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Martin Baron’s plans for WaPo
Will he bring the Globe’s double-site strategy to the Post?
By Sara Morrison Nov 20, 2012 at 03:30 PM
Boston Globe editor Martin Baron will be The Washington Post's new executive editor come January 2013, replacing Marcus Brauchli. Three... More
Tom Rosenstiel leaving Pew
He’ll be American Press Institute’s executive director
By Sara Morrison Nov 19, 2012 at 06:13 PM
More changes are in store for the Pew Research Center. As Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor and online executive... More
Buzzfeed president talks branded content
The future of media revenue has its roots in the past
By Sara Morrison Nov 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Columbia Spectator, The Blue & White, and the Columbia InterPublications Association hosted the Columbia Media Conference last weekend. The... More
What’s the MATTER?
A Kickstarter-funded longform narrative science journalism site launches
By Sara Morrison Nov 15, 2012 at 03:30 PM
MATTER, a Kickstarter-funded longform science journalism project, launched on Wednesday with its first article, written by prominent science writer Anil... More
Pass the #popcorn
Don’t treat CNN’s Don Lemon like “the help”
By Sara Morrison Nov 9, 2012 at 03:24 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
And the award for sexist pig goes to…
Feminist media watchdogs gave out awards for sexist campaign coverage
By Sara Morrison Nov 9, 2012 at 07:05 AM
The Women's Media Center celebrated the end of election season on Thursday by giving out awards for sexist coverage of... More
Nor’easter blows Newsday’s paywall down
Long Island and Westchester/Rockland editions providing free access
By Sara Morrison Nov 6, 2012 at 05:30 PM
The paywall at Newsday — both its Long Island and Westchester/Rockland versions — has come down … for now. According... More
Pass the #popcorn
Hurricane Sandy edition
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 06:45 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
Taking the seen-it route
Why toil as an entry-level slave when you can watch a lot of TV, write it up, build a following—and perhaps even get paid?
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Since I could talk, I have talked back to the television. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was great—I loved that segment... More
Darts and Laurels
Women’s work
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
When The New York Times made Buffalo News editor Margaret Sullivan its new public editor in September, there seemed... More
Talk to the hand
A long-running journalism inside joke gets new (after?)life
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Eight years ago, the Chicago Tribune put the halogen searchlight of public attention on an age-old international media conspiracy—an... More
Appending Larry
Google’s “premature release” spins off another viral meme — and an ethical question
By Sara Morrison Oct 26, 2012 at 02:50 PM
A recent Reuters article on Google's prematurely released earnings report noted that a Twitter parody account was created to mock... More
Pass the #popcorn
ICYMI: Buzzfeed’s copyranter defends his right to republish
By Sara Morrison Oct 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
‘Hi, Mark!’
The Newspaper Guild welcomes The New York Times’s new CEO
By Sara Morrison Oct 22, 2012 at 06:20 PM
Mark Thompson began work today as the new CEO of The New York Times, and the Newspaper Guild was there... More
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ICYMI: Matt Sullivan’s announcement pits Felix Salmon against Foster Kamer
By Sara Morrison Oct 19, 2012 at 05:41 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’ve yet to... More
Newsweek is dead … long live Newsweek?
The end of its print run may not be all doom and gloom
By Sara Morrison Oct 18, 2012 at 03:48 PM
As has been reported all over the place today, Newsweek/The Daily Beast editor in chief Tina Brown and CEO Baba... More
Fisching for attention
CNN didn’t need to give anti-gay activist Bryan Fischer airtime
By Sara Morrison Oct 16, 2012 at 05:30 PM
You'd think there would be little to criticize about Southern Poverty Law Center's "Mix It Up at Lunch Day" project,... More
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ICYMI: New York Times Magazine’s Andrew Goldman tweet-battles several female writers
By Sara Morrison Oct 12, 2012 at 06:05 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’ve yet to... More
Burying the lede
“I’m in journalism school. Am I an idiot?” That depends
By Sara Morrison Oct 11, 2012 at 04:40 PM
This American Life host Ira Glass recently did an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit. “Sound_Sop” asked him: “It’s 2012 and... More
Newsweek’s latest blunder
“Transcription error” mars special commemorative issue
By Sara Morrison Oct 4, 2012 at 06:50 AM
It seems like only yesterday that we were paying tribute to Newsweek with our July/August magazine cover. Alas, in the... 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)
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”
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
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.
