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Required skimming: digital longreads
Engrossing stories on any platform
By Kira Goldenberg Aug 1, 2013 at 06:55 AM
This month, CJR presents "Required Skimming," a daily miniguide to our staffers' beats and obsessions. If we overlooked any of... More
TNR asks the big journalism question
When news breaks, does the source or the viral aggregator deserve the clicks?
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 29, 2013 at 05:15 PM
Over at The New Republic, Marc Tracy offers a helpful peek into how an ignorant Fox News interview--a religion scholar... More
Nate Silver’s next steps
At ESPN, he’s going to build his brand into a staffed site
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 22, 2013 at 04:45 PM
Nate Silver's move from The New York Times to ESPN is turning the reporter-statistician into the editor in chief of... More
On the job
Strong finish
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Shortly before 3pm on April 15, Boston Globe reporter Michael Rezendes was in the home stretch of his seventh... More
Frontline Freelance Register aims to keep conflict freelancers safer
The US arm of a new group to protect warzone freelancers launched Wednesday
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 27, 2013 at 01:35 PM
Being a warzone freelancer is risky: They are underpaid; insurance is unaffordable; there's no support for reporters who get kidnapped... More
When some Maine papers call the capitol, there’s no comment
The governor’s office thinks the state’s largest media company does unfair coverage, so officials there will no longer respond to its reporters
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2013 at 06:00 PM
The office of Maine Governor Paul LePage will no longer respond to queries from the state's largest media company, announced... More
Pew report: digital nonprofits optimistic
The numbers are discouraging, but journalists maintain that their outlets will succeed
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 10, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Despite rather grim numbers, staffers at digital news nonprofits are optimistic about the future of their outlets, according to a... More
Beholding thinspiration
Slate’s decision to publish an image of a recovering anorexic is problematic
By Kira Goldenberg May 13, 2013 at 07:08 PM
In the latest post on its Behold photo blog, Slate waded into ongoing debates around "thinspo"--pro-anorexia imagery posted to foster... More
Local reporting at its grandest
When the weather warms up, oddities emerge
By Kira Goldenberg May 1, 2013 at 04:00 PM
The local news in Florida is likely full of "truth is stranger than fiction" tales all year round because it's... More
After Sandy Hook
A daylong symposium addressed covering trauma, from breaking news through its aftermath
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 24, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Longtime Hartford Courant reporter Bill Leukhardt lives in Danbury, the town adjacent to Newtown, CT. So on December 14, when... More
The Dish’s progress, so far
At paidContent Live, Andrew Sullivan offered an update on his efforts to turn his blog into a reader-sponsored business
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 18, 2013 at 06:35 AM
Andrew Sullivan announced in January that he was taking his blog, The Dish, from its home at The Daily Beast... More
On Tumblr abandoning in-house editorial
CEO David Karp speaks about his decision to eliminate Storyboard staff
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 17, 2013 at 01:50 PM
Last week, Tumblr CEO David Karp announced the company was dissolving Storyboard, the editorial staff it had hired a year... More
College rejection clickbait
It was irresponsible for the WSJ to let a teen create a search history she could end up regretting
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 2, 2013 at 12:45 PM
So this piece has been making the rounds since Monday. It's on op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by high... More
Reporting on trauma
It’s a necessary beat—one that should be done with care
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 27, 2013 at 02:57 PM
In the wake of widespread criticism of the media's reporting on rapes in Steubenville, OH, and Torrington, CT, it could... More
And that’s the way it was: March 25, 1934
Gloria Steinem is born in Toledo, OH
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Gloria Steinem, journalist-turned-feminist icon and a cofounder of Ms. magazine, was born 79 years ago today in Toledo, OH. Ms.... More
Fashion critics defend their craft
At a panel Tuesday night, three noted journalists spoke to the importance of covering the fashion industry
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 13, 2013 at 03:50 PM
Fashion critics encounter naysayers about their beat in every direction. It's not serious; it's elitist; it's a fluffy, feminine topic.... More
Post Newtown, AP adds ‘mental illness’ entry
Guidelines warn against conflating mental illness and violence
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 7, 2013 at 03:22 PM
After Adam Lanza killed 20 children on December 14, a host of subsequent coverage of the Newtown, CT, massacre focused... More
Paying for freelance journalism
An email correspondence between a freelancer and an editor has ignited a widespread discussion in the business
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 6, 2013 at 03:50 PM
On Monday, journalist Nate Thayer published email correspondence with an Atlantic editor. She asked if he would shorten one of... More
On leaning in
Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, out on March 11, has already provoked much argument
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 4, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is an idealist, or at least an optimist. Lean In, her charming, self-deprecating book that lands... More
The AP’s (digital) news standards
The outlet verifies and sources all social media-based information
By Kira Goldenberg Feb 20, 2013 at 03:48 PM
On Tuesday night, at the Associated Press headquarters on far West 33rd Street, Muck Rack and the AP hosted a... 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.
