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Musharraf’s Monster
In Pakistan, independent TV is young, powerful, and biting the hand that fed it
By Shahan Mufti Nov 5, 2007 at 12:00 PM
One evening last June, during an oppressively hot summer in Islamabad, I attended a protest organized by Pakistani television journalists.... More
The Fixer
A Q&A with the man in demand among Western journalists in Pakistan
By Shahan Mufti Sep 1, 2010 at 02:17 PM
Through three decades of war in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai has been the ultimate fixer, the man foreign... More
A World of Trouble
Who’s a journalist? In today’s war zones, the answer matters.
By Shahan Mufti Jul 1, 2010 at 05:53 PM
In November 2008, the Pakistani army launched its first major offensive against militants in the tribal areas of the country.... 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.
