Behind the News
Escape From Thailand
A simple story about plagiarism forced me to flee a country I love
By Erika Fry Sep 2, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Editors’ Note: this is a companion piece to the Darts & Laurels column that appears in the September/October 2011 issue... More
Errors in Anytown, U.S.A.
Academic brings an anonymous newsroom’s corrections practices to light
By Craig Silverman Sep 2, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Last spring, Kirstie Hettinga spent several months working two days a week as an unpaid intern at what she will... More
Haven Bound
A Q&A with Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir
By Alysia Santo Sep 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM
In 2008, Iceland was hit hard by the global financial crisis. Citizen outrage and political unrest followed, sparking a... More
A Victim’s Tale
What it’s like to be on the receiving end of a press error
By Craig Silverman Aug 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Last week was a terrible one for Jon Harris, a librarian at the North Canton Public Library in Ohio. On... More
How to Get Young People Interested in Global News
Why we should emphasize journalism’s role in sparking innovation
By Justin D. Martin Aug 16, 2011 at 03:14 PM
For some time newsmakers and educators have stressed things like “civic duty” and being a “global citizen” in trying to... More
The Russian Reporters Who Helped Topple the USSR
Remembering a brief, shining, twenty-year-old moment
By Ann Cooper Aug 15, 2011 at 04:37 PM
Twenty years ago, on the evening of August 19, 1991, some of the most brazen and important acts of modern-day... More
Schmidle in Secret
New Yorker keeps mum on fact-checking process for bin Laden piece
By Craig Silverman Aug 12, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Amid the discussion and debate about the sourcing and accuracy of Nicholas Schmidle’s lengthy retelling of the Bin Laden raid... More
Building Haiti’s Post-Quake Media
Postcard from Port au Prince
By William Wheeler Aug 11, 2011 at 03:08 PM
While I was reporting in Haiti last year, over the course of a few months, the Port-au-Prince guesthouse where I... More
Still Seeing Stars after Thirty Years
A venerable afternoon paper is gone, but not forgotten
By Cristine Russell Aug 8, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Given the handwringing about the fate of newspapers (and the federal government) today, it is worth a moment’s reflection on... More
Hanging by the Telephone
A NYTimes account is mum on Strauss-Kahn accuser’s phone call
By Erika Fry Aug 5, 2011 at 11:12 AM
On Monday, The New York Times had an exclusive for its subscribers: an e-mail promising, as its title read, “The... More
From Breaking News to Baseless Speculation
Why journalists jumped to conclusions about the Norway attacks
By Craig Silverman Jul 29, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Why do journalists and news organizations exhibit such a lack of restraint when it comes to breaking news like last... More
What Rupert Wrote
Insight from a pre-scandal letter to News Corp. stockholders
By Michael Castenegra Jul 28, 2011 at 11:28 AM
The Rupert Murdoch who appeared before the British Parliament was nothing like the Rupert Murdoch of reputation. But even that... More
Apparently, Global News Orgs Don’t Commit Online Errors
Is that why so many of them lack coherent corrections policies?
By Justin D. Martin Jul 27, 2011 at 04:41 PM
Far too many modern news organizations do not have public corrections policies or prominent corrections pages, something that has been... More
Tracing the Hacking Scandal’s Medieval Roots
The (mis-) education of the British Empire’s Boy Reporters
By Arthur Jones Jul 25, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Mr. Hinton joined Mr. Murdoch’s first paper, The News, in Adelaide, at age 15.... The New York Times, July 16,... More
Around the World in Two and a Half Weeks
A roundup of CJR’s coverage since #hackgate imploded
By Alysia Santo Jul 22, 2011 at 03:15 PM
July 22 What The Guardian Can Learn from Watergate CoverageOn the importance of making the “right” mistakes By Craig... 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)
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”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
