 at 05:24 PM
Media coverage of the 267-page Freeh Report on the Penn State child abuse coverup hasn’t stopped since it was released... More
The heatwave debate
How the science of probability affects science coverage
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 12, 2012 at 12:56 PM
We can all agree that the weather has been unseasonably warm this summer. But fewer people, including media types, agree... More
Saving Auntie: Meet the BBC’s new boss
Who is George Entwistle and what challenges does he face?
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 10, 2012 at 03:25 PM
Last Wednesday, the BBC announced the appointment of longtime employee George Entwistle to the corporation’s top post of director general.... More
Journatic busted for using fake bylines
CEO Brian Timpone says “we made a mistake”
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In May, CJR invited Brian Farnham, the founding editor of Patch, to write about a digital news service called Journatic,... More
The MSM overlooks a Supreme Court scoop
CBS’s Jan Crawford says Roberts flip-flopped on healthcare reform; why aren’t other outlets biting?
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 3, 2012 at 05:00 PM
There was some pretty spectacular misreporting last week by the likes of CNN and Fox News on the Supreme Court’s... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
