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Delacorte Lecture with David Remnick
Watch Remnick’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Feb 23, 2010 at 04:57 PM
On February 10, 2010, New Yorker editor David Remnick delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of... More
Olympic Media: Who’s Owning the Podium?
And who oughta be disqualified?
By The Editors Feb 23, 2010 at 02:53 PM
Here we are right in the midst of Olympics season, and just like everyone else, CJR has caught the snow... More
The “Brave Bystander” Effect
By The Editors Feb 16, 2010 at 01:15 PM
This morning, we learned that the George Polk Awards have created a new category for videography--and that the category's first... More
Comments of the Week
February 8-12, 2010
By The Editors Feb 12, 2010 at 05:06 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we've received that week. Think we’ve... More
Delacorte Lecture with James R. Gaines
Watch Gaines’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Feb 11, 2010 at 11:23 AM
On February 3, 2010, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism hosted James R. Gaines, editor-in-chief of the multimedia online... More
Father and Son
Should Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner be reassigned?
By The Editors Feb 9, 2010 at 10:54 AM
A conflict-of-interest concern that’s been rumbling around The New York Times was dragged into the open over the weekend by... More
More Than a Job
The emotional toll of journalism’s ‘transition’
By The Editors Feb 2, 2010 at 06:38 PM
The American Newsroom photograph in our January/February 2009 issue is of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazettereporter seated at a desk that groans... More
This Is CNN
Is there still a market for a cable news station that tries not to take sides?
By The Editors Feb 2, 2010 at 01:52 PM
CNN, the granddaddy of cable news, has won accolades for its coverage of the unfolding disaster in Haiti. Working with... More
Comments of the Week
January 25-29, 2010
By The Editors Jan 29, 2010 at 02:56 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Obama’s Book Club
Name one thing you think the president should read
By The Editors Jan 27, 2010 at 11:19 AM
With The Washington Post’s hagiographic look the other day into President Obama’s reading habits, and into presumably what influences his... More
Haiti in the Headlines
What’s your take on the coverage of the Haitian earthquake?
By The Editors Jan 19, 2010 at 04:28 PM
Since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti a week ago, the impoverished island nation has been front-page news around the world.... More
Comments of the Week
January 11-15, 2010
By The Editors Jan 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
“Burned” Book
Did Halperin and Heilemann play fair with Harry Reid?
By The Editors Jan 12, 2010 at 05:30 PM
The controversy surrounding Harry Reid’s remarks has occupied the nation’s political press since they broke late Friday night. But a... More
Comments of the Week
January 4-8, 2010
By The Editors Jan 8, 2010 at 04:53 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Thus Be It Resolved…
Suggest a New Year’s resolution for a journalist or two
By The Editors Jan 5, 2010 at 01:29 PM
Now that we’re a good five days into 2010 and you’ve already broken your own New Year’s resolutions, we at... More
CJR (Mostly) Dark Until the New Year
By The Editors Dec 23, 2009 at 04:36 PM
The headline pretty much says it all. We're heading out for the holidays and won't be doing much posting until... More
Winter Reading List Revisited
A reader-recommended list of books for journalists
By The Editors Dec 23, 2009 at 02:59 PM
Earlier this month, we asked readers to recommend a book to members of the journalistic community. Below, we present an... More
The Best Stories of 2009
What were some of your favorite stories from the past year?
By The Editors Dec 22, 2009 at 03:33 PM
The holiday season isn’t only about stressful shopping excursions and even more stressful family get-togethers; it’s also, traditionally, a time... More
A Study of Reading Habits
How have devices like the Kindle changed the way you read?
By The Editors Dec 15, 2009 at 02:24 PM
It’s the holidays and the e-reader has been anointed as the hot gift this year (sorry, Tickle-Me Elmo). The mobile... More
Comments of the Week
December 7-11, 2009
By The Editors Dec 11, 2009 at 02:27 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
