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The Wrong Debate Over Autism
Why focusing on thimerosal misses a larger story
By Russ Juskalian Mar 11, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Back in 2005, CJR published a story by Daniel Schulman about media coverage of “whether a mercury-containing vaccine” preservative called... More
The Wind Beneath Biofuels’ Wings
The press goes giddy over Virgin’s “nutty” test flight
By Russ Juskalian Feb 28, 2008 at 09:05 AM
As we've noted before, "green" business articles are tempting for journalists right now. That is doubly so when the story... More
The Bats and the Bees
Population crashes, the press, and the “Holocene extinction”
By Russ Juskalian Feb 21, 2008 at 08:09 AM
With all the media coverage of the crash in honeybee populations over the last two years, and in light of... More
Is Sustainability Reporting Sustainable?
Loving “Green” Stories When They’re Easy
By Russ Juskalian Feb 7, 2008 at 02:28 PM
In November, a study from the National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University found that green business stories... More
Watson’s Remarks Continue to Spur Argument
In debate about intelligence and race, little talk of what I.Q. means
By Russ Juskalian Dec 12, 2007 at 03:12 PM
The debate about the relationship between intelligence and race rages on in the wake of some controversial remarks made by... More
Grace-ful Coverage
Libby asbestos trial highlights the value of robust regional reporting
By Russ Juskalian Jul 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM
The name Libby doesn’t conjure the same images of corporate and environmental malfeasance as Love Canal or Three Mile Island.... 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.
