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Required skimming: astronomy and space
To infinity and blog on
By Sang Ngo Aug 2, 2013 at 06:49 AM
This month, CJR presents "Required Skimming," a daily miniguide to our staffers' beats and obsessions. If we overlooked any of... More
And that’s the way it was: April 8, 1904
Longacre Square is renamed Times Square after The New York Times
By Sang Ngo Apr 8, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Ninety-nine years ago today, the city center in Midtown Manhattan, formerly known as Longacre Square, was officially redubbed "Times Square."... More
And that’s the way it was: April 3, 1888
The first of the “Whitechapel murders” is committed in London
By Sang Ngo Apr 3, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On Tuesday, April 3, 1888, prostitute Emma Elizabeth Smith was assaulted and robbed. She died the next day from her... More
And that’s the way it was: April 1, 1957
The BBC broadcasts its now-famous spaghetti tree hoax
By Sang Ngo Apr 1, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Called "undoubtedly the biggest hoax that any reputable news establishment ever pulled," the spaghetti tree hoax refers to a three-minute... More
And that’s the way it was: March 15, 1985
The first Internet domain name is registered
By Sang Ngo Mar 15, 2013 at 06:49 AM
The Internet domain symbolics.com was registered on March 15, 1985, making it the first domain name in history. The domain... More
And that’s the way it was: March 11, 1702
The Daily Courant, one of the world’s first regular daily newspapers, is published for the first time
By Sang Ngo Mar 11, 2013 at 06:49 AM
The Daily Courant was England's first national daily newspaper. It was first published on March 11, 1702 by Edward Mallet... More
And that’s the way it was: March 8, 1978
The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is broadcast
By Sang Ngo Mar 8, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Douglas Adams's comic science fiction series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, began its life in the universe as a... More
And that’s the way it was: March 4, 1974
People magazine premieres
By Sang Ngo Mar 4, 2013 at 06:49 AM
For those of us who didn't live through it, it's hard to intuitively grok the squalor of the 1970s. On... More
And that’s the way it was: February 28, 1967
Henry Robinson Luce, co-founder of Time Inc., dies at age 68
By Sang Ngo Feb 28, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day in 1967, Henry Luce, perhaps the greatest magazine editor/publisher of the mid-20th century, died in Phoenix. Born... More
And that’s the way it was: February 27, 1860
Abraham Lincoln delivers an antislavery speech at Cooper Union in New York City that propels him to the presidency
By Sang Ngo Feb 27, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Having lost Illinois's election for the US senate in 1858, Abraham Lincoln was a longshot for the presidency in 1860.... More
And that’s the way it was: February 26, 1909
The first successful color motion picture process is shown to the general public
By Sang Ngo Feb 26, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On February 26, 1909, 21 short films were shown at the Palace Theatre in London. It was the general public's... More
And that’s the way it was: February 21, 1925
The New Yorker publishes its first issue
By Sang Ngo Feb 21, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On February 21, 1925, The New Yorker debuted. It was founded by Harold Ross, one of the original members of... More
And that’s the way it was: February 20, 1943
The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms
By Sang Ngo Feb 20, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt enumerated four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech,... More
And that’s the way it was: February 15, 1898
The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba
By Sang Ngo Feb 15, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On the evening of February 15, 1898, the US Navy battleship Maine exploded suddenly and without warning, sinking into the... More
And that’s the way it was: February 14, 1929
Saint Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago
By Sang Ngo Feb 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Chicago Tribune "These murders went out of the comprehension of a civilized city," the Chicago Tribune editorialized, after seven... More
And that’s the way it was: February 13, 1935
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh
By Sang Ngo Feb 13, 2013 at 06:50 AM
February 13, 1935. Bruno Hauptmann, an ex-convict from Germany, is sentenced to death by electric chair for the abduction and... More
And that’s the way it was: February 12, 2000
Charles M. Schulz, creator of “Peanuts,” dies at age 77.
By Sang Ngo Feb 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On this date 13 years ago, cartoonist Charles Monroe Schulz died of a heart attack at his home in Santa... More
And that’s the way it was: February 11, 1990
South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela is freed from prison after 27 years
By Sang Ngo Feb 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
If it had happened today, it would break the Internet a little. On February 11, 1990, after having served 27... More
Open Bar
Tom and Jerry’s
By Sang Ngo Sep 14, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Tom and Jerry's 288 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY Year opened 1993 Distinguishing features A collection of mugs and bowls inscribed... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
