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Kenya: a public editor learns her value
In developing nations, ombudsmen are on the rise. An American in Nairobi finds out why
By Karen Rothmyer Mar 26, 2013 at 03:10 PM
Shortly after I became the Kenya Star's public editor in early 2011, the paper published a story under the... More
Hiding the Real Africa
Why NGOs prefer bad news
By Karen Rothmyer Mar 17, 2011 at 09:45 AM
And now for some good news out of Africa. Poverty rates throughout the continent have been falling steadily and... More
A Passion for Print
Why newspapers are thriving in Kenya
By Karen Rothmyer Feb 4, 2010 at 06:00 AM
Not long ago, I was party to a minor squabble between two guards who work at the apartment complex where... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
