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Poynter chat: How to mine TV stations’ political files
Under a new FCC rule, data on campaign ad buys is going online. What’s next?
By The Editors May 11, 2012 at 04:22 PM
CJR has been writing since late last year about a proposed FCC rule that would require local TV stations to... More
Notes from our Online Readers
Readers weigh in on Ron Howell’s “The New York Times Goes to the Dogs”
By The Editors May 9, 2012 at 07:00 AM
In a March piece, Ron Howell wrote about the increase in stories about dogs in The New York Times since... More
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to our March/April issue
By The Editors May 8, 2012 at 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... More
3 things big media can do to save independent journalism
This is adapted from Rebecca MacKinnon’s 2012 Hearst New Media Lecture, given at Columbia’s J-school on April 19
By The Editors May 3, 2012 at 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... More
Opening Shot
The Instagram campaign
By The Editors May 2, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Every presidential campaign produces its share of iconic images, but never before have we been able to see trail... More
The Lower Case
Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
By The Editors Apr 6, 2012 at 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... More
Darts and Laurels
So much hot air
By The Editors Mar 28, 2012 at 06:00 AM
In January, as earthlings awaited the largest solar radiation storm in seven years, news headlines had a Cowboys-and-Aliens feel:... More
Open Bar
The Red Carpet Lounge
By The Editors Mar 23, 2012 at 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... More
Inspecting Local TV’s “Public Inspection Files”
CJR explores the filing cabinets in five states
By The Editors Mar 20, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Regular readers may recall that a few months ago, CJR published a pair of columns by Steven Waldman—the lead author... More
Shelf Life of…
A Mort Zuckerman editor
By The Editors Mar 15, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The news that Kevin Convey was out as editor of the New York Daily News after less than 24 months,... More
Notes from our Online Readers
Readers weigh in on Gordon’s “Gender Imbalance on the Campaign Trail,” and Fahy’s “Media Made Hawking Famous.”
By The Editors Mar 14, 2012 at 06:00 AM
When so many voters are women, why do male reporters outnumber female reporters two to one? Meryl Gordon explores that... More
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to our January/February issue
By The Editors Mar 13, 2012 at 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... More
Tim Armstrong Still Believes
The AOL CEO tells why he’s still betting on Patch
By The Editors Mar 12, 2012 at 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... More
Hard Numbers
Super PACs and Stephen Colbert
By The Editors Mar 8, 2012 at 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... More
Show us the Money
Broadcasters and the FCC need to get political ad data online
By The Editors Mar 7, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision unleashed a torrent of campaign spending, the impact of which we are... More
What’s In David Carr’s Backpack?
The New York Times media columnist shows his stuff
By The Editors Mar 5, 2012 at 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... More
How I Got That Story
Death Metal Angola
By The Editors Mar 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM
In September 2009, Jeremy Xido, a New York-based filmmaker, went to Angola with a colleague and two hand-held video... More
Opening Shot
Pinterest is the media’s newest BFF
By The Editors Mar 1, 2012 at 03:27 PM
“What is Pinterest and why should I care?” asked a recent blog post on TheAtlantic.com. In case you’ve managed... More
What’s in My…
David Carr’s powerful backpack
By The Editors Feb 29, 2012 at 01:20 PM
David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at... More
Former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry: A CJR Podcast
By The Editors Feb 29, 2012 at 01:00 PM
Paul Berry was the CTO of Huffington Post from April 2007 through December 2011. He is currently the founder 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.
