Behind the News
Local TV Stations Rally to Oppose Media Transparency
What exactly are their “public interest obligations”?
By Steven Waldman Jan 26, 2012 at 03:16 PM
Local television stations have now rallied against the key elements of the Federal Communications Commission’s media transparency proposal, which would... More
Stories I’d Like to See
More primary math, Boeing’s second chance, and DHS mission creep
By Steven Brill Jan 24, 2012 at 12:05 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Local TV Stations Rally to Oppose Media Transparency
What exactly are their “public interest obligations”?
By Steven Waldman Jan 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM
Local television stations have now rallied in opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s media transparency proposal, which would require broadcasters... More
Stories I’d Like to See
Campaign questions, the world’s worst government agency, and medical lobbies
By Steven Brill Jan 17, 2012 at 04:28 PM
In his weekly "Stories I'd Like to See" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Two Years Later, Haitian Earthquake Death Toll in Dispute
Journalists can do a better job reporting controversial numbers in disaster zones
By Maura R. O'Connor Jan 12, 2012 at 01:04 PM
Fifteen miles north of the National Palace in Port au Prince, along Haiti’s azure coastline, is a place called Titanyen.... More
Best of 2011: Trudy Lieberman
CJR’s health and entitlements reporter picks her top stories from the past year
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 2, 2012 at 05:48 PM
Peter G. Peterson Goes to School: Organizations funded by Peter G. Peterson, a former Wall Street investment banker and long-time... More
Best of 2011: Lauren Kirchner
From AOL to HuffPo, Kirchner picks her top CJR stories from the past year
By Lauren Kirchner Jan 2, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Salon and Slate in the Way-Back Machine: When The Daily launched early this year—to great hype and then to great... More
Movement Man
Meet Chris Faraone, Occupy reporter for the Boston Phoenix
By Justin Peters Dec 31, 2011 at 09:53 PM
The week before Occupy Boston changed Chris Faraone's life, grassroots revolution was already on his mind. Faraone, who covers rap... More
What a Year!
A foreign editor looks back in wonder at 2011
By Thomas Nagorski Dec 30, 2011 at 02:41 PM
On a weekend last January I sent Alex Marquardt, our newly minted Mideast correspondent, to cover a protest in Egypt.... More
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Shouldn’t TV news outlets be clearer about offering pay-for-play?
By Steven Waldman Dec 29, 2011 at 08:10 PM
One of the most disturbing trends in local TV news is the persistence of “pay for play”—when local TV newscasts... More
Best of 2011: Erika Fry
From Romenesko to rich men, Fry picks her top CJR stories from the past year
By Erika Fry Dec 29, 2011 at 06:00 AM
Escape from Thailand This was my personal account of fleeing Thailand in 2010—yes, that tropical paradise known as the Land... More
Best of 2011: Joel Meares
From Jerry Brown to James O’Keefe, Meares picks his top CJR stories from the past year
By Joel Meares Dec 28, 2011 at 06:00 AM
The Cancer Report: I’ve written a fair bit about people who blog through their grief and sickness (not for CJR)... More
Best of 2011: Dean Starkman
The Audit’s head honcho picks his top CJR stories from the past year
By Dean Starkman Dec 27, 2011 at 01:33 PM
Confidence Game: The limited vision of the news gurus: The landmark 8,000-word essay that upended the future-of-news debate. The Hole... More
Letters Man
Why the letters-to-the-editor section shouldn’t become a forum for flacks
By John Stoehr Dec 23, 2011 at 02:07 PM
In May 2011, the alt-weekly New Haven Advocate, which I edit, ran a story about the rising cost of rent... More
Best of 2011: Alysia Santo
Santo picks her top CJR stories from the past year
By Alysia Santo Dec 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Occupy Wall Street’s Media Team: I spent the day walking and talking with the bloggers, livestreamers, and tweeters in the... 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?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
