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The Velvet Rope
Why do journalists still care about seeing their name in print?
By Janet Paskin Jan 24, 2012 at 06:00 AM
If print media is truly in an advanced stage of decline, if journalism’s great hope is online, why do... More
Long-Form Saviors
New technology to encourage the reading of long articles, online and off
By Janet Paskin Jan 8, 2011 at 06:40 PM
Reading long articles online invites a thicket of distraction—ads, teasers for slideshows, videos, links hawking penny stocks and personal injury... More
Serious Fun With Numbers
We’re drowning in data, but few reporters know how to use them
By Janet Paskin Nov 9, 2010 at 08:00 AM
The story was already great, even before Daniel Gilbert opened his first spreadsheet. Thousands of citizens in the southern Virginia... More
The Future of Journalism?
How a computer program generates a sports story
By Janet Paskin Oct 27, 2010 at 01:14 PM
This fall, the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference offered college football fans more original content than ever, posting preview... More
Bold Move
Gannett makes a surprising venture into the online world
By Janet Paskin Jul 2, 2010 at 03:18 PM
Last Fall, a new, city-mag-style Web site quietly planted its flag in the crowded San Francisco blogosphere. There was no... More
Man on the (Digital) Street
A new Web service helps reporters find the perfect quote
By Janet Paskin Dec 6, 2009 at 04:06 PM
It all began innocently enough. In fifteen years as a PR guy and serial entrepreneur, Peter Shankman had become something... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
