Behind the News
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
Murdoch may sell his British papers
The British press asserts the embattled mogul may ditch the papers under phone hacking scrutiny
By Emily Bell May 19, 2012 at 07:45 AM
News International, the UK outpost of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, might be preparing to sell off or isolate its scandal-struck... More
The future of media is social
It’s also shared, viral, and free from banner ads
By Kira Goldenberg May 18, 2012 at 03:15 PM
The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU hosted I Want Media’s fifth annual “Future of Media” forum on Friday... More
Why China ejected Melissa Chan
Sending a message to the foreign press
By Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi May 17, 2012 at 01:15 PM
Is this the kind of reporting that got Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chan expelled from China last week? The foreign... More
‘This is my paper. This is my town’
One year after a devastating tornado, The Joplin Globe feels stronger
By Bret J. Schulte May 17, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Jack Kaminsky lives with his mother now. He is 63 years old, broad shouldered, with silver hair and a... More
Stories I’d like to see
Press-dinner proceeds, cat-and-mouse China reporting, testing the testers
By Steven Brill May 15, 2012 at 08:41 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Stories I’d like to see
Homeland loses focus, ditching the filibuster, unions that own big business
By Steven Brill May 8, 2012 at 12:11 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... 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
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.
