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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
Murdoch vs. Muto
The “Fox News mole” is being charged for leaking to Gawker as Fox’s corporate parent remains under fire for ethics violations
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 25, 2012 at 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... More
ProPublica is fundraising with journo tees
The investigative news outlet is selling shirts through Selfless Tee this week
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 22, 2012 at 05:28 PM
Love journalism enough to wear it? ProPublica is currently running a fundraising campaign on Selfless Tee, a San Francisco-based company... More
The Forward sits down with a Hamas official
It’s a first for the 115-year-old Jewish newspaper, but audiences are slow to respond
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 20, 2012 at 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... More
Nobody wins, again
For the ninth time, the Pulitzer Board can’t agree on a winner for editorials
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 18, 2012 at 11:16 AM
This year’s Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday afternoon, and for the ninth time in 95 years, there was no... More
Katie Roiphe’s Click Bait Win is a Discourse Fail
The inflammatory essayist angers the feminist twitterverse but doesn’t add any value to public discourse
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 16, 2012 at 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... More
Mike Wallace, Reluctant Newsman
A new biography of the late “60 Minutes” reporter reveals how he changed broadcasting while besting inner demons
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 11, 2012 at 02:24 PM
Screenwriter and director Peter Rader’s first book, "Mike Wallace: A Life" was already slated for release on April 13 when... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
