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A Grand Year for Free Speech
Gaddafi’s death just one indicator of the global surge in free expression
By Justin D. Martin Oct 21, 2011 at 04:52 PM
Not since the disintegration of the Soviet Union have so many opponents of free expression quickly fallen from executive power.... More
Dear News Organizations: Stop Being Deadbeats
If you’ve promised to pay your freelancers, do it
By Justin D. Martin Sep 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM
If I paid my bills as slowly as many news organizations pay their freelancers, I’d be homeless, have a deactivated... More
What Might an ‘American World Service’ Look Like?
Building on Lee Bollinger’s call for a BBC-like service from the United States
By Justin D. Martin Sep 6, 2011 at 02:40 PM
It is time for the US to follow the example of other modern democracies and provide citizens with a government-supported,... More
How to Get Young People Interested in Global News
Why we should emphasize journalism’s role in sparking innovation
By Justin D. Martin Aug 16, 2011 at 03:14 PM
For some time newsmakers and educators have stressed things like “civic duty” and being a “global citizen” in trying to... More
Apparently, Global News Orgs Don’t Commit Online Errors
Is that why so many of them lack coherent corrections policies?
By Justin D. Martin Jul 27, 2011 at 04:41 PM
Far too many modern news organizations do not have public corrections policies or prominent corrections pages, something that has been... More
Why Journalism Helps Foster Global Innovation
Well-funded, diverse journalism increases innovative thinking
By Justin D. Martin Jul 21, 2011 at 01:18 PM
Recent scholarship on innovation suggests that good ideas are often hatched when people are exposed to many different disciplines and... More
The Potential for Medical Journalism in Kenya
A country that’s aching for quality health reporting
By Justin D. Martin Jun 15, 2011 at 12:45 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya—Before landing in Kenya, my doctor had me get shots for typhoid, tetanus, cholera, yellow fever, and meningitis. He... More
What’s So Wrong With ‘Parachute Journalism’?
Nothing, if your ruck is packed with research
By Justin D. Martin May 26, 2011 at 03:23 PM
CAIRO—I’m an avid parachutist, though I’ve never jumped from a plane. A “parachute journalist” is a reporter who drops into... More
International News Sites Cover bin Laden’s Death
At varying decibels
By Justin D. Martin May 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM
CAIRO—One of the benefits of teaching outside the U.S. is that I get to work with polyglot students. In my... More
Lebanon and the Power of the Press
Media freedoms make nations more stable, not less
By Justin D. Martin Apr 21, 2011 at 02:05 PM
BEIRUT—Lebanon spoils the myth that press restrictions are essential to maintaining a delicate security balance. This country was practically structured... More
James Madison on the Muslim Brotherhood
Democracy must tolerate extreme speech and advocacy
By Justin D. Martin Mar 22, 2011 at 01:55 PM
CAIRO—James Madison would probably welcome Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. One of the most extraordinary features of democracy is that it tolerates... More
Should News Paywalls Demand Less in Poorer Countries?
The case for variable pricing
By Justin D. Martin Mar 16, 2011 at 12:40 PM
CAIRO—Consumers have made peace with the fact that some things cost more in certain places. A cup of black coffee... More
Why Some People Steal Content
Outside U.S., digital piracy not just easy, but often necessary
By Justin D. Martin Mar 4, 2011 at 02:06 PM
PHILADELPHIA—Before a business trip to the U.S., I wanted a copy of the film Veronica Guerin, a journalistic biopic starring... More
Been There, Denounced That
Global mobility helps build awareness of human rights abuses
By Justin D. Martin Feb 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM
CAIRO—In all the excitement over emerging digital technologies, our increasing physical contact with people from other parts of the world... More
Returning to Egyptian Journalists Their Basic Freedoms
Egypt’s new leadership must prioritize media rights
By Justin D. Martin Feb 16, 2011 at 04:40 PM
CAIRO— The revolution in Egypt belongs to brave, stubborn Egyptians who faced down the clubs, gas, and gunfire of Hosni’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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
