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David Carr’s powerful backpack

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

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

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!?!

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

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

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

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

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

For many readers and listeners of the news, the work of foreign correspondents is surrounded by legend and yet strangely... More

PaulBerry

URL for exit interview

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Story on Tiny Country A Giant Failure

60 Minutes whiffs on recent story about Qatar

A recent 60 Minutes segment on the nation of Qatar was the most imprecise piece of journalism I can remember... More

Stories I’d Like to See

Romney’s ads, the Komen firestorm, and a Foxconn book

In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More

Q&A: Michael Morisy, Co-Founder of MuckRock

On helping journalists with their public records requests

MuckRock is an online startup that helps journalists streamline, track, and fulfill their public records requests. Since May 2010, when... More

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

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