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1. The Kicker

   Tomorrow meets its Kickstarter goal in hours

   June 26, 2012 03:03 PM

   After GOOD magazine fired most of its editorial staff in early June, the axed staffers decided they wanted to produce one more magazine issue together. The eight friends turned to Kickstarter to fund Tomorrow, described in their pitch... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   He said, she said

   June 19, 2012 02:45 PM

   Gossip, according to longtime New York Post columnist Earl Wilson, is hearing something you like about someone you don’t. I have no attachment to the celebrities whose tidbits were shared at a panel on gossip Monday night. But I’m not... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Knight News Challenge winners announced

   June 18, 2012 01:50 PM

   Geographically organized breaking news video aggregation, natural-disaster community Web portals, and a secure service for sensitive reporter-source contact are some of the projects that just won more than $300,000 apiece to aid their development. The funds are from the John... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Keeping journalism nonprofits vital

   June 14, 2012 06:44 AM

   While it didn't find one magic solution, a new study did show that nonprofit media are most likely to remain strong if they use certain strategies: things like seeking funding from diverse sources, engaging in in-person networking, and training board... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Listen: CJR staffer on Politico and media criticism

   June 12, 2012 04:59 PM

   In his very first piece for CJR last week, intern Peter Sterne criticized Politico’s story that alleged a pro-Obama bias in election coverage of the president and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. This week, Sterne went on... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs

   May 24, 2012 11:20 AM

   The news hit late Wednesday night that the storied New Orleans Times-Picayune, the newspaper that served as a community rock in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, will be cutting its print run to three times a week and... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified

   May 21, 2012 03:17 PM

   The Pulitzer Prizes were officially presented to recipients on Monday afternoon at Columbia University's Low Library rotunda. See attendee reactions in (reverse chronological order) real time below: [View the story "Pulitzer Prize luncheon, May 21, 2012" on... Continue reading

8. Behind the News

   The future of media is social

   May 18, 2012 03:15 PM

   The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU hosted I Want Media’s fifth annual “Future of Media” forum on Friday afternoon. Speakers included Adweek executive editor James Cooper, BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti, Jezebel editor in chief Jessica Coen, Reuters... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   9 newsroom buyouts at the Hartford Courant (updated)

   May 9, 2012 12:31 PM

   First, a disclosure: I have a soft spot for the Hartford Courant. It’s my hometown daily. I interned there twice during college, and they later hired me for two freelance stints when I was between jobs. As an... Continue reading

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    Watch: CJR’s panel on digital press freedoms

    May 8, 2012 06:55 AM

    In honor of its 50th birthday, CJR’s southern presence expanded Monday beyond its one-man DC bureau, as editors and fellow journalists converged at the Newseum for a panel event titled “Truth and consequences: free expression and independent journalism... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Beyonce’s no Girl Friday

    May 7, 2012 11:43 AM

    The New York Association of Black Journalists is hearing from the media (social and otherwise) about the decision to award a journalism prize to singer Beyonce Knowles at its awards ceremony next week. Knowles is... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    National Mag Awards announced

    May 4, 2012 06:56 AM

    The American Society of Magazine Editors announced this year's National Magazine Awards at a black-tie ceremony Thursday night. Time netted the top award, for magazine of the year. Other big winners included Bloomberg Businessweek for general excellence and the... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Murdoch vs. Muto

    April 25, 2012 03:53 PM

    Let me get this straight: Even as Rupert Murdoch’s media empire remains under official scrutiny for an allegedly extensive phone-hacking scandal, News Corp.-owned Fox News is going after a former employee for leaking internal information. That former employee is “Fox... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    ProPublica is fundraising with journo tees

    April 22, 2012 05:28 PM

    Love journalism enough to wear it? ProPublica is currently running a fundraising campaign on Selfless Tee, a San Francisco-based company that works with organizations to design and sell shirts. Then, they split the profits. For the next nine... Continue reading

15. Behind the News

    The Forward sits down with a Hamas official

    April 20, 2012 04:28 PM

    Late Thursday night, the Jewish Forward, a 115-year-old paper that was published entirely in Yiddish until 1983, posted online a 5,000-word piece about Hamas’s second-in-command, Mousa Abu Marzook. Touting it as “the first-ever in-depth exchange between a senior... Continue reading

16. Behind the News

    Nobody wins, again

    April 18, 2012 11:16 AM

    This year’s Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday afternoon, and for the ninth time in 95 years, there was no winner selected for best editorial writing, the journalistic category with the most non-wins by far. (Fiction was also left without... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Katie Roiphe’s Click Bait Win is a Discourse Fail

    April 16, 2012 02:53 PM

    Among the clusters of folks I follow on Twitter—media critics, yoga bloggers, friends—the group that’s consistently most entertaining is the feminist journalists (sorry, friends). One of my favorite Internet things is their reaction to any public assertion that can be... Continue reading

18. Behind the News

    Mike Wallace, Reluctant Newsman

    April 11, 2012 02:24 PM

    Screenwriter and director Peter Rader’s first book, "Mike Wallace: A Life" was already slated for release on April 13 when Wallace died last weekend at age 93. Rader spoke to CJR about Wallace’s insecurities, the origins of his famed... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    How to (B)roil a Celebrity

    March 29, 2012 02:56 PM

    After The New York Times ran a story earlier this month about cookbook ghostwriters, some celebrities whose books were featured in the story took their beef with the Gray Lady to social media. The protesters, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rachael... Continue reading

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