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Science Faltering?
Obama wants more R&D, but few willing to discuss research productivity
By Robert Fortner Jan 31, 2011 at 12:45 PM
President Obama wants “to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space... More
The Web Grows Wider
Gates Foundation partnerships with the Guardian and ABC News further complicate global health coverage
By Robert Fortner Oct 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series about the implications of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s... More
How Ray Suarez Really Caught the Global Health Bug
The Gates Foundation, global health, and the media
By Robert Fortner Oct 7, 2010 at 02:24 PM
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on the author’s personal blog in July. With a few updates, we are... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
