CJR Audio: Ruth Reichl on the Life Epicurean

The editor of Gourmet speaks about reinventing a beloved publication

By The Editors   Mar 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM

What's a typical day for Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl? She saw a falcon eating a pigeon on a ledge across... More

Does Size Matter?

Does it take a big institution to stand up to big institutions?

By The Editors   Mar 3, 2009 at 02:21 PM

In late 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle broke news implicating legendary left fielder Barry Bonds in a doping scandal. The... More

Columbia Journalism Review Launches Chinese-Language Edition in China

New publication brings CJR’s analysis of U.S. media to critical foreign audience

By The Editors   Mar 3, 2009 at 12:55 PM

New York, NY (March 3, 2009) — The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) has launched a Chinese-language edition published and distributed... More

The Naked Crowd

Let’s talk about privacy in the hyper-digital age

By The Editors   Feb 24, 2009 at 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... More

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

Initiative is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

By The Editors   Feb 24, 2009 at 09:00 AM

Every significant magazine in the U.S. either has or is about to set up its own Web site, but according... More

CJR Audio: Joanna Coles on the Reporter’s Life

By The Editors   Feb 23, 2009 at 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... More

CJR Audio: Tina Brown on Life on the Web

The editor and founder of The Daily Beast speaks about developing a sensibility for her new site

By The Editors   Feb 18, 2009 at 12:23 PM

Tina Brown, the newest member in the aggregation gang, spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last week.... More

CJR Audio: David Andelman on Media Integration

The editor of World Policy Journal reflects on journalism across media platforms

By The Editors   Feb 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM

In late January, David Andelman, editor of World Policy Journal, spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about... More

Workin’ For the Man

Exploring some of the issues with the journalists who have joined the Obama administration

By The Editors   Feb 17, 2009 at 01:43 PM

There’s been much attention lately give to the growing number of journalists who have ditched their press passes and joined... More

CJR Audio: Mort Rosenblum on Foreign Reporting

The editor of Dispatches speaks at Columbia

By The Editors   Feb 13, 2009 at 03:45 PM

On February 5, Mort Rosenblum, the editor of Dispatches magazine, spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The... More

The Micropayment Model

Why do we keep coming back to the micropayment business model?

By The Editors   Feb 10, 2009 at 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... More

Well Endowed

Would philanthropic endowments save newspapers—or destroy them?

By The Editors   Feb 4, 2009 at 02:37 PM

Last week, a New York Times op-ed proposed a novel way to save newspapers: “Turn them into nonprofit, endowed institutions... More

The Second Chance Saloon

Judith Miller is writing at The Daily Beast. Does she deserve this second chance?

By The Editors   Jan 27, 2009 at 04:40 PM

So we've noticed that former New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been writing occasionally at The Daily Beast on... More

The Secret Sharer

How can Obama promote openness and transparency in government?

By The Editors   Jan 20, 2009 at 02:21 PM

In the current issue of CJR, we challenged Barack Obama to eschew the furtive secrecy that characterized the Bush administration—"an... More

Live Blogging the Inauguration Live Blogs

Starting here around 11 AM

By The Editors   Jan 20, 2009 at 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... More

Let There Be Light

How President Obama should reopen our government

By The Editors   Jan 20, 2009 at 08:00 AM

Over many years, Americans have come to embrace the idea that democracy suffers when the work of government is excessively... More

Exit Cheney

What questions should Lehrer ask the Veep?

By The Editors   Jan 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM

President Bush's final press conference yesterday got a lot of press coverage. Less attention has been given, however, to the... More

The Mail

Reviewing recent issues of the Baltimore City Paper, Mother Earth News, 2000. The European Journal, and more

By The Editors   Jan 9, 2009 at 04:57 PM

People send us their newspapers and magazines. Sometimes, we review them. Mother Earth News, December 2008 / January 2009 For... More

Malia and Sasha Go to School

How should the media cover Obama’s daughters?

By The Editors   Jan 6, 2009 at 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... More

Best of 2008: CJR’s Ten Most Popular Stories

CJR’s ten most popular stories from 2008

By The Editors   Dec 23, 2008 at 05:31 PM

10. Obama's Lobbyist Line: Trudy Lieberman examined what Barack Obama really meant when he said he wasn't going to take... More