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Manning verdict not a win for journalism
Bradley Manning’s “aiding the enemy” acquittal does little to mitigate the risk that future whistleblowers might be similarly charged for leaks to the press
By Susan McGregor Aug 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Despite Tuesday's acquittal of Pfc. Bradley Manning on the charge of "aiding the enemy" by sharing hundreds of thousands of... More
Lessons for journos in the NSA revelations
Anyone wishing to keep communications private will need to take additional steps to protect them
By Susan McGregor Jun 7, 2013 at 03:35 PM
In the second such revelation in less than a month, on Wednesday the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald released a copy of... More
AP phone records seizure reveals telecom’s risks for journalists
What is constitutionally protected, and what isn’t
By Susan McGregor May 15, 2013 at 04:20 PM
Many journalists may be shocked by Monday's revelation that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) used a subpoena to obtain... More
CAR hits the mainstream
Computer-assisted reporting is being recognized as an important journalistic discipline
By Susan McGregor Mar 18, 2013 at 02:55 PM
It's been more than a year since The New York Times declared this The Age of Big Data, but for... More
Gun permit data wasn’t maximized
The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
By Susan McGregor Jan 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM
In the weeks since the Journal News's publication of a controversial interactive map of gun permit holders' addresses in Westchester... 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.
