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1. Audio

   Former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry: A CJR Podcast

   February 29, 2012 01:00 PM

   Paul Berry was the CTO of Huffington Post from April 2007 through December 2011. He is currently the founder and CEO of RebelMouse, a social media startup, and Soho Tech Lab, an incubator. Here, he talks with Emily Bell, director... Continue reading

2. Currents

   Lost & Found

   February 29, 2012 11:48 AM

   The Associated Press has long acknowledged what one historian called the “maddeningly imprecise” information about its origins. In 2005, for instance, the great-great-grandson of one of its founders turned up documents that showed the AP was actually... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Harlan Ellison says: ‘Pay the damn writer!’

   February 7, 2012 04:43 PM

   Next time someone asks you to write or broadcast something for free, send them this. Continue reading

4. The Lower Case

   The Lower Case

   January 26, 2012 06:00 AM

   Elderly woman found using GPS—The Herald News (Fall River, MA) 10/8/11 SARGEANT: Victim donated to charity—The Journal News (White Plains, NY) 11/24/11 Man falls hard on first date but will recover—The Oregonian 11/15/11 Religion: Packers down Indianapolis on last-second field... Continue reading

5. Letters to the Editor

   Notes From our Online Readers

   January 20, 2012 06:00 AM

   In early November, CJR’s Erika Fry contacted the Poynter Institute with questions about new aggregation practices at its popular Romenesko+ blog. The result: Jim Romenesko’s resignation, widespread online outrage, and reams of commentary on aggregation standards in the link-and-summarize era.... Continue reading

6. Currents

   Hard Numbers

   January 13, 2012 06:00 AM

   105 number of countries with freedom of information laws; The Associated Press sent each a request on terrorism arrests and convictions 49 percentage of those countries that responded with at least some relevant information; 73 percent... Continue reading

7. Editorial

   In the Dark

   January 12, 2012 06:00 AM

   Journalists are big believers in the First Amendment; its legal force undergirds the fearless journalism that democracy requires. But now comes a perversion of that amendment, an effort to turn it against another tool that enables democracy-sustaining... Continue reading

8. Letters to the Editor

   Letters to the Editor

   January 10, 2012 06:00 AM

   At Fifty Congratulations on the publication of your recent fiftieth anniversary issue (CJR, November/December 2011). It was truly the finest collection of commentary and analysis concerning the media that I have ever seen. I am so happy to see that... Continue reading

9. Opening Shot

   Opening Shot

   January 6, 2012 06:00 AM

   On November 26, 2011, The New York Times published an investigation of Ronald Lauder’s aggressive use of strategies available to the superrich to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. It was the kind... Continue reading

10. Letters to the Editor

    Corrections

    December 20, 2011 01:02 PM

    • We regret that in our fiftieth anniversary special masthead, a list of everyone who’s ever worked here, we garbled Michael Massing, a CJR pillar for thirty-two years. First, we could have listed him with the Associate Editors, since he... Continue reading

11. News Meeting

    Winter Reading Club

    December 13, 2011 12:44 PM

    Every year around this time, we ask our readers to recommend some books that journalists might enjoy reading during the holiday season and the subsequent months. After all, the prospect of new reading material makes sitting inside for the next... Continue reading

12. Feature

    The Moments

    December 13, 2011 06:00 AM

    Magnum Photos, founded during the most glorious age of photojournalism, has always represented a dream of how journalism can be structured: it's a members-only cooperative, controlled by the photographers themselves, whose guiding principle is to honor and promote great work.... Continue reading

13. The Lower Case

    The Lower Case

    December 8, 2011 06:00 AM

    Editorial Page Almost a Garbage Dump— Delta (BC) Optimist 3/11/81 Newsmen Threaten Exposure— The Guild Reporter 7/24/70 Readers: We invent your comments and criticisms. Please address them to letters to the Editor, c/o The Worcester Record, 340 Main St., Worcester,... Continue reading

14. Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    November 28, 2011 06:00 AM

    Fifty Candles Journalism the world over is in the midst of profound, transformative change, and it is not yet clear what forms will eventually emerge and become dominant. What will not change is the importance of the function of journalism... Continue reading

15. Opening Shot

    Opening Shot

    November 28, 2011 06:00 AM

    C JR’s debut was mostly greeted with “bouquets,” though a few readers, our second issue noted, “reacted with unblemished hostility.” You can’t please everyone, especially in this job. Still, we are alive. Pop a cork and consider... Continue reading

16. Letters to the Editor

    Notes From Our Online Readers

    November 28, 2011 06:00 AM

    In September, Erika Fry, a CJR assistant editor, wrote of her “Escape from Thailand,” an ordeal that began when she was charged with criminal defamation for a story she wrote for the Bangkok Post, about an official accused of plagiarizing... Continue reading

17. Fiftieth Anniversary

    The Assassination: The Reporters’ Story

    November 21, 2011 05:08 PM

    Dallas: November 22, 1963. It’s a dateline that needs little introduction. But for reporters on the scene for President Kennedy’s swing through Texas, the day seemed likely to be like many others on the road. Tom Wicker, a writer for... Continue reading

18. Feature

    The Reporter’s Voice

    November 21, 2011 06:00 AM

    Since 1961, when CJR was born, journalism has undergone all manner of seismic shifts, from hot type to wireless transmission, satellites to social media, corporate control to ‘here comes everybody.’ The one constant, however—the thing... Continue reading

19. Essay

    What About Modesto?

    November 14, 2011 06:00 AM

    In Modesto, California, the need for news far exceeds the current supply. A city of 200,000 with one midsized newspaper, a large Hispanic population, 16 percent unemployment, and the second-highest rate of car theft in the nation,... Continue reading

20. Essay

    Modesto, California

    November 14, 2011 05:00 AM

    Population 201,165 Eighteenth-largest city in California; 107th-largest city in the US, between Des Moines, Iowa, and Fayetteville, North Carolina Location Race and ethnicity 65% white 35.5% Hispanic 6.7% Asian 4.2% African American Median household... Continue reading

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