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Home truths
For the essayist Albert Murray, the South was a state of mind
By James Marcus May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
There is nothing quite so liberating for a journalist as failing to carry out an assignment. I'm not talking... More
The Art of Listening
Pete Hamill chats about the joys of A.J. Liebling
By James Marcus Jul 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM
With his phenomenal ear and rococo prose--not to mention the sort of wit that can still leave a reader helpless... More
High and Outside
The author of Generation Kill chronicles the lost tribes of America
By James Marcus Apr 29, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Evan Wright won himself a mass audience with Generation Kill (2004), which expanded on the Iraqi reportage he had done... More
MySpace Odyssey
The rise of a social-networking leviathan—and its uncertain future
By James Marcus Mar 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM
With its eye-popping graphics and teen-friendly vibe, MySpace was hardly the first site to capitalize on the Web's potential for... More
Sticks and Stones
David Denby goes toe-to-toe with the scourge of snark
By James Marcus Jan 21, 2009 at 09:00 AM
Sly, snotty, and often irresistible, snark has been flourishing in the petri dish of the American media for decades now.... More
He Likes Ike?
Robert Scheer looks left, right, and center
By James Marcus Aug 18, 2008 at 12:45 PM
In many ways, Robert Scheer’s career encapsulates the long march of progressive journalism in postwar America. After an early stint... More
What Happened With What Happened
Peter Osnos on the McClellan book and its raging critics
By James Marcus Jun 3, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Although Scott McClellan is hardly the first Bush Administration insider to write a book about his travails, What Happened: Inside... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
