Behind the News
Some Thoughts on the Romenesko Affair
Examining the critical consensus
By Craig Silverman Nov 11, 2011 at 01:49 PM
I have no other option than to start this column about Jim Romenesko with a litany of disclosures. Deep breath,... More
Jim Romenesko Leaves Poynter
And the blogosphere cries foul
By Justin Peters Nov 11, 2011 at 02:11 AM
The most frustrating thing about the Jim Romenesko affair is the way that so many people who should know better... More
The Kochs and Keystone XL
InsideClimate fails to make its case about brothers’ interest in the pipeline—but it should keep trying
By Curtis Brainard Nov 9, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Koch Industries, a giant oil and energy conglomerate, has InsideClimate News, a four-year-old online news startup, in its crosshairs. In... More
Safety Tips for Covering Occupy Wall Street
And civil disorder in general
By Judith Matloff Nov 7, 2011 at 05:11 PM
At least half a dozen journalists have been injured or detained while covering the growing unrest in the United States.... More
Speech in Israel Is Not Free
There’s more to democracy than just holding regular elections
By Justin D. Martin Nov 4, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Both Israeli and US policymakers are fond of calling Israel and the United States likeminded democracies. “America has no better... More
Misinformation Propagation
Scientists work to combat false memes
By Craig Silverman Nov 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Growing up in Rome, Filippo Menczer used to watch the local con artists offer gullible tourists a chance to buy... More
Plagiary for Profit
California’s Reader magazine has grown fat on second-hand news
By Erika Fry Oct 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM
For a quarterly coupon magazine—even “Southern California’s best coupon, calendar & news magazine”—Reader Magazine would appear to have landed some... More
Plagiarism for Profit
California’s Reader Magazine has grown fat on second-hand news
By Erika Fry Oct 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM
For a quarterly coupon magazine—even “Southern California’s best coupon, calendar & news magazine”—Reader Magazine would appear to have landed some... More
Norman Corwin, 1910-2011
Remembering a recently deceased broadcast pioneer
By Michael Antonoff Oct 19, 2011 at 04:42 PM
It was only fitting that I learned of Norman Corwin's death from the CBS Radio World News Roundup, a program... More
Trial Begins Tomorrow for Journalists Imprisoned in Ethiopia
Their Swedish colleagues demand justice
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 19, 2011 at 02:13 PM
Two Swedish journalists who have been imprisoned in Ethiopia for almost four months will face terrorism charges in Addis Ababa... More
The Scientist Lives
LabX Media Group signs intent to purchase
By Curtis Brainard Oct 18, 2011 at 11:30 AM
A potential buyer has emerged to save The Scientist from early retirement. A week after it was reported that... More
A Reading List for Future Journalists
Book recommendations for the next fifty years
By The Editors Oct 17, 2011 at 12:24 PM
For CJR's fiftieth anniversary issue, we asked some of our favorite journalists, critics, and academics to help us compile a... More
Rupert Murdoch’s “Arse”
An ex-tabloid editor tells Parliament who kissed what
By Emily Bell Oct 14, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Ever since the News of The World phone-hacking scandal gathered pace in July this year, members of the UK press... More
Who’s A Journalist? (Take II)
Um, not Patrick Howley
By Erika Fry Oct 10, 2011 at 02:55 PM
I wrote Friday about how the arrests of reporters at the Occupy Wall Street protests raised questions about the NYPD... More
Who’s A Journalist? (Take II)
Um, not Patrick Howley
By Erika Fry Oct 10, 2011 at 02:55 PM
I wrote Friday about how the arrests of reporters at the Occupy Wall Street protests raised questions about the NYPD... 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.
