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ICYMI: Mickey Kaus takes on BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith and his Koch-funded immigration summit
By Sara Morrison May 14, 2013 at 04:00 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 16 percent of adults online use Twitter -- 8 percent daily. I'm pretty sure... More
The Plain Dealer columnist who knew Amanda Berry’s mother
“Imagine the worst day of your life and then repeat it every day for three years. That’s how she lived. Until she died.”
By Sara Morrison May 8, 2013 at 05:00 PM
Needless to say, the kidnapping case in Cleveland has garnered a ton of media attention now that the three women... More
CPJ’s Impunity Index updates
Iraq tops the list of countries where murders of journalists have gone unsolved
By Sara Morrison May 6, 2013 at 03:30 PM
The Committee to Protect Journalists updated its Impunity Index last week. The Index calculates the number of unsolved murders of... More
More of Jessica Lum’s work
Jessica Lum’s life and career were cut short, but she left a lot behind
By Sara Morrison May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Jessica Lum's life and career were cut short, but she left a lot behind. Here's a sampling of some of... 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
By Sara Morrison May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
On September 22, 2012, Jessica Ann Lum took the stage to accept her award for Best Feature in the... More
Exit Interview: Matthew Keys
What’s next for Reuters’s indicted former deputy social media editor?
By Sara Morrison Apr 23, 2013 at 11:35 AM
It's been a rough month and a half for Matthew Keys. In March, Reuters's now-former deputy social media editor was... More
Pass the #popcorn [Updated]
ICYMI: Reuters social media editors spar
By Sara Morrison Apr 22, 2013 at 01:56 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 16 percent of adults online use Twitter -- 8 percent daily. I'm pretty sure... More
Localore’s ‘new media life-forms’
The latest results of AIR’s initiative to show public broadcasters what’s possible
By Sara Morrison Apr 22, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Since 2007, the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), a 25-year-old professional networking group, has been trying to figure out... More
New from NYT R&D: Quips
Now you can highlight and mark up an online New York Times article just like you would a book
By Sara Morrison Apr 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Those who have walked through the New York Times lobby have no doubt seen Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin's data-art... More
Fifth annual Shorty awards held
Tim Pool, CNN win journalism-related awards
By Sara Morrison Apr 9, 2013 at 05:00 PM
The fifth annual Shorty Awards, held Monday night in New York City's TimesCenter, honored "the best in social media," including... More
The reporter in the middle of the Aurora shooting trial
FoxNews.com’s Jana Winter could be jailed for refusing to reveal her sources
By Sara Morrison Apr 9, 2013 at 01:00 PM
[Update, April 9, 1pm] The judge in the Holmes case has ruled that he will not order Jana Winter to... More
Flipboard upgrades, Guardian signs on
The Guardian gives social sharing another try
By Sara Morrison Mar 29, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Flipboard, the app that calls itself "your social magazine," introduced version 2.0 on Tuesday. Where the first generation created magazines... More
No progress for female bylines
VIDA’s latest byline count shows “gross (& indecent) neglect of female writers’ work”
By Sara Morrison Mar 15, 2013 at 03:15 PM
VIDA's third annual survey of female representation at several prominent print publications -- "The Count" -- was released on March... More
Reuters deputy social media editor indicted
Matthew Keys faces up 25 years in jail and $750,000 in fines
By Sara Morrison Mar 14, 2013 at 08:32 PM
Matthew Keys, Reuters's deputy social media editor since January 2012, was indicted today by the Justice Department. Huffington Post's Ryan... More
Friend-me journalism
After a rough start, Connie Schultz and a rookie reporter exchange tips and praise
By Sara Morrison Mar 13, 2013 at 05:37 PM
Columnist Connie Schultz posted a link for her 113,000 Facebook followers on Wednesday afternoon to a Sun Star-Courier article about... More
Nate Thayer: freelance plagiarist?
Sloppy, yes. Plagiarist … doesn’t look like it.
By Sara Morrison Mar 8, 2013 at 04:00 PM
To follow up on Thursday's post about the plagiarism accusations against freelancer Nate Thayer made by author Jeremy Duns and... More
Nate Thayer accused of plagiarism [UPDATED]
“I will defend to the death my reporting and attribution of this piece”
By Sara Morrison Mar 7, 2013 at 05:26 PM
Nate Thayer's post on Monday about how much TheAtlantic.com was willing (or, more accurately, not willing) to pay for a... More
Journalism startups struggle to get nonprofit designation
Council on Foundations’s report details how outdated tax codes stymy donation-funded journalism
By Sara Morrison Mar 4, 2013 at 09:00 AM
As for-profit journalism's revenues have shrunk, nonprofit organizations have increasingly stepped up to provide local communities with the kind of... More
Hard Numbers
Land of opportunity
By Sara Morrison Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
2.9 percentage of full-power commercial US TV stations in the US owned by Latinos 0.7 percentage of full-power commercial US... More
Don’t judge a Bloomberg Businessweek by its cover (UPDATED)
Andres Guzman drew the controversial cover
By Sara Morrison Feb 28, 2013 at 02:24 PM
Before we all jump on the "Bloomberg Businessweek is racist" bandwagon, let's take a second to ask: Who actually drew... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
