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The media news cycle is bananas
What’s up with the last couple of days?
By The Editors Nov 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM
We seem to be in the thick of a media news maelstrom right now: —Jeff Zucker was officially named the... More
Must-reads of the week
Passwords, Tina Brown, failed right-wing storytelling
By The Editors Nov 21, 2012 at 12:15 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
David Petraeus, Mormon reporters, Guy Fieri, stray penises
By The Editors Nov 16, 2012 at 04:00 PM
Culled from CJR's frequently updated "Must-reads from around the Web," our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Election 2012: Welcome to our Meta Newsroom
What’s happening now in digital election-night news
By The Editors Nov 6, 2012 at 08:00 PM
CJR, in collaboration with Columbia's Tow Center for digital journalism, will be covering tonight's election coverage. Seven student journalists from... More
Opening Shot
A picture is worth a thousand meanings
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
In October, Columbia J-School joined with BagNewsNotes, an almost decade-old site devoted to analyzing media images, for a discussion... More
A matter of time
Pretty in Finke
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
In October, auto-racing and truck-leasing scion Jay Penske announced that he’d bought Variety, the storied Hollywood trade publication founded in... More
Gifted
‘Tis the season
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
If you love a journalist, you know how hard it is to find the perfect gift—they’re so neurotic! So... More
Hard truths
What is the future of political factchecking?
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
As the presidential campaign wound down, it became clear that the media’s factchecking effort, which played a more prominent... More
The fame game
Just in time for Hollywood awards season, CJR shines a Klieg light on entertainment journalism—a sometimes deprecated but highly influential corner of the craft.
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
In the past half century, as the big movie studios ceded control of the media narrative, celebrities have loomed... More
DIY celebrity profile
Fill in the blanks
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
“It is half-past 10 on another soullessly sun-kissed Los Angeles morning. And (promising young star) is late. I’ve been sitting... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
- Daily Variety, 9/14/12 - Ventura County (CA) Star, 8/23/12 - Philadelphia Inquirer, 8/29/12 More
Letters to the editor
Readers respond to our September/October issue
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Fleurs du mal Very compelling argument and well-stated, Clay Shirky (“Failing Geometry” CJR, September/October). Traditional media’s “original sin” (re: the... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Oct 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Erie Times-News, 6/13/12 - BBCNews.com, 6/12/12 - The Des Moines Register, 7/5/12 - Brand Republic News, 7/5/12 - Bellingham... More
Parting Shots
Death, where is their sting?
By The Editors Oct 5, 2012 at 11:33 AM
The world of American letters is considerably poorer now than just one year ago. Last December was Christopher Hitchens’s final... More
Last lick?
A fudgsicle fan can’t escape his past
By The Editors Oct 3, 2012 at 10:49 AM
On a hot August day in 1995, a Baltimore Sun photographer snapped this picture of three-year-old John Boias. It... More
Why stop there?
Anna Wintour is not the next ambassador to Britain, but …
By The Editors Sep 21, 2012 at 11:15 AM
In June, Anna Wintour was (briefly) rumored to be under consideration by the Obama administration as its next ambassador... More
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to our July/August issue
By The Editors Sep 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Gyno-mite Your list of “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years” (CJR, July/August) is impressive... More
Tale of the tape … so far
Lessons for a year of scrutinizing campaign coverage
By The Editors Sep 6, 2012 at 10:56 AM
In two months, Americans will elect a president and determine who controls Congress. We’ve been tracking the coverage of... More
Opening Shot
Drawing attention to the decline in local accountability reporting
By The Editors Sep 4, 2012 at 12:29 AM
The current media revolution has brought many encouraging changes, but also a worrisome decline in accountability reporting, especially at... More
Is journalism’s future bright?
CJR elicits opinions
By The Editors Sep 4, 2012 at 12:28 AM
For the past few years, journalists bemoaned the bleak state of their industry. Conferences and meetings were somber affairs full... 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.
