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Jill Abramson’s Carlos Danger name is Nate Silver
By The Editors Jul 26, 2013 at 02:51 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
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Heat-Wave Edition
By The Editors Jul 19, 2013 at 02:52 PM
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Sharknado week
By The Editors Jul 12, 2013 at 02:50 PM
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Opening Shot
Photojournalist Rob Hart chronicles his post-Sun-Times life
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
O n May 30, the entire photo staff of the Chicago Sun-Times--28 full-time photographers, including Pulitzer Prize-winner John H. White--were... More
Teach a man to fish
How the media can help fix our broken food-aid system
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In their 2009 book Enough: Why The World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman... More
Letters to the editor
Readers respond to our May/June issue
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The draw Re: "Streams of consciousness" by Ben Adler (CJR, May/June) Great read! As a millennial, I of course found it... More
Bad news
Worst job in America?
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Okay, so the newspaper business isn't exactly thriving; and the idea of casting a reporter as the hero in... More
WTF?
China rising
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
First came CCTV's big boxer shorts, now the People's Daily's colossal phallus. As the Chinese state media look to conquer... More
Darts & Laurels
Bad bikes, coaches’ cash, etc.
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
DART to The Wall Street Journal for its video segment ("Death by Bicycle") in which editorial-board member Dorothy Rabinowitz... More
Social-media watch
I ♥ the briny deep
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the vast swaths of the world's oceans... More
The lower case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
--Talking Points Memo, 4/22/13 --ESPN, 5/28/13 --Yle Uutiset, 5/29/13 --Ventura County (CA) Star, 4/30/13 --Des Moines Register, 4/8/13 --AOL... More
Funny follows
Comedic tweeters
By The Editors Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Was it William Shakespeare or @wise_kaplan who said, "Brevity is the soul of wit"? In either case, of Twitter it... More
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NSA, DOMA, SB5
By The Editors Jun 28, 2013 at 02:50 PM
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Remembering Michael Hastings
By The Editors Jun 21, 2013 at 02:53 PM
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Video: CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
By The Editors Jun 15, 2013 at 11:30 AM
CJR hosted a panel discussion on June 12, "We Now Pronounce You..." to look at the ways journalists do, and... More
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Vineyard sign language, dictatorial exploits
By The Editors Jun 14, 2013 at 02:50 PM
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Don’t miss: CJR on covering gay marriage
The panel event—which will be livestreamed on cjr.org—is in Washington, DC, on June 12, from 3-4:30 pm
By The Editors Jun 10, 2013 at 06:55 AM
With two cases pending before the Supreme Court--the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8--gay marriage... More
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Secret-Surveillance-State Edition
By The Editors Jun 7, 2013 at 02:50 PM
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This week is off the record
By The Editors May 31, 2013 at 02:55 PM
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Obama’s war on journalism
By The Editors May 24, 2013 at 02:56 PM
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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.
