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Special report: the future of media
(this minute, at least!)
By The Editors Sep 4, 2012 at 12:20 AM
With journalism’s methods, business models, and even role models being redefined on a daily basis, it can be tough to... More
Boy on the bus
Kid reporters hit the campaign trail
By The Editors Aug 13, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Z ach Dalzell is 13 and covering his first presidential campaign. You might think that his observations on the political... More
Back from the dead
Zombie mags!
By The Editors Aug 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Not long ago, the print magazine, flush and glossy, was journalism’s most vibrant arena—the place where big writers went... More
Hard Numbers
How genuine are those followers on Twitter?
By The Editors Aug 1, 2012 at 11:08 AM
140 million monthly active Twitter users 340 million tweets sent per day 25 million+ followers of Lady Gaga, the current... More
Notes from our online readers
Comments erupt over David Simon’s paywall piece
By The Editors Jul 27, 2012 at 11:08 AM
In May, David Simon, the former Baltimore Sun reporter who created the television shows The Wire and Treme, reiterated his... More
A helping hand
The Ford Foundation reaches out to broaden minority coverage
By The Editors Jul 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Anyone who cares about the future of newsrooms is on the lookout for omens. And there have been plenty... More
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to our May/June issue
By The Editors Jul 19, 2012 at 11:25 AM
China syndrome Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi asks in “Sino the times” (CJR, May/June), “Can China’s billions buy media credibility?” The problem... More
Diane Sawyer’s ‘hot’ newscast
Paul Friedman discusses his CJR cover story on Howie Kurtz’s Reliable Sources
By The Editors Jul 16, 2012 at 01:40 PM
Over the weekend, CJR contributor Paul Friedman appeared on Reliable Sources to discuss the subject of his CJR cover story,... More
20 women to watch
A by-no-means-complete list of eXXcellent talents we’d bet on to map the future of the media business
By The Editors Jul 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Molly Bingham (@4GJournalist) Descended from a venerable newspaper family, Bingham is an intrepid photojournalist and filmmaker who’s now launching ORBmedia, which... More
The divine sisterhood
All hail 40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years
By The Editors Jul 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Jill Abramson First woman to be executive editor of The New York Times Christiane Amanpour CNN’s fearless, globe-trotting war correspondent... More
Opening Shot
What New Orleans is losing
By The Editors Jul 6, 2012 at 06:51 AM
I n the years since the Times-Picayune and the city of New Orleans endured the trauma of Hurricane Katrina, it... More
Like steam, ping-pong balls, and Omar Sharif
The media has an entertaining struggle trying to explain the Higgs boson
By The Editors Jul 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
On Wednesday, scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which runs the world’s largest particle accelerator and collider... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Jul 6, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry": survivors—Reuters, 5/16/12 Escaped wallaby caught using huge fishing net—BBCNews.com, 4/13/12 Police: Dismembered woman lived... More
D’oh!
Halo effect
By The Editors Jul 6, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Today’s video games are so sophisticated, and the shenanigans at the UN can be so sophomoric. Perhaps that’s why,... More
The best kickers of the week
By The Editors Jun 22, 2012 at 04:44 PM
At the close of a week surely inspired by Dante's Inferno, here are our picks for the week's coolest endings.... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Jun 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Mother arrested after drowning —Houston Chronicle, 10/18/11 173 animals seized; 2 face cruelty charges —Bellingham (WA) World, 9/23/11 La. chimpanzees... More
Open Bar
The Press Room
By The Editors May 29, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Year opened 1995 Owner James “Raff” Rafferty (born in Manchester, England) Distinguishing features Next door to the Santa Barbara... More
Darts and Laurels
Not going the distance
By The Editors May 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Much ado… On March 21, The Orange County Register published a blog post, based on the sworn affidavit of... More
Hard Numbers
Retracting “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”
By The Editors May 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
888,000 downloads of “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” the January 6 This American Life episode based on Mike Daisey’s... More
How I got that story
RealRural
By The Editors May 16, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In March 2011, Lisa M. Hamilton, a writer and photographer, began a series of road trips around rural California.... 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.
