Behind the News
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
The Backfire Effect
More on the press’s inability to debunk bad information
By Craig Silverman Jun 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Which of these headlines strikes you as the most persuasive: “I am not a Muslim, Obama says.” “I am a... More
Gawker’s Rebound
By Felix Salmon Jun 14, 2011 at 04:25 PM
It's been more than six months since sales chief Chris Batty left Gawker Media as Nick Denton decided he was... More
More Reactions to FCC Report
Critics split on whether government should do more or less
By Joel Meares Jun 13, 2011 at 02:43 PM
The FCC released its staff report, “Information Needs of Communities,” last Thursday and industry and advocacy groups were quick to... More
Writing The War On Drugs
Why do so few American papers report on the trade in their backyard?
By Javier Garza Ramos Jun 10, 2011 at 11:41 AM
What if American law enforcement agents arrested more than six hundred drug dealing suspects in more than twenty cities across... More
No Room for Discussion at FCC Report Panel
Waldman re-presents his report at Columbia J-School
By Joel Meares Jun 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Columbia University’s J-School and the FCC hosted a panel today to coincide with yesterday’s release of the Commission’s “Information Needs... More
Heavy On Problems, Light On Solutions: The FCC Report Has Landed
A quick look at the “disappointing” recommendations
By Joel Meares Jun 9, 2011 at 05:37 PM
In some three hundred and sixty odd pages, the FCC’s long-awaited Future of News “Information Needs of Communities” report... More
Times’s Jill Abramson: Dog Nut, Norse Deity
The profiles are rolling in
By Joel Meares Jun 8, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Almost a week after The New York Times announced that executive editor Bill Keller was stepping down and Jill... More
Cathryn Cronin Cranston
An obituary for CJR’s publisher
By The Editors Jun 7, 2011 at 04:52 PM
The staff of the Columbia Journalism Review is deeply sorry to report the death of our publisher, Cathryn Cranston, who... More
Bill Keller’s Long War Legacy
The defining story of eight years leading the Times.
By Clint Hendler Jun 3, 2011 at 03:32 PM
Bill Keller, who has served as The New York Times’s executive editor since July 2003, is stepping down—and an era... More
Q&A: Joel Simon On CPJ’s “Impunity Index” and Violence Against Journalists
“For a long time, the threat was sort of a badge of honor. ‘Yeah, I got a threat, I must be getting to them.’”
By Joel Meares Jun 3, 2011 at 12:51 PM
On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists released its fourth annual Impunity Index—a ranking of countries determined by the... More
A Look at the Arab Blogosphere
Birth pangs of a new Middle East?
By Bilal Lakhani Jun 1, 2011 at 01:03 PM
Many of the estimated 35,000 bloggers in the Arab world have carved out reputations as online watchdogs on governments, in... 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.
