Behind the News

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

“Death Panels” Report Reaches Depressing Conclusions

The media is ineffective at dispelling false rumors

By Craig Silverman   May 27, 2011 at 11:43 AM

Harold Camping was wrong about the rapture happening this past weekend, but it’s unlikely he’ll ever admit to being wrong... More

What’s So Wrong With ‘Parachute Journalism’?

Nothing, if your ruck is packed with research

By Justin D. Martin   May 26, 2011 at 03:23 PM

CAIRO—I’m an avid parachutist, though I’ve never jumped from a plane. A “parachute journalist” is a reporter who drops into... More

How News Ombudsmen Can Make Themselves Essential

Five easy tips for the modern ombud

By Craig Silverman   May 20, 2011 at 12:24 PM

What do you tell a room filled with doomed journalists? When invited to deliver a keynote address at this year’s... More

Two Tone Deaf Defenses of Strauss-Kahn

By Joel Meares   May 17, 2011 at 04:08 PM

There has, admittedly, been a sort of assumption of guilt from the media in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair—the brutal... More

Why Law and Journalism Schools Need to Work Together

To give reporters the legal assistance they need

By Craig A. Newman   May 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM

It began with a phone call asking for help. A reporter friend in New York needed to see some sealed... More

Notes on Faked Photos

Bin Laden’s death shows the possibilities for manipulation are endless

By Craig Silverman   May 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Consider three images from the last couple of weeks: 1. President Barack Obama finishes his address announcing the killing of... More

An Economic Case for More Women in Global Journalism

Gender inequality isn’t just a social issue

By Justin D. Martin and Dalia Abbas   May 10, 2011 at 01:35 PM

CAIRO—In the last decade, gender rights advocates have, to notable success, made the argument that welcoming women into workforces and... More

“Obama Osama bin Laden Is Dead”

The Osama/Obama error is an international phenomenon

By Craig Silverman   May 6, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Of all the mistaken headlines, verbal gaffes, and erroneous tweets that resulted from the Sunday announcement that Osama Bin Laden... More