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Defining The Bush Doctrine
Let’s get our terms straight before Friday’s debate
By Matthew Harwood Sep 23, 2008 at 02:23 PM
After Charlie Gibson's infamous interview with Alaska governor Sarah Palin, much was made of her confused look and pause when... More
World of Paine
Remembering Thomas Paine, America’s original muckraker
By Matthew Harwood Jun 12, 2009 at 02:50 PM
Two hundred years ago this week, the radical journalist and pamphleteer Thomas Paine died an ignominious death. But during his... 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.
