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This is huge!
But, says Kaus, “the MSM really doesn’t want to report it”
By Megan Garber Oct 11, 2007 at 04:03 PM
Pop quiz: Say you’re a political blogger for a respected Web publication. You come across an article in a, well,... More
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…Robobug?
“A jet-black dragonfly hovering about ten feet off the ground, precisely in the middle of 7th Avenue…watching us.”
By Megan Garber Oct 10, 2007 at 05:23 PM
No, it’s not April 1. Just wanted to throw out that reassurance to readers of The Washington Post, who might... More
Dear John (Edwards)…
This is kind of awkward…but, um…it’s over. Sorry.
By Megan Garber Sep 18, 2007 at 10:40 AM
Love, Shakespeare wrote, “is an ever-fixèd mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” True—except when the love in... More
Diana, Princess of Tales
Ten years after her death, the media fascination with Diana lives on
By Megan Garber Aug 31, 2007 at 03:02 PM
Ten years ago today, the world awoke to the news that the car carrying Diana, Princess of Wales had crashed... More
The Narrative Imperative, Redux
In the presidential campaign, who’s spinning the yarns?
By Megan Garber Aug 27, 2007 at 11:00 AM
It came, this time, about halfway through Jon Stewart’s Daily Show interview with Barack Obama—that inevitable moment when the Witty... More
Baby Buttafuocos?
Sexing up a study, stoking parental angst
By Megan Garber Aug 14, 2007 at 03:30 PM
Parents! Big news! You know those videos you show your babies to make them smart? Well, hold onto your diaper... More
Rules of the Games
Beijing 2008: Time Trials for Press Freedom
By Megan Garber Aug 8, 2007 at 02:30 PM
Beijing has a new city anthem. “We Are Ready,” crooned by a chorus of 200 singers before a crowd of... More
Oval Office or Bust
The latest campaign frivolity analyzes Clinton’s other war chest
By Megan Garber Aug 2, 2007 at 03:40 PM
It’s possible for news organizations to keep their audiences a little too abreast of campaign-trail developments. To wit: an article... More
Blowing Off Steam
MSM and citizen journalism collide in coverage of Manhattan steam pipe explosion
By Megan Garber Jul 23, 2007 at 12:11 PM
In those rare, often tragic instances when the words “explosion” and “midtown Manhattan” make their way into same headlines, many... More
The Grim Tigris
The BBC travels “Iraq’s river of death”
By Megan Garber Jul 18, 2007 at 12:02 PM
As vital as are hard-news stories about the complex situation in Iraq, I’ve come to appreciate even more the coverage... More
The Trying Game
Can we please get Mars and Venus down to earth?
By Megan Garber Jul 12, 2007 at 06:00 PM
The latest symptom of Campaign Coverage Fatigue—the media malaise born of a too-early, too-intense presidential race—seems to affect the candidates... More
The Gorian Knot
The environment and Al Gore, not the same thing
By Megan Garber Jul 11, 2007 at 06:51 PM
Remember Al Gore, Press Pariah? The Al Gore derided as wooden and pompous and, worst of all, boring? Well, Press... More
How the Past Saw the Present
The future of journalism has always been on journalism’s mind
By Megan Garber Nov 11, 2011 at 06:00 AM
CJR knew about the iPad a good fifteen years before there was an iPad to know about. In a... More
Out of Style
The writers of @FakeAPStylebook transfer Twitter to the printed page
By Megan Garber Apr 6, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Write More Good: An Absolutely Phony Guide | by The Bureau Chiefs | Three Rivers Press | 272 pages, $13.00... More
Who Says
Narrative authority in a fragmented world
By Megan Garber Mar 4, 2010 at 05:45 PM
Great is Journalism. Is not every Able Editor a Ruler of the World, being a persuader of it?— Thomas Carlyle,... More
Who Says: Further Reading
By Megan Garber Mar 4, 2010 at 05:36 PM
Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author” is a classic in postmodern thought, and it underscores many of the ideas... 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)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
