Comments of the Week

November 30 - December 4, 2009

By Sara Germano   Dec 4, 2009 at 04:41 PM

Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More

Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Scientifically

Scientific American names Mariette DiChristina first female EIC

By Sara Germano   Dec 3, 2009 at 04:10 PM

Scientific American, the United States’s oldest continuously published magazine, today announced the appointment of Mariette DiChristina as the eighth and... More

Comments of the Week

November 16-20, 2009

By Sara Germano   Nov 20, 2009 at 05:25 PM

Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More

Comments of the Week

November 9-13, 2009

By Sara Germano   Nov 13, 2009 at 05:44 PM

Starting today and every Friday, we will be excerpting some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we... More

Next Time You Want a Worm…Why Not Try Fishing?

By Sara Germano   Apr 14, 2009 at 06:20 PM

A teenager from Brooklyn launched two Twitter “worms” this past weekend, to expose both a flaw in the microblogging site... More

Supporting a Friend of Journalists Abroad

By Sara Germano   Mar 16, 2009 at 05:44 PM

Leading human rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa is possibly facing arrest in Zimbabwe this week as a “baseless criminal investigation” by... More

Mike in the Morning

Hoyt to appear on Early Show

By Sara Germano   Feb 27, 2009 at 06:13 PM

CJR executive editor Mike Hoyt will be appearing on tomorrow morning's Early Show on CBS to discuss the demise of... More

Betwixt and BeTwitter Prefix Obsessions

By Sara Germano   Feb 24, 2009 at 05:09 PM

All this twalk about Twitter has left me feeling twoverwhelmed. Two tweeks ago, the NYC Twestival (attended by CJR staff... More

What do we want? Democracy! When do we want it? Check our blog.

NYU cuts Internet, student protests die

By Sara Germano   Feb 20, 2009 at 05:38 PM

The students behind the occupation of a NYU student center cafeteria saw their protest end quickly this afternoon when, after... More

Newsweek’s “The District”—Like, That’s Hot.

By Sara Germano   Feb 6, 2009 at 03:12 PM

It’s not easy to satirize President Obama. Without any significant blemishes on his young political career, nor even any distinctive... More

Upstate/Downstate Divide in Gillibrand Coverage

Upstate talks issues, downstate talks politics

By Sara Germano   Jan 28, 2009 at 01:07 PM

Any native New Yorker can tell you that the Empire State really has two domains: upstate and downstate (or, if... More

Inauguration: Coming Soon To A Television Set Near You! (Maybe!)

By Sara Germano   Jan 16, 2009 at 05:44 PM

This weekend kicks off the beginning of the much-anticipated inaugural celebrations in Washington, DC. But it appears that television coverage... More