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Well Endowed
Would philanthropic endowments save newspapers—or destroy them?
By The Editors Feb 4, 2009 at 02:37 PM
Last week, a New York Times op-ed proposed a novel way to save newspapers: “Turn them into nonprofit, endowed institutions... More
The Second Chance Saloon
Judith Miller is writing at The Daily Beast. Does she deserve this second chance?
By The Editors Jan 27, 2009 at 04:40 PM
So we've noticed that former New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been writing occasionally at The Daily Beast on... More
The Secret Sharer
How can Obama promote openness and transparency in government?
By The Editors Jan 20, 2009 at 02:21 PM
In the current issue of CJR, we challenged Barack Obama to eschew the furtive secrecy that characterized the Bush administration—"an... More
Live Blogging the Inauguration Live Blogs
Starting here around 11 AM
By The Editors Jan 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM
CJR staffers will be reading a selection of today's inauguration live blogs so that you don't have to, and will... More
Let There Be Light
How President Obama should reopen our government
By The Editors Jan 20, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Over many years, Americans have come to embrace the idea that democracy suffers when the work of government is excessively... More
Exit Cheney
What questions should Lehrer ask the Veep?
By The Editors Jan 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM
President Bush's final press conference yesterday got a lot of press coverage. Less attention has been given, however, to the... More
The Mail
Reviewing recent issues of the Baltimore City Paper, Mother Earth News, 2000. The European Journal, and more
By The Editors Jan 9, 2009 at 04:57 PM
People send us their newspapers and magazines. Sometimes, we review them. Mother Earth News, December 2008 / January 2009 For... More
Malia and Sasha Go to School
How should the media cover Obama’s daughters?
By The Editors Jan 6, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Yesterday was the first of what will be several firsts for the soon-to-be First Daughters: Malia and Sasha Obama’s First... More
Best of 2008: CJR’s Ten Most Popular Stories
CJR’s ten most popular stories from 2008
By The Editors Dec 23, 2008 at 05:31 PM
10. Obama's Lobbyist Line: Trudy Lieberman examined what Barack Obama really meant when he said he wasn't going to take... More
The New Age of Citizen Journalism
Audio of the Jarvis/Darnton panel on citizen journalism
By The Editors Dec 23, 2008 at 02:37 PM
On November 20, 2008, CJR and Consumer Reports staged a conference called "Consumer Revolution on the Web: Opportunities and Dangers... More
Are Consumers the Right Watchdogs?
Audio of the panel discussion on amateur vs. professional consumer reporting
By The Editors Dec 23, 2008 at 02:31 PM
On November 20, 2008, CJR and Consumer Reports staged a conference called "Consumer Revolution on the Web: Opportunities and Dangers... More
David Pogue: A Reviewer Reviews the Users
Audio of the NYT columnist’s keynote at CJR’s recent consumer reporting conference
By The Editors Dec 23, 2008 at 02:25 PM
On November 20, 2008, CJR and Consumer Reports staged a conference called "Consumer Revolution on the Web: Opportunities and Dangers... More
Books for a Hard Season, Revisited
A reader-recommended list of books for journalists
By The Editors Dec 23, 2008 at 01:02 PM
Last week, we asked readers to recommend a book to members of the journalistic community. Below, we present an alphabetized... More
The Mail
Reviewing recent issues of Milwaukee, LA Weekly, Bitch, and more
By The Editors Dec 22, 2008 at 01:00 PM
People send us their newspapers and magazines. Sometimes, we review them. Milwaukee Magazine, January 2009 The January 2009 issue of... More
Books for a Hard Season
Which book would you recommend to the journalistic community?
By The Editors Dec 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM
The holidays are coming, but the news business isn't feeling so merry. Times are hard for everyone, actually. And when... More
News Meeting: How Can Tribune Save Itself?
Come join the conversation
By The Editors Dec 9, 2008 at 01:45 PM
Bankruptcy. Buyouts. Political scandal. It's been a rough week, to say the least, for the Tribune Company. But just as... More
How Should Journalists Use Twitter?
Come join the conversation
By The Editors Dec 2, 2008 at 12:29 PM
In an article headlined, "Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks," The New York Times extolled the virtues of... More
When is it acceptable to use children as sources?
Come join the conversation
By The Editors Nov 25, 2008 at 01:14 PM
In his November 16 column, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt examined two instances of the paper's use of... More
On the Importance of Cultivating Sources
The winners of the Chancellor Award
By The Editors Nov 21, 2008 at 11:09 AM
On November 19, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer and The New York Times's Andrew C. Revkin were presented with the... More
Are newspapers obligated to accept all political ads?
Come join the conversation
By The Editors Nov 18, 2008 at 12:31 PM
On November 3, home subscribers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette found their morning newspapers packaged in a cellophane bag that read... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
