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1. Currents

   How I got that story

   May 16, 2012 06:50 AM

   In March 2011, Lisa M. Hamilton, a writer and photographer, began a series of road trips around rural California. She had a grant from the Creative Work Fund—a San Francisco-based foundation that supports collaboration between artists and nonprofits—to... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Poynter chat: How to mine TV stations’ political files

   May 11, 2012 04:22 PM

   CJR has been writing since late last year about a proposed FCC rule that would require local TV stations to post their public records of political ad sales on the Internet. So with the new rule announced in late April... Continue reading

3. Letters to the Editor

   Notes from our Online Readers

   May 9, 2012 07:00 AM

   In a March piece, Ron Howell wrote about the increase in stories about dogs in The New York Times since Jill Abramson, author of The Puppy Diaries, became executive editor. Here are some of the comments: I... Continue reading

4. Letters to the Editor

   Letters to the Editor

   May 8, 2012 12:10 AM

   Patch work Excellent piece (“The constant gardener” by Sean Roach, CJR, March/April), and even though I didn’t join Patch until 2010, my experience matched Roach’s in a number of ways. Before joining Patch, I had a lot of experience running... Continue reading

5. Behind the News

   3 things big media can do to save independent journalism

   May 3, 2012 06:00 AM

   By advocating Internet access that is open, interconnected, and neutral—which is not what's happening now—Rebecca MacKinnon argues that big media companies will be helping preserve conditions where a diverse media contingent can thrive. Specific points: 1. As app-based dissemination and... Continue reading

6. Opening Shot

   Opening Shot

   May 2, 2012 06:00 AM

   Every presidential campaign produces its share of iconic images, but never before have we been able to see trail life in so many shades, vintages, and fetishistic detail. For that, thank Instagram, the free photography app—just snatched up... Continue reading

7. The Lower Case

   The Lower Case

   April 6, 2012 06:00 AM

   Army School Suspends Female Head—The New York Times 12/15/11 Trusty #Ows medics tend to pepper spray victims. pic.twitter.com/AfT6vnTC—NYC General Assembly Twitter (@NYC_GA) Plans Made for East Side Crime Wave—The San Antonio Observer 1/18/12 1 million get shot to save on... Continue reading

8. Darts and Laurels

   Darts and Laurels

   March 28, 2012 06:00 AM

   In January, as earthlings awaited the largest solar radiation storm in seven years, news headlines had a Cowboys-and-Aliens feel: “Huge solar storm to shower Earth with radioactive particles” (CNN); “Solar flare blasts radiation... Continue reading

9. Currents

   Open Bar

   March 23, 2012 06:00 AM

   Year opened 1976 Distinguishing features Red carpet, of course, and booths, plus five video-lottery machines. Thursday is Steak Night: $14 for ribeye, salad, bread, and two sides. Smoking was banned in 2008, but resinous walls still evoke a... Continue reading

10. Swing States Project

    Inspecting Local TV’s “Public Inspection Files”

    March 20, 2012 10:31 PM

    Regular readers may recall that a few months ago, CJR published a pair of columns by Steven Waldman—the lead author of the Federal Communications Commission report “Information Needs of Communities”—that took local TV stations... Continue reading

11. Currents

    Shelf Life of…

    March 15, 2012 06:00 AM

    The news that Kevin Convey was out as editor of the New York Daily News after less than 24 months, in favor of Colin Myler, late of the (late) News of the World, reminded us how precarious life has been... Continue reading

12. Letters to the Editor

    Notes from our Online Readers

    March 14, 2012 06:00 AM

    When so many voters are women, why do male reporters outnumber female reporters two to one? Meryl Gordon explores that question in “Gender Imbalance on the Campaign Trail.” Here’s how some of our readers responded to her article: Great... Continue reading

13. Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    March 13, 2012 06:00 AM

    Out of the park Congratulations on a truly outstanding January/February issue. Magazines I read—like The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books—hit the walkoff homer often, and now the Columbia Journalism Review is in the lineup with... Continue reading

14. Feature

    Tim Armstrong Still Believes

    March 12, 2012 06:00 AM

    This article ran in CJR's March/April 2012 edition as a sidebar to Sean Roach's cover story on the Patch hyperlocal news network. It is rare to find a big-company CEO as invested in a single corporate initiative as Tim... Continue reading

15. Currents

    Hard Numbers

    March 8, 2012 09:00 AM

    9 days before South Carolina’s primary when comedian Stephen Colbert announced his presidential bid 157,876 dollars spent by Colbert Super PAC on ads in SC; one urged voters to support Herman Cain, who was by then... Continue reading

16. Editorial

    Show us the Money

    March 7, 2012 06:00 AM

    The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision unleashed a torrent of campaign spending, the impact of which we are witnessing firsthand as the GOP primary unfolds, media market by media market. Candidates and their advocates set records... Continue reading

17. Behind the News

    What’s In David Carr’s Backpack?

    March 5, 2012 02:32 PM

    David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at The Twin Cities Reader in Minneapolis (it was 1982), but he can say with confidence: “This backpack contains more firepower than... Continue reading

18. Behind the News

    How I Got That Story

    March 5, 2012 11:00 AM

    In September 2009, Jeremy Xido, a New York-based filmmaker, went to Angola with a colleague and two hand-held video cameras to research a film he hoped to make about the reconstruction by the Chinese of the Continue reading

19. Opening Shot

    Opening Shot

    March 1, 2012 03:27 PM

    “What is Pinterest and why should I care?” asked a recent blog post on TheAtlantic.com. In case you’ve managed to elude the digital onslaught on this topic, you can see from the screenshot above that... Continue reading

20. Behind the News

    What’s in My…

    February 29, 2012 01:20 PM

    David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at The Twin Cities Reader in Minneapolis (it was 1982), but he can say with confidence: “This backpack contains... Continue reading

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