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Truth or Consequences
How should the press sort fact from fiction in a rumor-ridden world?
By The Editors Aug 11, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Mandated abortions. Dying on a wait list. Death panels. The healthcare debate teems with rumors, innuendo, and flat-out lies--ranging from... More
Drunk and Disorderly
Is it OK for papers to “disappear” controversial online content?
By The Editors Aug 4, 2009 at 01:00 PM
It all started with a really bad idea, a bottle of beer, and a still of our Secretary of State.... More
Members Only
What matters more when it comes to paid content: information or experience?
By The Editors Jul 28, 2009 at 01:04 PM
The New York Times, like most news outlets currently in--which is to say, currently fighting for--existence, is spending much of... More
Do You Remember Walter?
What can contemporary journalists learn from Walter Cronkite?
By The Editors Jul 21, 2009 at 04:56 PM
In the days since Walter Cronkite's recent death, the media have been awash with eulogies for and remembrances of the... More
The Grave Dancer’s Folly
Blaming newspapers for their plight is a waste of precious time
By The Editors Jul 21, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Despite the tedious posturing of both Web triumphalists (Jeff Jarvis to the Newspaper Association of America: “You blew it!”) and... More
The News Frontier
A mission statement
By The Editors Jul 20, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Welcome to The News Frontier. It's an anxious but exhilarating time for journalists. As the Web topples many long-held assumptions... More
Science Journalism in a Can
Are pre-packaged science stories better than none at all?
By The Editors Jul 14, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Last week, the The Washington Post’s Health section carried a lead story about AIDS immunology research being spearheaded by a... More
How CJR Breaks Bread
Full disclosure on a private event
By The Editors Jul 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Since the Columbia Journalism Review is trying today (in a piece posted here) to sort through distinctions about what is... More
No Free Lunch
Who will pay for news? CJR presents four stories searching for journalism’s economic model
By The Editors Jul 9, 2009 at 08:30 AM
Journalists tend to move in packs. Not long ago we thought that the key to the business model of the... More
Beach Reading Redux
CJR’s summer reading list for journalists
By The Editors Jul 7, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Recently, we asked readers to recommend a book to members of the journalistic community for their summer vacations. Below, we... More
“We Love You, Michael”
How much Michael Jackson is too much Michael Jackson?
By The Editors Jul 7, 2009 at 01:12 PM
Since his unexpected death on June 26, Michael Jackson has dominated much of the nation’s news coverage. Howard Kurtz introduced... More
After Rohde
When is it okay to withhold a news story?
By The Editors Jun 23, 2009 at 03:41 PM
In the days since we learned about New York Times reporter David Rohde’s escape from Taliban captivity, it’s also come... More
“There Is a General Bias Toward Management By the Press”
Excerpts from a CJR panel with Ackman, Madrick, Morgenson, Starkman, moderated by Grueskin
By The Editors Jun 19, 2009 at 06:58 AM
We’ve seen some pretty good panels on the financial collapse, but the one we hosted the other night on its... More
Iran in Crisis, Media in Motion
How should the media be covering the events in Iran?
By The Editors Jun 16, 2009 at 02:31 PM
The Western world is hungry for news about the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential election. But reporters on the ground... More
Online Outing
What are the ethics of revealing a blogger’s identity?
By The Editors Jun 9, 2009 at 12:44 PM
On Saturday, National Review Online contributor Ed Whelan revealed the identity of pseudonymous Obsidian Wings blogger “publius” as John F.... More
Now What?
Business journalism after the meltdown
By The Editors Jun 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM
UPDATED JUNE 17, 2:30 p.m. CJR's panel on business journalism last night was excellent, if we do say so ourselves.... More
Value Proposition
What do you find valuable in your local news outlets?
By The Editors Jun 2, 2009 at 02:24 PM
A few weeks ago, the media economics professor Robert G. Picard argued that, in order to justify themselves and their... More
Kaiser Heads to Hillman Foundation
Here’s a complete archive of his CJR columns
By The Editors May 26, 2009 at 04:35 PM
Charles Kaiser's Full Court Press column has moved to the Web site of the Sidney Hillman Foundation. This is a... More
Beach Reading
What book would you recommend that journalists read this summer?
By The Editors May 26, 2009 at 02:26 PM
With the Memorial Day weekend just past, it's official: summer is upon us. And the season of picnics and parades... More
CJR on Gaza
Our package of magazine and Web articles about the conflict in the Middle East
By The Editors May 22, 2009 at 08:00 AM
This month, the Columbia Journalism Review is offering three perspectives on the coverage of the fighting in Gaza. J.J. Goldberg,... 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.
