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Realtime tips on how not to report a shooting
As journalists started covering chaos at the Empire State Building on social media, some started covering the coverage
By Kira Goldenberg Aug 24, 2012 at 12:23 PM
After a lone gunman allegedly killed a former colleague in the vicinity of New York's Empire State Building on Friday... More
Chinese media push: background to today’s NYT story
A recent CJR piece recounted a visit to Beijing’s media headquarters
By Kira Goldenberg Aug 17, 2012 at 06:51 AM
The New York Times has a story today about the overseas expansion of Chinese media. It focuses on the growing... More
Required skimming: hyperlocal
Where to learn about game plans for covering local news in an ever-more-digital world
By Kira Goldenberg Aug 9, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This month, CJR presents “Required Skimming,” a daily miniguide to our staffers’ beats and obsessions, ranging from finance to food.... More
Noticed: #countriesbyvoguewriters
Twitter users lampoon a line by former Vogue writer Joan Juliet Buck
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 30, 2012 at 12:52 PM
This morning, Newsweek posted a story by Joan Juliet Buck which tells the backstory to her Vogue profile of Syrian... More
A new Patch?
AOL’s hyperlocal startup is building something new, but the details remain closely guarded
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 26, 2012 at 05:08 PM
At AOL’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Tim Armstrong hinted that changes are afoot for Patch, the hyperlocal news... More
On that piece in Tablet
It was selfish writing that needlessly caused pain to others
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 20, 2012 at 05:02 PM
When Nora Ephron succumbed to cancer late last month, many remembrances noted the writer’s embrace of her mother’s assertion that... More
Katherine the great
In her searing portrait of an Indian slum, Katherine Boo demonstrates the potency of deep, patient reporting
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM
When Katherine Boo worked at The Washington Post in the 1990s, the future Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship winner... More
Think before you tweet
CNN was first, but it didn’t win the morning
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 28, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Today’s frenzied (social) media reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s healthcare reform was, as many journalists have... More
Tomorrow meets its Kickstarter goal in hours
Former GOOD editors will make their dream mag
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 26, 2012 at 03:03 PM
After GOOD magazine fired most of its editorial staff in early June, the axed staffers decided they wanted to produce... More
He said, she said
Anyone can spread gossip with an iPhone, rather than depend on dishy columns
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2012 at 02:45 PM
Gossip, according to longtime New York Post columnist Earl Wilson, is hearing something you like about someone you don’t. I... More
Knight News Challenge winners announced
Six projects use online networks to help spread information
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 18, 2012 at 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... More
Keeping journalism nonprofits vital
The Challenge Fund for Journalists released the results of a seven-year experiment
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 14, 2012 at 06:44 AM
While it didn't find one magic solution, a new study did show that nonprofit media are most likely to remain... More
Listen: CJR staffer on Politico and media criticism
“I understand why a[n] … outlet like Politico would focus primarily on the political implications, but I don’t think that represents real media criticism”
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 12, 2012 at 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... More
The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs
Read CJR coverage on the history of the paper, a vital resource in its region, here
By Kira Goldenberg May 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM
The news hit late Wednesday night that the storied New Orleans Times-Picayune, the newspaper that served as a community rock... More
The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
Giddy prize recipients react to Tom Friedman, winning
By Kira Goldenberg May 21, 2012 at 03:17 PM
The Pulitzer Prizes were officially presented to recipients on Monday afternoon at Columbia University's Low Library rotunda. See attendee reactions... More
The future of media is social
It’s also shared, viral, and free from banner ads
By Kira Goldenberg May 18, 2012 at 03:15 PM
The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU hosted I Want Media’s fifth annual “Future of Media” forum on Friday... More
9 newsroom buyouts at the Hartford Courant (updated)
This is the latest in a series of departures since Tribune’s 2008 bankruptcy filing
By Kira Goldenberg May 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM
First, a disclosure: I have a soft spot for the Hartford Courant. It’s my hometown daily. I interned there twice... More
Watch: CJR’s panel on digital press freedoms
Didn’t make it to the Newseum on Monday afternoon? Catch up on our latest event here
By Kira Goldenberg May 8, 2012 at 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... More
Beyonce’s no Girl Friday
The NYABJ’s disappointing pick
By Kira Goldenberg May 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM
The New York Association of Black Journalists is hearing from the media (social and otherwise) about the decision to award... More
National Mag Awards announced
The industry’s annual recognition of its best was Thursday night
By Kira Goldenberg May 4, 2012 at 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... 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.
