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And that’s the way it was: March 6, 1981
Walter Cronkite signs off as host of CBS Evening News for the last time
By The Editors Mar 6, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On Friday, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite did his last broadcast as anchorman for the CBS Evening News. During his... More
And that’s the way it was: March 5, 1957
Broadcast journalist Ray Suarez is born in Brooklyn, NY
By The Editors Mar 5, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Happy birthday to Ray Suarez, one of the best known faces and voices of American public media in the last... More
Must-reads of the week
J-school workshops on managing old men who have no game
By The Editors Mar 1, 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
Opening shot
Separating fact from fiction in the immigration debate
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The immigration debate is riven by strong emotion and partisan ideology that can obscure the relevant facts. Do undocumented... More
The middle distance
Defining middle class is the first step toward rebuilding it
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said "our generation's task" is to rebuild "a rising, thriving... More
Look who’s talking
Meet the 18 journalists who weighed in on coverage of race, class, and social mobility in CJR’s cover story
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Tristan Ahtone (@tahtone) works as Poverty and Public Health reporter for KUNM in Albuquerque. A member of the Kiowa Tribe... More
Made in America
Portraits of American workers
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
You could call Carl Corey's work derivative, and mean no disrespect. His current project, "Blue: A Portrait of the American... More
No more sugar daddies
Andrew Sullivan turned his popular blog into an independent, reader-supported site
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Andrew Sullivan's decision in January to leave the Daily Beast and turn his popular blog, The Dish, into an... More
Letters to the editor
Readers respond to our January/February issue
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Duck and cover After Ricky Gervais and now the bikini and sensational headlines, may I please request a coverless subscription?... More
Frontiers
Blinded by the white
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In 2004, at a fundraising dinner for the antiracism group Facing History And Ourselves, the filmmaking team of Whitney... More
Out with a bang
In their final issue, LA Youth’s writers discuss what it means to be poor
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
For 25 years, LA Youth, a nonprofit newspaper written by and for teens in and around Los Angeles, helped... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
- San Jose Mercury News, 10/27/12 - The New York Times, 1/12/13 - The New York Times, 1/15/13 -... More
And that’s the way it was: March 1, 1995
Yahoo Inc. is incorporated
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Yahoo, the Internet behemoth best known for its Web portal and search engine, incorporated on March 1, 1995. Founded by... More
And that’s the way it was: February 25, 1928
The Federal Radio Commission grants the first commercial television license in the United States
By The Editors Feb 25, 2013 at 12:49 AM
On February 25, 1928, Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC, became the first holder of a US television license. W3XK,... More
Must-reads of the week
“One thing that really divides Norway is bark”
By The Editors Feb 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: February 22, 1924
Calvin Coolidge broadcasts the first presidential radio address to the American public
By The Editors Feb 22, 2013 at 06:50 AM
If Barack Obama is our first social-media president, then Calvin Coolidge rightly deserves to be called the first wireless-telegraphy president.... More
And that’s the way it was: February 18, 1922
Helen Gurley Brown is born
By The Editors Feb 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Helen Gurley Brown was born Helen Marie Gurley in Green Forest, AR. After college, Brown began her career in advertising... More
Must-reads of the week
Time Warner divests, Jonah Lehrer collects, Elon Musk objects
By The Editors Feb 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
Must-reads of the week
A drone! A drone! My kingdom for a drone!
By The Editors Feb 8, 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
”’[G]et bought by a billionaire’ should be every small mag’s business model”
By The Editors Feb 1, 2013 at 02:55 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.
