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The Hunger
Egypt’s bloggers want to be journalists
By Stephen Franklin Aug 5, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Sandmonkey was determined to quit his blog. Sniping away at life and politics in Egypt had become too risky, he... More
Where truth is a hard cell
Although seen as modern and West-leaning, Turkey leads the world in jailing journalists
By Stephen Franklin Jan 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Award-winning investigative reporter Ahmet Sik is no stranger to danger. In 1998, he was hospitalized after a pro-police mob,... More
Sunrise on the Nile
Egypt’s news media enter a new era
By Stephen Franklin Mar 1, 2011 at 10:00 AM
As Egyptians tried to shake loose nearly thirty years of darkness, the Egyptian press stumbled toward the sunlight, too. The... More
The Rage Will Be Televised
Al Jazeera and its imitators cover Gaza like no one else—but at what cost?
By Stephen Franklin Jan 7, 2009 at 02:02 PM
The scenes of gore are suffocating. On the floor of a Gaza hospital, an open-eyed youngster who looks no older... 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.
