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Gettin’ Piggy with It: Anderson Cooper Edition
By Megan Garber Sep 24, 2009 at 01:39 PM
Hot on the heels of the news about Sanjay Gupta's brush with swine flu...we learn that Gupta may well be... More
Total Ellipse of the Heart…
By Megan Garber Sep 24, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Do you have a soft spot in your heart for the semicolon? Do you harbor passionate feelings about the proper... More
Congressional Hearing: Newspapers and “the Impact on the Economy and Democracy”
By Megan Garber Sep 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, is currently convening a hearing: “The Future of Newspapers: The... More
For That Special Nerd in Your Life…
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 10:53 PM
...mental_floss magazine has produced a gift that will, in its way, keep on giving: a t-shirt bearing the slogan, "The... More
Earnest Headline of the Day
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 10:25 PM
The following headline is presented without further comment, except to clarify that it is not--repeat, not--from The Onion: "Penn Township... More
Deadline NYT
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 06:15 PM
In a cost-saving measure, The New York Times is moving up the deadline for its Monday-through-Saturday papers by half an... More
…And the Book Would Weigh 1.2 Billion Pounds
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 04:35 PM
Ever wonder what would be required, theoretically, to print out the entirety of the Internet on paper? No? Well, regardless:... More
50 Ways to Spell ‘Quaddafi’
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Here at CJR, we've been thinking a lot lately about the informational implications of fragmentation in the news. So we've... More
‘I Went to Afghanistan, and All I Got Was This Lousy Swine Flu’
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 02:46 PM
Talk about internalizing a story. On a recent reporting trip to Afghanistan, Sanjay Gupta--CNN's chief medical correspondent and a onetime... More
Lede of the Day
By Megan Garber Sep 23, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Behold, the introduction of the Atlantic correspondent Graeme Wood's latest blog post, emphasis mine: Last month, Mexico decriminalized possession and... More
Spot.us, Now in Two Spots
By Megan Garber Sep 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM
When it decides which digital-news projects to fund each years as part of its News Challenge, the Knight Foundation makes... More
Clinton: “I Am Bitter about It”
By Megan Garber Sep 22, 2009 at 09:54 AM
As a follow-up to yesterday's much-discussed USA Today article--yes, the one that detailed, among other things, the tragicomic episode in... More
Wiki Fingers
By Megan Garber Sep 21, 2009 at 04:00 PM
So you know Time magazine's none-too-flattering treatment of the 'troubles' of Wikipedia? The one suggesting that the online encyclopedia--the paragon... More
Genachowski, the Journal, and Net Neutrality
By Megan Garber Sep 21, 2009 at 03:10 PM
Earlier today, FCC chair Julius Genachowski delivered a speech in which he laid out two new proposals for FCC adoption:... More
Barack Obama, Media Thinker
By Megan Garber Sep 21, 2009 at 01:30 PM
The most interesting part of Barack Obama's Oval Office discussion with reporters from the Toledo Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
