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ICYMI: CJR’s panel at the Newseum
Farai Chideya, Gene Policinski, Jeff Yang, Raquel Cepeda, and Richard Prince discuss coverage of race, class, and social mobility
By The Editors Apr 4, 2013 at 07:50 AM
On Wednesday morning, CJR hosted a panel at the Newseum in Washington, DC, to further the discussion of our March/April... More
And that’s the way it was: April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, TN
By The Editors Apr 4, 2013 at 06:49 AM
At a motel in Memphis, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968. The... More
And that’s the way it was: April 2, 2005
Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84
By The Editors Apr 2, 2013 at 06:49 AM
After suffering heart failure, Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005. He was one of the most charismatic... More
To watch: Race, class, & social mobility
CJR is livestreaming its panel discussion from the Newseum on Wednesday
By The Editors Apr 1, 2013 at 06:50 AM
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington--the full name of which was "The... More
Must-reads of the week
Marriage equality, endurance athletes, Holocaust dwarves, butt dialers
By The Editors Mar 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM
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: March 29, 1999
Dow Jones closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time
By The Editors Mar 29, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On Monday, March 29, 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average--the most famous stock market index--closed above the symbolic 10,000 mark... More
And that’s the way it was: March 28, 1979
Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
By The Editors Mar 28, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On March 28, 1979, one of the nuclear reactors on Three Mile Island, PA, suffered a partial meltdown due to... More
And that’s the way it was: March 27, 1947
Walt Mossberg, reporter and technology columnist, is born
By The Editors Mar 27, 2013 at 06:49 AM
He's been called "arguably the most powerful arbiter of consumer tastes" in personal technology. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Eric... More
And that’s the way it was: March 26, 1812
Boston newspaper coins the term “gerrymander”
By The Editors Mar 26, 2013 at 06:49 AM
The word gerrymander, meaning to manipulate the boundaries of an electorate to favor one party or class, originally appeared in... More
Must-reads of the week
Tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, the Steubenville rape, a new Pew report on the state of journalism
By The Editors Mar 22, 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: March 22, 1948
American journalist Wolf Blitzer is born
By The Editors Mar 22, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Happy birthday to Wolf Isaac Blitzer, host of CNN's The Situation Room. Wolf Blitzer was born in Augsburg, Germany and... More
And that’s the way it was: March 21, 1965
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL
By The Editors Mar 21, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On March 21, 1965, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators led by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. began a "freedom march"... More
And that’s the way it was: March 20, 2004
The American military charges six soldiers with abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
By The Editors Mar 20, 2013 at 06:49 AM
It came to light in early 2004 that US military police personnel had committed human rights violations against detainees held... More
And that’s the way it was: March 19, 2003
President George W. Bush announces the start of the Iraq War
By The Editors Mar 19, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, the US's most controversial armed conflict since... More
And that’s the way it was: March 18, 2008
Presidential candidate Barack Obama gives a speech in Philadelphia on racial division
By The Editors Mar 18, 2013 at 06:49 AM
During the 2008 Democratic Primary, Senator Barack Obama came under fire for incendiary remarks made by his former pastor, the... More
Must-reads of the week
Do you remember where you were when Google Reader was cancelled?
By The Editors Mar 15, 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: March 14, 1921
Architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable is born in New York, NY
By The Editors Mar 14, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Ada Louise Huxtable (née Landman) was born on March 14, 1921, and grew up in Manhattan's Upper West Side. She... More
And that’s the way it was: March 13, 1964
Kitty Genovese is murdered in Queens, NY
By The Editors Mar 13, 2013 at 06:49 AM
At 3:15am on March 13, 1964, 28-year-old Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was sexually assaulted and killed in front of her home... More
And that’s the way it was: March 12, 1933
FDR broadcasts the first of his “fireside chats”
By The Editors Mar 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Sunday, March 12, 1933. Over the radio, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks to the nation for the first time. It... More
Must-reads of the week
Digital freelancing edition
By The Editors Mar 8, 2013 at 02:58 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... 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.
