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1. The Kicker

   Must-reads of the week

   November 30, 2012 03:00 PM

   Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week: Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   The media news cycle is bananas

   November 29, 2012 12:30 PM

   We seem to be in the thick of a media news maelstrom right now: —Jeff Zucker was officially named the new head of CNN. —The Leveson Report on media ethics in the UK was published, and reporters have... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Must-reads of the week

   November 21, 2012 12:15 PM

   Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week, the turkey coma edition: In... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Must-reads of the week

   November 16, 2012 04:00 PM

   Culled from CJR's frequently updated "Must-reads from around the Web," our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can't-miss must-reads of the past week: How I was drawn into... Continue reading

5. Swing States Project

   Election 2012: Welcome to our Meta Newsroom

   November 6, 2012 08:00 PM

   CJR, in collaboration with Columbia's Tow Center for digital journalism, will be covering tonight's election coverage. Seven student journalists from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism will be watching and reading the coverage, working with CJR editors to report on digital... Continue reading

6. Opening Shot

   Opening Shot

   November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

   In October, Columbia J-School joined with BagNewsNotes, an almost decade-old site devoted to analyzing media images, for a discussion about visual coverage of the presidential race. Photojournalists, scholars, and audience members “read” a selection of news photos... Continue reading

7. Editorial

   Hard truths

   November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

   As the presidential campaign wound down, it became clear that the media’s factchecking effort, which played a more prominent role in the coverage than it had in any previous election, is at something of a crossroads. Thanks to... Continue reading

8. Currents

   Gifted

   November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

   If you love a journalist, you know how hard it is to find the perfect gift—they’re so neurotic! So idealistic! Never fear. The following quick-and-dirty holiday gift guide has you covered. • The Nuru Project offers gift... Continue reading

9. Currents

   A matter of time

   November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

   In October, auto-racing and truck-leasing scion Jay Penske announced that he’d bought Variety, the storied Hollywood trade publication founded in 1907. Penske was quick to note that the brand would remain distinct from his other media holdings, which... Continue reading

10. Cover Story

    The fame game

    November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

    In the past half century, as the big movie studios ceded control of the media narrative, celebrities have loomed ever larger on the cultural landscape, both here and abroad, and have come to sustain a vast economy that... Continue reading

11. Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the editor

    November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

    Fleurs du mal Very compelling argument and well-stated, Clay Shirky (“Failing Geometry” CJR, September/October). Traditional media’s “original sin” (re: the Web) was to make themselves in their own image, while the alpha geeks building the Web saw things differently.... Continue reading

12. The Lower Case

    The Lower Case

    November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

    - Daily Variety, 9/14/12 - Ventura County (CA) Star, 8/23/12 - Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/29/12 Continue reading

13. Currents

    DIY celebrity profile

    November 1, 2012 12:00 AM

    “It is half-past 10 on another soullessly sun-kissed Los Angeles morning. And (promising young star) is late. I’ve been sitting for an hour in (boho-chic diner/farmers’ market/trendy hotel lobby) worrying that maybe I had gotten the time or place wrong,... Continue reading

14. Currents

    The Lower Case

    October 9, 2012 11:15 AM

    - Erie Times-News, 6/13/12 - BBCNews.com, 6/12/12 - The Des Moines Register, 7/5/12 - Brand Republic News, 7/5/12 - Bellingham (WA) Post, 8/2/12 <div... Continue reading

15. Currents

    Parting Shots

    October 5, 2012 11:33 AM

    The world of American letters is considerably poorer now than just one year ago. Last December was Christopher Hitchens’s final winter of silver-tongued discontent. And this unseasonably grievous summer, Nora Ephron, Alexander Cockburn, Gore Vidal, and Robert Hughes left us... Continue reading

16. Currents

    Last lick?

    October 3, 2012 10:49 AM

    On a hot August day in 1995, a Baltimore Sun photographer snapped this picture of three-year-old John Boias. It sparked a citywide discussion on childhood obesity, and brought Boias the kind of micro fame that haunted... Continue reading

17. Currents

    Why stop there?

    September 21, 2012 11:15 AM

    In June, Anna Wintour was (briefly) rumored to be under consideration by the Obama administration as its next ambassador to Britain. You may recall that in 2009 there was similar speculation—led by Page Six magazine, whose White House... Continue reading

18. Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    September 12, 2012 11:00 AM

    Gyno-mite Your list of “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years” (CJR, July/August) is impressive enough, so far as it goes. But without Marlene Sanders, your list, or any such list, is incomplete.... Continue reading

19. Editorial

    Tale of the tape … so far

    September 6, 2012 10:56 AM

    In two months, Americans will elect a president and determine who controls Congress. We’ve been tracking the coverage of these campaigns on CJR.org since late last fall through our Swing States Project, with a team of... Continue reading

20. Opening Shot

    Opening Shot

    September 4, 2012 12:29 AM

    The current media revolution has brought many encouraging changes, but also a worrisome decline in accountability reporting, especially at the local level. Take it from Steven Waldman, who authored the 2011 FCC report “The Information Needs of Communities,”... Continue reading

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