Behind the News
Award celebrates book-length journalism
The Helen Bernstein Award was accompanied by talk of investigative journalism’s future
By Peter Sterne Jun 6, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Investigative journalists and their fans gathered at the New York Public Library’s flagship 42nd Street branch on Tuesday night to... More
The Sometimes Picayune
Want to damage New Orleans (again)? Decimate its newspaper
By Harry Shearer Jun 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Here, for your reading pleasure, are two familiar cliches: 1. New Orleans is a unique city. 2. The newspaper business... More
Stories I’d like to see
Old money, Yankee bunts, battling for veterans’ health insurance contracts
By Steven Brill Jun 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Scandinavian public media fight for their right to grow
Potential regulatory changes spell an uncertain future
By Lauren Kirchner May 31, 2012 at 03:11 PM
From cuts to controversies, NPR and PBS haven’t had an easy time of it lately. Indeed, the news last month... More
WaPo must transform to survive
Clay Shirky disputes The Audit’s take on the Washington Post’s financial future
By Clay Shirky May 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Ryan Chittum's "The Washington Post Co.'s Self-Destructive Course" is a blistering attack on the paper's management of its journalistic mission... More
Denmark launches new public radio network
Radio24syv hopes to challenge old stalwart DR
By Lauren Kirchner May 30, 2012 at 03:00 PM
On a Friday afternoon in November, Denmark’s latest experiment in public broadcasting had only been up and running for two... More
On Journatic, and making it in Hyperlocalville
Success depends on the company bringing Tribune a savings/quality balance, says Patch’s former editor in chief
By Brian Farnham May 29, 2012 at 11:03 AM
In late April, a six-year-old digital startup called Journatic struck a deal with a 165-year-old newspaper company to take over... More
Stories I’d like to see
The Kennedys and Caro, Facebook IPO suits, the Edwards trial judge
By Steven Brill May 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
It’s 2012 already: why is opinion writing still mostly male?
Byline counts are better, but not much. How come?
By Erika Fry May 29, 2012 at 06:50 AM
“Man. Man. Man. Man. Man. Man.” I had Sue Horton, the Op-ed and Sunday opinion editor at the Los... More
Dial back the outrage
Repealing a ban on showing international broadcasts is not the same as allowing propaganda
By Emily T. Metzgar May 25, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I frequently teach a large introductory class titled “Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication.” One section of the course addresses... More
The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs
Read CJR coverage on the history of the paper, a vital resource in its region, here
By Kira Goldenberg May 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM
The news hit late Wednesday night that the storied New Orleans Times-Picayune, the newspaper that served as a community rock... More
The new medical-credit racket
The Record uncovers how patients are getting shafted—medically and financially
By Trudy Lieberman May 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Reporter Lindy Washburn, at The Record in Bergen County, New Jersey, has revealed the latest shenanigans of unscrupulous members of... More
When big data is bad data
The press and standardized testing numbers: a cautionary tale
By LynNell Hancock May 22, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Disks of never-before-released data from the Department of Education landed with a befuddling thud in New York City’s newsrooms at... More
The Ford Foundation’s unprecedented grant to The Los Angeles Times
And what for-profit/ nonprofit partnerships mean in the age of Sam Zell
By Michael Meyer May 22, 2012 at 01:53 PM
On Thursday, Los Angeles Times editor Davan Maharaj announced that his paper, once a profit engine for multi-billion dollar corporate... More
Stories I’d like to see
Drachma redux, Hoffa’s killers, besting JPMorgan
By Steven Brill May 22, 2012 at 10:52 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
