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1. News Meeting

   Vacation Mode

   August 18, 2009 02:52 PM

   With half the world and all of Washington D.C. on vacation--including the commander-in-chief, who will be summering on Martha’s Vineyard for a week starting on Sunday--we want to know if you plugged-in, media-addicted types welcome a... Continue reading

2. News Meeting

   Truth or Consequences

   August 11, 2009 12:28 PM

   Mandated abortions. Dying on a wait list. Death panels. The healthcare debate teems with rumors, innuendo, and flat-out lies--ranging from the troubling to the full-on ridiculous. In the past, perhaps, the press could counter such misinformation with the blanket declaration... Continue reading

3. News Meeting

   Drunk and Disorderly

   August 4, 2009 01:00 PM

   It all started with a really bad idea, a bottle of beer, and a still of our Secretary of State. And it ended with The Washington Post pulling down a video featuring two of its star staffers. In between, the... Continue reading

4. News Meeting

   Members Only

   July 28, 2009 01:04 PM

   The New York Times, like most news outlets currently in--which is to say, currently fighting for--existence, is spending much of its time these days alternately analyzing, fearing, and being inspired by a single term: "paid content." Over the weekend, we... Continue reading

5. News Meeting

   Do You Remember Walter?

   July 21, 2009 04:56 PM

   In the days since Walter Cronkite's recent death, the media have been awash with eulogies for and remembrances of the longtime CBS Evening News anchor, who was perhaps the twentieth century's most iconic newsman. While many of these are no... Continue reading

6. Editorial

   The Grave Dancer’s Folly

   July 21, 2009 08:00 AM

   Despite the tedious posturing of both Web triumphalists (Jeff Jarvis to the Newspaper Association of America: “You blew it!”) and ideologues on either end of the political spectrum (two recent reader comments on CJR.org: “The mainstream media has sold out... Continue reading

7. The News Frontier

   The News Frontier

   July 20, 2009 08:00 AM

   Welcome to The News Frontier. It's an anxious but exhilarating time for journalists. As the Web topples many long-held assumptions about both the news media and the business models that have, for decades, supported them, the ensuing tumult also... Continue reading

8. News Meeting

   Science Journalism in a Can

   July 14, 2009 10:39 AM

   Last week, the The Washington Post’s Health section carried a lead story about AIDS immunology research being spearheaded by a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, Bruce Walker, whom it introduced in the third paragraph. At the end of... Continue reading

9. Behind the News

   How CJR Breaks Bread

   July 10, 2009 10:01 AM

   Since the Columbia Journalism Review is trying today (in a piece posted here) to sort through distinctions about what is right and wrong about fundraising events that news organizations like The Washington Post and Atlantic Media hold behind... Continue reading

10. Cover Story

    No Free Lunch

    July 9, 2009 08:30 AM

    Journalists tend to move in packs. Not long ago we thought that the key to the business model of the new era was traffic. Journalism would migrate slowly from paid print content to free Web content—information wants to be free... Continue reading

11. Behind the News

    Beach Reading Redux

    July 7, 2009 04:41 PM

    Recently, we asked readers to recommend a book to members of the journalistic community for their summer vacations. Below, we present an alphabetized list of the recommendations we received, with a link to more information for each book.... Continue reading

12. News Meeting

    “We Love You, Michael”

    July 7, 2009 01:12 PM

    Since his unexpected death on June 26, Michael Jackson has dominated much of the nation’s news coverage. Howard Kurtz introduced a discussion of Jackson’s death on CNN’s Reliable Sources with an unflattering clip reel, showing cable media... Continue reading

13. News Meeting

    After Rohde

    June 23, 2009 03:41 PM

    In the days since we learned about New York Times reporter David Rohde’s escape from Taliban captivity, it’s also come out that at least forty news organizations knew of Rohde’s kidnapping. Well, make it forty-one. Some... Continue reading

14. The Audit

    “There Is a General Bias Toward Management By the Press”

    June 19, 2009 06:58 AM

    We’ve seen some pretty good panels on the financial collapse, but the one we hosted the other night on its lessons for financial journalism was, if we do say so ourselves, a cut above. Convened by The Columbia Journalism... Continue reading

15. News Meeting

    Iran in Crisis, Media in Motion

    June 16, 2009 02:31 PM

    The Western world is hungry for news about the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential election. But reporters on the ground in Tehran are severely limited by government restrictions on their movement and access. Some news outlets are... Continue reading

16. News Meeting

    Online Outing

    June 9, 2009 12:44 PM

    On Saturday, National Review Online contributor Ed Whelan revealed the identity of pseudonymous Obsidian Wings blogger “publius” as John F. Blevins, a recently minted professor at the South Texas College of Law. The two bloggers had argued... Continue reading

17. Events

    Now What?

    June 5, 2009 12:11 PM

    UPDATED JUNE 17, 2:30 p.m. CJR's panel on business journalism last night was excellent, if we do say so ourselves. An overflow crowd jammed the World Room of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism to see the august panel listed... Continue reading

18. News Meeting

    Value Proposition

    June 2, 2009 02:24 PM

    A few weeks ago, the media economics professor Robert G. Picard argued that, in order to justify themselves and their profession, journalists need to create more economic value in their everyday work. ("If the news business is to... Continue reading

19. Full-Court Press

    Kaiser Heads to Hillman Foundation

    May 26, 2009 04:35 PM

    Charles Kaiser's Full Court Press column has moved to the Web site of the Sidney Hillman Foundation. This is a complete archive of the FCP columns that Kaiser wrote for CJR. May 2009 05/22/09: Tortured Logic,... Continue reading

20. News Meeting

    Beach Reading

    May 26, 2009 02:26 PM

    With the Memorial Day weekend just past, it's official: summer is upon us. And the season of picnics and parades and baseball games is also one for settling back—on the beach, in the park, or in an air-conditioned room—with a... Continue reading

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