Behind the News
Why Journalism Helps Foster Global Innovation
Well-funded, diverse journalism increases innovative thinking
By Justin D. Martin Jul 21, 2011 at 01:18 PM
Recent scholarship on innovation suggests that good ideas are often hatched when people are exposed to many different disciplines and... More
The Newspaper that Said “No” to Murdoch
Thirty years ago, the Buffalo Courier-Express took a stand
By Celia Viggo Wexler Jul 20, 2011 at 03:14 PM
On September 17, 1982, the newspaper guild of the Buffalo Courier-Express voted to do something no other media outlet in... More
NOTW and the FCPA
Experts and pundits weigh in on a US prosecution of News Corp.
By Erika Fry Jul 19, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a formal investigation into allegations that News Corp. has violated the Foreign Corrupt... More
The Case for the Corrections Page
Why news organizations should follow the Times’s example
By Craig Silverman Jul 15, 2011 at 11:35 AM
A website redesign is a major event for a news organization. Reuters recently unveiled a new website, and it occasioned... More
What Bradley told Adrian
Glenn Greenwald avoids the cut of Occam’s razor
By Clint Hendler Jul 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM
On Wednesday Wired released an almost completely unredacted version of the May 2010 chat transcripts between Adrian Lamo and Bradley... More
Israel’s Chilling New Law
The U.S. should stand for free speech no matter who’s violating it
By Erika Fry Jul 15, 2011 at 09:47 AM
“We could get in trouble for this,” begins a July 13 editorial titled “We Can’t Say This” from from The... More
George W. and the Texas Press
Is the honeymoon over?
By Justin Peters Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM
George W. Bush says he doesn't read newspapers. He does, however, apparently read Texas Monthly magazine. In fact, the president... More
Introducing the Grantland Corrections Desk
Deadspin picks up Bill Simmons’s slack
By Craig Silverman Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM
“Without looking it up, I can tell you the night the Toronto Blue Jays won their first World Series —... More
This Is How the World ends…
A cynical and fitting sacrifice for the News of The World
By Archie Bland Jul 7, 2011 at 08:45 PM
Finally it died as it has lived: in an explosion of moral piety designed to disguise actions that, in truth,... More
And on the Fender Bass, President Abraham Lincoln!
A humorous correction earns AAA World some praise
By Craig Silverman Jul 1, 2011 at 01:19 PM
It wasn’t too long after the July/August issue of the mid-Atlantic edition of AAA World magazine reached subscribers that Mike... More
Kling’s Warning
Q&A with outgoing Minnesota Public Radio CEO Bill Kling
By Joel Meares Jun 30, 2011 at 10:06 AM
In 1967, in exchange for free grad-school tuition, Bill Kling agreed to help Minnesota’s St. John’s University start a radio... More
Confidence In TV News and Newspapers (Slightly) Up
What’s Weiner got to do with it?
By Joel Meares Jun 28, 2011 at 01:11 PM
Some heartening news for those in the newspaper and TV News industries. Gallup’s annual poll of the public’s confidence... More
Misquotes That Refuse to Die
Things that David Plouffe, Captain Kirk, and others didn’t say
By Craig Silverman Jun 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Back in 2009, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe, said some rather kind words about Utah governor Jon Huntsman,... More
Q&A with FCC Report Head Writer Steve Waldman, Part Two
“Rather than doing it ‘once more with feeling,’ let’s try something new.”
By Joel Meares Jun 21, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Two weeks ago, the FCC released its long-awaited, 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities.” The report’s chief writer, Steve... More
Q&A with FCC Report Head Writer Steve Waldman, Part One
“We actually have to pay attention to this and if we don’t, there are going to be severe consequences.”
By Joel Meares Jun 20, 2011 at 05:43 PM
Two weeks ago, the FCC released its long-awaited, 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities.” The report’s chief writer,... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
