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1. Behind the News

   A reporter is fired; colleagues quit in protest

   November 19, 2012 02:40 PM

   On November 8, Tom Casey, a reporter at the Hudson Register-Star, a community paper in upstate New York, wrote an article about a city budget meeting. The next day, he was fired. The week after that, nearly half... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Required skimming: higher education

   August 13, 2012 06:50 AM

   This month, CJR presents “Required Skimming,” a daily miniguide to our staffers’ beats and obsessions, ranging from finance to food. If we overlooked any of your must-read destinations, please tell us in the comments. • Inside Higher Ed:... Continue reading

3. Behind the News

   Gawker’s new comment system

   July 6, 2012 06:50 AM

   Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton recently introduced a new commenting system, called Kinja, on his network of websites. Rather than showing all comments on a given article, Kinja shows only the most interesting thread of comments and replies. Denton hopes... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Anderson Cooper (finally) exits the closet [updated]

   July 2, 2012 01:44 PM

   Anderson Cooper’s sexual orientation has been something of an open secret for some time. But Monday morning, he finally came out publicly. The news broke shortly after 11 a.m., when Cooper’s old friend Andrew Sullivan, who... Continue reading

5. Behind the News

   Award celebrates book-length journalism

   June 6, 2012 02:50 PM

   Investigative journalists and their fans gathered at the New York Public Library’s flagship 42nd Street branch on Tuesday night to honor journalism, books, and the marriage of the two. The occasion was the annual Helen Bernstein Book Award... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Politico goes for ‘fair and balanced’

   June 6, 2012 06:50 AM

   Last week, Politico rocked the insidery world of political journalism with an article, written by executive editor Jim VandeHei and chief White House reporter Mike Allen, that criticized The New York Times and The Washington Post for media... Continue reading