Behind the News
Domain suffixes are the latest Web real estate
What will this mean for the media industry?
By Alysia Santo Jun 15, 2012 at 02:50 PM
What do the words mail, love, cloud, and news have in common? They each have seven different entities proposing their... More
The pen and the pump
Why are nations that rely on selling resources so often free-speech poor?
By Justin D. Martin Jun 13, 2012 at 03:37 PM
Doha, Qatar—The rent goes up, the democracy goes down, or so they say. This small Arab Gulf nation is what... More
The word on the street: insecure
Listening to voters in Omaha’s Old Market
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Last week I found myself in Omaha, at the city’s Old Market, hoping to visit with some of the locals... More
Stories I’d like to see
Spy vs. spy at NYU, troop suicides, NYSE-Nasdaq wars
By Steven Brill Jun 12, 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
The superintendent’s racy emails
Exposé or overexposure: Where’s the public-private line?
By Erika Fry Jun 11, 2012 at 03:45 PM
In early May, Nancy Sebring, the superintendent of the Des Moines public school system, abruptly resigned; her resignation was accepted... More
What was CNN Money thinking?
A Q&A on retirement issues sows confusion
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 8, 2012 at 07:00 AM
It’s hard to say what was the point of CNN Money’s latest contribution to the retirement debate. The site's Q&A... More
A superb expose about an unsafe medical device
The OC Register lays bare a lax approval system that hurts patients
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 7, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Tony Saavedra and Courtney Perkes, reporters for The Orange County Register, deserve a laurel for their superb piece about harmful... More
New Orleans and the future of news
Media policy matters, and journalists ought to weigh in
By Josh Stearns Jun 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Last week’s announcement that the New Orleans Times-Picayune would be slashing its staff and cutting its print run to just... More
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
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.
