Behind the News
Zook
URL for extended online version of the Mar/Apr magazine story by Kristal Brent Zook
By Justin Peters Feb 10, 2012 at 01:58 PM
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Park Slope Pundits Get the Story Wrong
Why lifestyle pieces need context
By Ben Adler Feb 8, 2012 at 12:47 PM
I grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, so a headline on The New Yorker's homepage Monday, declaring "Park Slope is... More
Stories I’d Like to See
A trove of stories from the Facebook IPO
By Steven Brill Feb 8, 2012 at 11:31 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
The Dodd-Frank effect, unions and private equity, and Newt’s expenses
By Steven Brill Feb 1, 2012 at 12:46 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
To Sue or Not to Sue?
The first two years of OGIS
By Erin Siegal Feb 1, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Last June in Las Vegas, Corinna Zarek told a ballroom full of investigative journalists at the annual Investigative Reporters and... More
Why Aren’t More Arab Americans Working in Mainstream Journalism?
Group remains underrepresented in US newsrooms
By Justin D. Martin Jan 31, 2012 at 11:21 AM
There are anywhere between 3.5 and 5.1 million Americans of Arab descent, according to figures from the Arab American Institute,... More
Updating the Privacy Protection Act for the Digital Era
Law protecting journalists from searches didn’t anticipate cloud computing
By Jonathan W. Peters Jan 30, 2012 at 01:46 PM
Cloud computing is all the rage. Traditionally, people had to store, manage and process data on a personal computer or... More
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
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.
