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Must-reads of the week
“Time passes very slowly when you’re in a hippo’s mouth”
By The Editors May 17, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Must-reads of the week
The Great Gatsby, the Washington photobomb, Pigford, the high five
By The Editors May 10, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
And that’s the way it was: May 10, 2006
A. M. Rosenthal, former NYT executive editor, dies in Manhattan
By The Editors May 10, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day seven years ago, legendary New York Times executive editor Abraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal died at the age... More
And that’s the way it was: May 9, 1918
60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace is born
By The Editors May 9, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Television broadcast journalist Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace was born on this day in 1918. During his 60-year career in broadcasting,... More
And that’s the way it was: May 8, 1984
Lila Bell Wallace, cofounder and publisher of Reader’s Digest, dies of heart failure
By The Editors May 8, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Born Lila Bell Acheson, she married DeWitt Wallace in 1921. The two went on to found Reader's Digest, the monthly... More
And that’s the way it was: May 7, 1945
Germany signs unconditional surrender, ending European conflict of World War II
By The Editors May 7, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed the terms for unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, thus putting an... More
And that’s the way it was: May 6, 1937
The Hindenburg disaster
By The Editors May 6, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day in 1937, the German passenger zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire, crashed, and burned down to nothing but its... More
Must-reads of the week
Stuffed Banana with Dreadlocks Edition
By The Editors May 3, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
And that’s the way it was: May 3, 1978
The first piece of email spam is sent
By The Editors May 3, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On an evil day, 35 years ago today, a sinister pair of hands typed and sent out the first ever... More
And that’s the way it was: May 2, 1885
Good Housekeeping magazine is first published
By The Editors May 2, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Founded in 1885 by Clark W. Bryan, Good Housekeeping was purchased in 1911 by the Heart Corporation, which still owns... More
Opening Shot
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In December, as an impromptu inside joke, British designer and journalist Martin Belam took 10 minutes to craft a... More
Empty calories
To feed young minds, let’s add some nutrition to social media
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
If you've spent time with anyone under 25 recently, you will have noticed that they get their news from... More
Letters to the editor
Readers respond to our March/April issue
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Editor in chief's note 'The journalism community deserves diversity, but why aren't we getting it?" asked Farai Chideya, moderator of... More
Hard numbers
Pew, that’s a lotta research!
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
72 percent of all US adults who say the most common way they hear about news from family and friends... More
Cause and affect
DoSomething.org’s surveys of teens suggest that the voters of tomorrow do actually care about current affairs
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Who says kids are apathetic and don't care about the news? Well, kids do--but their behavior suggests otherwise. A... More
That’s incredible
How students at one California high school are learning to discern what is (and isn’t) news
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
"A lot of students believe all news is created equal," says Alan Miller of the News Literacy Project, which helps... More
The Buzz
They’re back!
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
After 17 years underground, a brood of cicadas is emerging from the soil this spring, from the Carolinas to... More
The Conversation
Sports section 2.0
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
After two years as deputy editor, Jason Stallman took over in January as The New York Times sports editor... More
Darts & Laurels
The Phoenix’s ashes, Weil’s catch, the WSJ’s ‘experts,’ etc.
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Laurel to In These Times, for exposing how, in the face of tough economic times, state legislatures are slashing budgets... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
--Daily News Record (Harrisonburg, VA), 3/2/13 --The Denver Post (Harrisonburg, VA), 2/12/13 --The Athens (OH) Messenger, 2/22/13 --Orange County... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
