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1. The Kicker

   Is journalism’s future bright?

   September 4, 2012 12:28 AM

   For the past few years, journalists bemoaned the bleak state of their industry. Conferences and meetings were somber affairs full of grim discussions about the future. Now, however slightly and tentatively, that seems to be changing. There seem to be... Continue reading

2. Cover Story

   Special report: the future of media

   September 4, 2012 12:20 AM

   With journalism’s methods, business models, and even role models being redefined on a daily basis, it can be tough to maintain perspective on what is happening. And there is innovation out there. The evolution of our trade is, of course,... Continue reading

3. On the Job

   Boy on the bus

   August 13, 2012 10:44 AM

   Z ach Dalzell is 13 and covering his first presidential campaign. You might think that his observations on the political process would be wide-eyed and credulous. You would be wrong. Here’s what he had to say... Continue reading

4. Currents

   Back from the dead

   August 10, 2012 11:00 AM

   Not long ago, the print magazine, flush and glossy, was journalism’s most vibrant arena—the place where big writers went to tell big stories. But then it started to die, and kept dying at such a rate that a... Continue reading

5. Currents

   Hard Numbers

   August 1, 2012 11:08 AM

   140 million monthly active Twitter users 340 million tweets sent per day 25 million+ followers of Lady Gaga, the current record holder <span class=... Continue reading

6. Letters to the Editor

   Notes from our online readers

   July 27, 2012 11:08 AM

   In May, David Simon, the former Baltimore Sun reporter who created the television shows The Wire and Treme, reiterated his longtime belief that paywalls—and paywalls alone—could save the newspaper business. Our readers reacted—and Simon punched back. How much... Continue reading

7. Editorial

   A helping hand

   July 23, 2012 11:00 AM

   Anyone who cares about the future of newsrooms is on the lookout for omens. And there have been plenty of bad ones lately. Newspaper vital signs, for example, are pointing south—profit margins, stock prices, ad revenue, and valuations.... Continue reading

8. Letters to the Editor

   Letters to the Editor

   July 19, 2012 11:25 AM

   China syndrome Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi asks in “Sino the times” (CJR, May/June), “Can China’s billions buy media credibility?” The problem with the China’s government-owned media is that every item of information is ideologically loaded. That there is no... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Diane Sawyer’s ‘hot’ newscast

   July 16, 2012 01:40 PM

   Over the weekend, CJR contributor Paul Friedman appeared on Reliable Sources to discuss the subject of his CJR cover story, "Weighing anchors," with host Howard Kurtz and Andrew Tyndall, of the Tyndall Report. As the three... Continue reading

10. Cover Story

    20 women to watch

    July 13, 2012 11:00 AM

    Molly Bingham (@4GJournalist) Descended from a venerable newspaper family, Bingham is an intrepid photojournalist and filmmaker who’s now launching ORBmedia, which plans to sift data from various nations on basic human needs and then... Continue reading

11. Cover Story

    The divine sisterhood

    July 12, 2012 11:00 AM

    Jill Abramson First woman to be executive editor of The New York Times Christiane Amanpour CNN’s fearless, globe-trotting war correspondent Tina Brown Author and editor who rescued Vanity Fair, updated The New Yorker, and became... Continue reading

12. Opening Shot

    Opening Shot

    July 6, 2012 06:51 AM

    I n the years since the Times-Picayune and the city of New Orleans endured the trauma of Hurricane Katrina, it has seemed that the T-P might avoid the downward spiral of regional papers across the country—and that the oft-mentioned... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Like steam, ping-pong balls, and Omar Sharif

    July 6, 2012 06:50 AM

    On Wednesday, scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which runs the world’s largest particle accelerator and collider (or “atom smasher") announced that they’d discovered strong evidence of the Higgs boson. The Higgs, scientists believe, gives all other... Continue reading

14. Currents

    D’oh!

    July 6, 2012 12:25 AM

    Today’s video games are so sophisticated, and the shenanigans at the UN can be so sophomoric. Perhaps that’s why, in a piece in May about Amnesty International’s criticism of UN involvement in the Syrian conflict, the BBC mistook... Continue reading

15. Currents

    The Lower Case

    July 6, 2012 12:25 AM

    Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry": survivors—Reuters, 5/16/12 Escaped wallaby caught using huge fishing net—BBCNews.com, 4/13/12 Police: Dismembered woman lived with killer—The Messenger (Athens, Ohio), 4/3/12 Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden Jailed for Treason—Slate.com, 5/23/12 Increasing poverty demands action—Philly.com,... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    The best kickers of the week

    June 22, 2012 04:44 PM

    At the close of a week surely inspired by Dante's Inferno, here are our picks for the week's coolest endings. From "Head of State," Susan Glasser's profile of Hillary Clinton as chief diplomat: So at the end of... Continue reading

17. The Lower Case

    The Lower Case

    June 1, 2012 06:50 AM

    Mother arrested after drowning —Houston Chronicle, 10/18/11 173 animals seized; 2 face cruelty charges —Bellingham (WA) World, 9/23/11 La. chimpanzees get pregnant despite vasectomies —The Associated Press, 2/27/12 'At Last' singer Etta James dies —Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1/21/12 Soccer-Mom madam cools... Continue reading

18. Currents

    Open Bar

    May 29, 2012 06:50 AM

    Year opened 1995 Owner James “Raff” Rafferty (born in Manchester, England) Distinguishing features Next door to the Santa Barbara News-Press. Live soccer—excuse us, football—from England and Europe in the mornings. An exhibition on the first Thursday of every... Continue reading

19. Darts and Laurels

    Darts and Laurels

    May 25, 2012 06:50 AM

    Much ado… On March 21, The Orange County Register published a blog post, based on the sworn affidavit of a process server, alleging that Julio Perez, a California state Assembly candidate, did not live where... Continue reading

20. Currents

    Hard Numbers

    May 17, 2012 06:50 AM

    888,000 downloads of “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” the January 6 This American Life episode based on Mike Daisey’s one-man play that chronicled his travels to the Foxconn factory in China where Apple products are manufactured <span... Continue reading

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