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1. News Meeting

   Socialism Disorder

   March 10, 2009 03:11 PM

   On Friday, The New York Times conducted an exclusive, 35-minute interview with the president aboard Air Force One, and published the transcript on its Web site. One of the questions the Times asked was, “The first six weeks... Continue reading

2. Behind the News

   CJR Audio: Ruth Reichl on the Life Epicurean

   March 4, 2009 12:34 PM

   What's a typical day for Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl? She saw a falcon eating a pigeon on a ledge across from her office, and twittered about it. Then, she tasted some squid soup, and twittered about... Continue reading

3. News Meeting

   Does Size Matter?

   March 3, 2009 02:21 PM

   In late 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle broke news implicating legendary left fielder Barry Bonds in a doping scandal. The Chronicle's reporting led to Bonds's indictment and the imprisonment of the founder of BALCO, a company... Continue reading

4. Events

   Columbia Journalism Review Launches Chinese-Language Edition in China

   March 3, 2009 12:55 PM

   New York, NY (March 3, 2009) — The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) has launched a Chinese-language edition published and distributed in China. This is the first time the Columbia Journalism Review will regularly publish a foreign-language edition since its founding... Continue reading

5. News Meeting

   The Naked Crowd

   February 24, 2009 02:09 PM

   Last week, The New York Times’s not-quite forgotten lady lobbyist story resurfaced in the news when the paper issued a brief, not-quite apology after reaching a settlement in the defamation suit brought by Vicki... Continue reading

6. Events

   Columbia Journalism Review to Launch First Comprehensive Study of Online Practices of Print Magazines

   February 24, 2009 09:00 AM

   Every significant magazine in the U.S. either has or is about to set up its own Web site, but according to Victor Navasky, chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), “No one has come forward to survey existing practices, identify... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   CJR Audio: Joanna Coles on the Reporter’s Life

   February 23, 2009 02:52 PM

   You may not picture Joanna Coles, the editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, scribbling on her legs in a bathroom her notes from a no-notepad-no-tape recorder-allowed interview with OJ Simpson, but before Coles took over this women's magazine, she worked as a... Continue reading

8. Behind the News

   CJR Audio: Tina Brown on Life on the Web

   February 18, 2009 12:23 PM

   Tina Brown, the newest member in the aggregation gang, spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last week. She said that her vision for The Daily Beast was to create a site that would be like "a smart... Continue reading

9. Behind the News

   CJR Audio: David Andelman on Media Integration

   February 18, 2009 11:43 AM

   In late January, David Andelman, editor of World Policy Journal, spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about his experience at CBS News, Forbes magazine, and now at the helm of WPJ, which celebrated its 25th... Continue reading

10. News Meeting

    Workin’ For the Man

    February 17, 2009 01:43 PM

    There’s been much attention lately give to the growing number of journalists who have ditched their press passes and joined Barack Obama’s team, either during the campaign or in the early days of his administration. First there was CNN Middle... Continue reading

11. Behind the News

    CJR Audio: Mort Rosenblum on Foreign Reporting

    February 13, 2009 03:45 PM

    On February 5, Mort Rosenblum, the editor of Dispatches magazine, spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The former Associated Press foreign correspondent established the quarterly journal in hopes of devoting each issue to "a crucial topic in... Continue reading

12. News Meeting

    The Micropayment Model

    February 10, 2009 04:48 PM

    The funding debate continues. And the word du week, this time around, is an oldie-but-goodie: "micropayments." In the current issue of Time magazine, Walter Isaacson, echoing David Carr's request that someone "invent an iTunes for news," <a href=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1877191,00.html... Continue reading

13. News Meeting

    Well Endowed

    February 4, 2009 02:37 PM

    Last week, a New York Times op-ed proposed a novel way to save newspapers: “Turn them into nonprofit, endowed institutions — like colleges and universities.” Claiming that endowments would “enhance newspapers’ autonomy while shielding them from the economic forces that... Continue reading

14. News Meeting

    The Second Chance Saloon

    January 27, 2009 04:40 PM

    So we've noticed that former New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been writing occasionally at The Daily Beast on foreign affairs. Last week, she reported on how some Obama advisors worry that Afghanistan "may be as much... Continue reading

15. News Meeting

    The Secret Sharer

    January 20, 2009 02:21 PM

    In the current issue of CJR, we challenged Barack Obama to eschew the furtive secrecy that characterized the Bush administration—"an administration in which the executive’s lust for power outstripped the public’s right to know"—and conduct his presidency in... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    Live Blogging the Inauguration Live Blogs

    January 20, 2009 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 be live blogging those live blogs in the comments section of this article. (Got that?) Starting here around 11 AM.... Continue reading

17. Editorial

    Let There Be Light

    January 20, 2009 08:00 AM

    Over many years, Americans have come to embrace the idea that democracy suffers when the work of government is excessively secret—the people are shut out, corruption and cynicism thrive, and accountability wanes. Yet President Bush and Vice President Cheney have... Continue reading

18. News Meeting

    Exit Cheney

    January 13, 2009 12:15 PM

    President Bush's final press conference yesterday got a lot of press coverage. Less attention has been given, however, to the various exit interviews of Dick Cheney--who, whatever you think of him, is... Continue reading

19. Behind the News

    The Mail

    January 9, 2009 04:57 PM

    People send us their newspapers and magazines. Sometimes, we review them. Mother Earth News, December 2008 / January 2009 For a grizzled urbanite like me, there is something strangely appealing about Mother Earth News: The Original Guide... Continue reading

20. News Meeting

    Malia and Sasha Go to School

    January 6, 2009 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 Day at Their New School. The Obama camp, seeking to both satiate and control the inevitable hunger for First Day... Continue reading

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