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1. The Kicker

   Marcus the unlucky

   November 14, 2012 04:23 PM

   Scott Sherman, in "A Rocket's Trajectory," his fine profile of Marcus Brauchli in the September/October 2010 issue of CJR, noted that the man is ambitious but unlucky. Good luck is followed by misfortune, which is followed by good... Continue reading

2. Swing States Project

   Digital innovation on election night: a report

   November 7, 2012 03:16 PM

   About as digital as most Americans get on election night is to operate the channel clicker. But that is steadily becoming less true. The explanatory and informational firepower of emerging online media tools are too alluring to avoid forever. Each... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Let Detroit do what?

   October 23, 2012 12:50 PM

   What is the most viewed story on The New York Times website right now? It's an Op-Ed piece from nearly four years ago, November 18 2008. The author is one Mitt Romney, who may regret the headline: <a... Continue reading

4. Swing States Project

   Backstory: the reporter who interviewed Akin

   August 23, 2012 11:46 AM

   As transitions go, it was pretty jagged, a classic of the “moving right along” category. Answering a question about abortion in the case of rape, Todd Akin, the 65-year Missouri congressman and current candidate for the US Senate, says: First... Continue reading

5. Q and A

   Setting a new Record

   July 18, 2012 11:00 AM

   He traded Paris for Hackensack? Really? Well, not exactly. As global editions editor for The New York Times, Martin Gottlieb was not living in France, just traveling there several times a year, from his home in lower Manhattan... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Two cheers for the FCC

   April 27, 2012 03:28 PM

   Update, 6 p.m.: ProPublica's Justin Elliott reports that stations in the top 50 markets will have to start posting files 30 days after the Office of Management and Budget approves the new rule. FCC spokesman Janice Wise said the FCC... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   Dear John King

   February 21, 2012 03:22 PM

   A day before the CNN Arizona Republican debate, moderator John King sits down to take your questions live. Send your questions via Twitter to @JohnKingCNN, then watch for live answers. Join the conversation. (CNN Live) OK! John is... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   RIP: Jonathan “Jack” Idema, Media Con Man

   January 27, 2012 04:32 PM

   In April 2004, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema started shopping a sizzling story to the media. He claimed terrorists in Afghanistan planned to use bomb-laden taxicabs to kill key U.S. and Afghan officials, and that... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   An Image Reconsidered

   January 13, 2012 02:23 PM

   The story, "The Times and the Jews" in our January/February issue is a fascinating, nuanced, and important read. We’re proud of it. It has come to our attention that some readers are not reading the piece, however, because... Continue reading

10. Editorial

    Executive Editor’s Note

    January 5, 2012 06:00 AM

    This is the first issue of the Columbia Journalism Review’s second half century, and already you’ll find a significant change aimed squarely at that unwritten future. Near the top of the masthead on page 2 is the name Cyndi Stivers,... Continue reading

11. Editorial

    Editor’s Note

    November 22, 2011 09:00 AM

    This is a handsome issue, no? Two entities are responsible for that. The first is Point Five Design, our art consultant, comprised of Alissa Levin, Ben Levine, and Nathan Eames. Their classy and intelligent sensibility has graced our magazine and... Continue reading

12. Reports

    In Our Time

    November 15, 2011 06:00 AM

    On my first day at the Columbia Journalism Review, the editors were reading page proofs for an upcoming issue, and if you found a glitch, the editor who had read the piece before you had to pitch a coin... Continue reading

13. Editorial

    Editor’s Note

    August 29, 2011 03:28 PM

    Two redesigns ago, in 2004, the Columbia Journalism Review launched a back-of-the-book feature called Second Read that has proved immensely successful. The idea was to ask journalists to look back at books that moved and shaped them. For our very... Continue reading

14. Editorial

    Editor’s Note

    July 5, 2011 04:52 PM

    Prizes—oh, how we love ‘em! CJR’s Joel Meares has taken home our latest: a win in the Best Profile/Digital Media category of the Mirror Awards, given by Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications to honor the year’s best... Continue reading

15. Editorial

    Editor’s Note

    May 1, 2011 08:00 AM

    This is a full issue and, we hope you agree, a good one. we invite you to read every word, especially the cover story and especially, well, everything. You may notice, for example, an emerging sensibility in the Ideas... Continue reading

16. Editorial

    Editor’s Note

    January 8, 2011 06:34 PM

    This month we begin our fiftieth year. The Columbia Journalism Review made its first appearance back in the fall of 1961 and, all of a sudden, here comes 2011. Not all of a sudden, really. A lot happened to... Continue reading

17. Editorial

    Editor’s Note

    December 1, 2010 03:56 PM

    In the future, I am asking everyone on CJR’s staff to hide their light under a bushel. Otherwise, people may notice their excellence, and—poof—they’re gone. For example: • Somebody at Harper’s Magazine noticed that James Marcus, our editor... Continue reading

18. Behind the News

    Editor’s Notebook: Great Possibilities

    August 10, 2010 01:18 PM

    My co-pilot at this magazine, Brent Cunningham, CJR’s managing editor/print, has a slightly darker view of this world than my own, and often accuses me of being an optimist. (Philosophical aside: Can a New York Mets fan truly be considered... Continue reading

19. Behind the News

    Q & A: New CJR Publisher Cathryn Cronin Cranston

    August 9, 2010 09:00 AM

    The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) announced today (PDF) that Cathryn Cronin Cranston, former publisher of the Harvard Business Review, has been named its publisher. Below, CJR executive editor Mike Hoyt interviews Cranston about her background, her goals, and her... Continue reading

20. Behind the News

    Editor’s Notebook: Journalism Criticism in German

    May 12, 2010 04:27 PM

    This is the first in a series of occasional columns by CJR’s editor, Mike Hoyt. In late April, two of us from CJR traveled to Europe to speak at separate journalism conferences. Justin Peters, our managing editor/Web, attended the fourth... Continue reading

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