Behind the News
Forward pushes a reparations investigation
The paper won’t let a group that gives money to needy Holocaust survivors hide past fraud
By Abby Ohlheiser Jul 10, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Paul Berger discovered his latest investigation for The Forward almost by chance, sitting in a nearly empty courtroom in New... More
Stories I’d like to see
Teflon Tim Geithner, and profiling the Center for Responsive Politics
By Steven Brill Jul 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
HuffPost Germany slated for autumn
It’s a licensing partnership between the Huffington Post and a German media company
By Alison Langley Jul 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Times are hard for Germany's newspapers. Last year, they laid off a record number of journalists, and this year, many... More
Stories I’d like to see
Selling artificial knees, analyzing the Trayvon Martin trial, and Random House cancels Paula Deen’s cookbook
By Steven Brill Jul 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Frontline Freelance Register aims to keep conflict freelancers safer
The US arm of a new group to protect warzone freelancers launched Wednesday
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 27, 2013 at 01:35 PM
Being a warzone freelancer is risky: They are underpaid; insurance is unaffordable; there's no support for reporters who get kidnapped... More
EBU moves from assistance to defiance
A key player in the saga of Greece’s public broadcaster usually sticks to support rather than activism. Not this time
By Alison Langley Jun 27, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Tuesday night, many devoted Greek soccer fans were glued to their computers instead of slouching in front of the TV... More
Stories I’d like to see
The mysterious farm bill, sequestration’s virtues, and the death of airport newsstands
By Steven Brill Jun 25, 2013 at 11:03 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
When some Maine papers call the capitol, there’s no comment
The governor’s office thinks the state’s largest media company does unfair coverage, so officials there will no longer respond to its reporters
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2013 at 06:00 PM
The office of Maine Governor Paul LePage will no longer respond to queries from the state's largest media company, announced... More
Greek judge rules ERT should remain on air
But it hasn’t happened yet
By Alison Langley Jun 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM
A Greek court ruled Monday that the country's public broadcasting network, known as ERT, should remain on air until it... More
Stories I’d like to see
Vetting the Syrian rebels, stock gyrations, A-Rod’s return
By Steven Brill Jun 18, 2013 at 10:20 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Consensus was that ERT needed reforming
“Of course there is corruption at ERT, but that is the fault of the politicians, not the journalists”
By Alison Langley Jun 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
While journalists and advocates continue expressing outrage over the way Greek public broadcaster ERT was closed--it went dark with little... More
Greece closes its public broadcaster
ERT employees are refusing to leave the station and are broadcasting online
By Alison Langley Jun 12, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Journalists and civil society groups across Europe expressed outrage over the Greek government's abrupt closure of its public broadcasting system... More
Extreme weather porn
How much tv weather reporting is news, and how much is just non-contextualized drama?
By Steven Rosenbaum Jun 11, 2013 at 02:00 PM
On ABC World News with Diane Sawyer on June 3, she asked a question that many of us are wondering:... More
The Iran coverage conundrum
As another election approaches, journalists should figure out how to overcome access obstacles to cover the country in greater detail
By Jared Malsin Jun 11, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. And in Iran, elections have consequences. In 1997, a presidential election ushered... More
Stories I’d like to see
Booz Allen’s liability, Europe and the NSA, and Obamacare as stimulus
By Steven Brill Jun 10, 2013 at 04:30 PM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... 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.
