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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
#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.
