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And that’s the way it was: April 2, 2005
Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84
By Sang Ngo Apr 2, 2013 at 06:49 AM
After suffering heart failure, Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005. He was one of the most charismatic... 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 29, 1999
Dow Jones closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time
By Sang Ngo Mar 29, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On Monday, March 29, 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average--the most famous stock market index--closed above the symbolic 10,000 mark... More
And that’s the way it was: March 28, 1979
Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
By Sang Ngo Mar 28, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On March 28, 1979, one of the nuclear reactors on Three Mile Island, PA, suffered a partial meltdown due to... More
And that’s the way it was: March 27, 1947
Walt Mossberg, reporter and technology columnist, is born
By Sang Ngo Mar 27, 2013 at 06:49 AM
He's been called "arguably the most powerful arbiter of consumer tastes" in personal technology. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Eric... More
And that’s the way it was: March 26, 1812
Boston newspaper coins the term “gerrymander”
By Sang Ngo Mar 26, 2013 at 06:49 AM
The word gerrymander, meaning to manipulate the boundaries of an electorate to favor one party or class, originally appeared in... More
And that’s the way it was: March 22, 1948
American journalist Wolf Blitzer is born
By Sang Ngo Mar 22, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Happy birthday to Wolf Isaac Blitzer, host of CNN's The Situation Room. Wolf Blitzer was born in Augsburg, Germany and... More
And that’s the way it was: March 21, 1965
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL
By Sang Ngo Mar 21, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On March 21, 1965, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators led by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. began a "freedom march"... More
And that’s the way it was: March 20, 2004
The American military charges six soldiers with abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
By Sang Ngo Mar 20, 2013 at 06:49 AM
It came to light in early 2004 that US military police personnel had committed human rights violations against detainees held... More
And that’s the way it was: March 19, 2003
President George W. Bush announces the start of the Iraq War
By Sang Ngo Mar 19, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, the US's most controversial armed conflict since... More
And that’s the way it was: March 18, 2008
Presidential candidate Barack Obama gives a speech in Philadelphia on racial division
By Sang Ngo Mar 18, 2013 at 06:49 AM
During the 2008 Democratic Primary, Senator Barack Obama came under fire for incendiary remarks made by his former pastor, the... 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 14, 1921
Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable is born in New York, NY
By Sang Ngo Mar 14, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Ada Louise Huxtable (née Landman) was born on March 14, 1921, and grew up in Manhattan's Upper West Side. She... More
And that’s the way it was: March 13, 1964
Kitty Genovese is murdered in Queens, NY
By Sang Ngo Mar 13, 2013 at 06:49 AM
At 3:15am on March 13, 1964, 28-year-old Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was sexually assaulted and killed in front of her home... More
And that’s the way it was: March 12, 1933
FDR broadcasts the first of his “fireside chats”
By Sang Ngo Mar 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Sunday, March 12, 1933. Over the radio, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks to the nation for the first time. It... 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 6, 1981
Walter Cronkite signs off as host of CBS Evening News for the last time
By Sang Ngo Mar 6, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On Friday, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite did his last broadcast as anchorman for the CBS Evening News. During his... More
And that’s the way it was: March 5, 1957
Broadcast journalist Ray Suarez is born in Brooklyn, NY
By Sang Ngo Mar 5, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Happy birthday to Ray Suarez, one of the best known faces and voices of American public media in the last... 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
#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?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
