Behind the News
What’s In David Carr’s Backpack?
The New York Times media columnist shows his stuff
By The Editors Mar 5, 2012 at 02:32 PM
David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at The... More
How I Got That Story
Death Metal Angola
By The Editors Mar 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM
In September 2009, Jeremy Xido, a New York-based filmmaker, went to Angola with a colleague and two hand-held video... More
My Lawyer, Myself
Suing the government for access to info, pro se
By Erin Siegal Mar 1, 2012 at 02:01 PM
Inside well-funded newsrooms, investigative reporters can usually turn to company lawyers for help with stalled public records requests. But independent... More
Exit James Murdoch
Cracks in the News Corp. castle walls?
By Emily Bell Feb 29, 2012 at 05:55 PM
James Murdoch’s evacuation from the mess of News International’s UK newspaper business has been in the cards for a long... More
Exit Interview
Whither the wizard of HuffPo?
By Emily Bell Feb 29, 2012 at 03:45 PM
Paul Berry became the chief technology officer of the Huffington Post in 2007. He developed technical strategies that exploited... More
What’s in My…
David Carr’s powerful backpack
By The Editors Feb 29, 2012 at 01:20 PM
David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at... More
Former Huffington Post CTO Paul Berry: A CJR Podcast
By The Editors Feb 29, 2012 at 01:00 PM
Paul Berry was the CTO of Huffington Post from April 2007 through December 2011. He is currently the founder and... More
Only Connect
Connie Schultz learned that reaching readers means showing them who she is
By Alec MacGillis Feb 29, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Connie Schultz came late to her first newspaper job. After years of freelancing, she went to work for The... More
Lost & Found
The AP Stylebook turns 99!?!
By Kristal Brent Zook Feb 29, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The Associated Press has always maintained that its first Stylebook - the essential reference bible for professional journalists -... More
How to Chill the Independent Journalist
Facing arrest without institutional backup
By Carla Murphy Feb 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM
After her arrest last November, Alisen Redmond quit covering Occupy Atlanta. She felt that she had to. At the time,... More
Stories I’d Like to See
Super PAC cash, immigration rules, and Businessweek’s revival
By Steven Brill Feb 28, 2012 at 12:07 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Syria: Too Much Information?
How journalists wade through a social-media flood
By Dalal Mawad Feb 24, 2012 at 02:19 PM
For foreign journalists, the Arab Spring uprisings and their aftermaths have ranged from exhilaratingly accessible (Egypt), to mortally dangerous (Libya),... More
Stories I’d Like to See
Scoring healthcare insurers and getting campaign spending right
By Steven Brill Feb 21, 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
Anthony Shadid: ‘A Gatherer, An Observer, A Listener’
One of his former editors remembers the greatest foreign correspondent of his generation
By David E. Hoffman Feb 17, 2012 at 03:37 PM
For many readers and listeners of the news, the work of foreign correspondents is surrounded by legend and yet strangely... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
