Behind the News
Stories I’d like to see
Questions for Ryan, working for welfare, updates on Olbermann and Facebook
By Steven Brill Aug 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Egyptian journos wary of recent government actions
Newly appointed editors at state-owned publications and a court-ordered newspaper confiscation have journalists worried about press freedoms
By Jared Malsin Aug 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Egyptian journalists are outraged over a pair of government decisions last week which they say curb media freedom and independence.... More
HuffPost Live Launches
It’s about conversations rather than citizen journalism, says founding editor Roy Sekoff
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 13, 2012 at 05:11 PM
When Huffington Post Live launched on Monday morning, its founding editor, Roy Sekoff, quickly found reasons to be proud of... More
Media restrictions tighten in Ethiopia
One of the last remaining independent newspapers was recently shuttered by the government
By Mohammed Ademo Aug 13, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Government charges against one of Ethiopia’s last remaining independent newspaper editors on Friday and a recent forced shutdown of that... More
Covering the Sinai Peninsula
As the need for information grows, so do the reporting risks
By Jared Malsin Aug 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Armed assailants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers waiting to break the day’s Ramadan fast in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. The... More
A tale of two Finkes
Deadline Hollywood doyenne Nikki Finke is not amused by the fake Twitter account in her name
By Sara Morrison Aug 9, 2012 at 08:44 PM
The real Nikki Finke (@NikkiFinke) is the founder and editor in chief of Deadline Hollywood, a website that has become,... More
I tweet therefore I can
Whose job is it to make sure tweeters stay within the law?
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Twitter now boasts 140 million active users, many of whom have used the social messaging service in the last two... More
‘Open’ in the age of live tweeting
How UNITY 2012’s student newsroom taught NAHJ a lesson about social media
By Sara Morrison Aug 7, 2012 at 03:53 PM
A routine board meeting became the biggest story of last week's UNITY convention after the National Association of Hispanic Journalists... More
Breaking news: This minority group is different
There are many times that journalists can cover non-mainstream communities, not just during a crisis
By Tanveer Ali Aug 7, 2012 at 02:50 PM
One thing evident about the coverage of the Sikh Temple shooting in Wisconsin on Sunday that left seven dead, including... More
The AP’s North Korea bureau
Yep, they’ve had one, based in the country’s capital, for seven months
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 2, 2012 at 11:00 AM
North Korea was just two weeks out of a national period of mourning the death of Kim Jong-il in January... More
Daily News front page splash ‘flat wrong,’ says NBC
Reports that Today Show anchor Hoda Kotb was being flown into London to boost ratings are false, the network claims
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 31, 2012 at 05:02 PM
The New York Daily News was quick to splash Tuesday’s front page with news that NBC’s Hoda Kotb was being... More
The British media after Leveson
Editors say more regulation could cripple the UK press
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 30, 2012 at 03:27 PM
If public outcry against alleged phone hacking sparked the Leveson Inquiry, the government-led investigation into ethics in the British press,... More
New Orleans gets a new Reporter
NewOrleansReporter.org is one of several news initiatives that will pick up the slack in a post-daily Picayune world
By Sara Morrison Jul 30, 2012 at 12:30 PM
News-hungry New Orleanians, take heart: The hole in the city's news scene the cuts to the Times-Picayune's newsroom and print... More
A new Patch?
AOL’s hyperlocal startup is building something new, but the details remain closely guarded
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 26, 2012 at 05:08 PM
At AOL’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Tim Armstrong hinted that changes are afoot for Patch, the hyperlocal news... More
A big week for the British press
Rupert Murdoch resigns, Leveson Inquiry closes, UK journalists charged
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 25, 2012 at 02:36 PM
Rupert Murdoch’s recent resignation from the boards of his UK newspapers seems, at first glance, like a dramatic move to... 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.
