Behind the News
BBC + PBS = YES
Why I’ll watch the new World News America
By Ann Cooper Mar 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM
While we wait for Comcast and Time Warner cable to conquer their Al Jazeera phobia, let me suggest an alternative... More
Detecting Fake Photos with Digital Forensics
A Q&A with Hany Farid on photo forensics
By Lauren Kirchner Mar 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM
As photography has gone digital, it has become ever easier to manipulate images with Photoshop and other technology. Digital photographs... More
James Madison on the Muslim Brotherhood
Democracy must tolerate extreme speech and advocacy
By Justin D. Martin Mar 22, 2011 at 01:55 PM
CAIRO—James Madison would probably welcome Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. One of the most extraordinary features of democracy is that it tolerates... More
Twitter Turns Five
How has Twitter changed your media diet?
By The Editors Mar 22, 2011 at 12:34 PM
This week, Twitter turns five. Care for a slice of fail-whale shaped birthday cake, anyone? For its users, Twitter has... More
A Sports Myth Grows in Brooklyn
New basketball arena won’t occupy the site the Dodgers sought
By Norman Oder Mar 18, 2011 at 01:37 PM
Journalists who write about the new basketball arena rising in Brooklyn, scheduled to house the basketball Nets in 2012, frequently... More
A Brief History of “Save Darfur”
The Darfur lobby was historic. But was it effective?
By Andrew Stobo Sniderman Mar 16, 2011 at 02:56 PM
Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide | by Rebecca Hamilton | Palgrave MacMillan | 272... More
Should News Paywalls Demand Less in Poorer Countries?
The case for variable pricing
By Justin D. Martin Mar 16, 2011 at 12:40 PM
CAIRO—Consumers have made peace with the fact that some things cost more in certain places. A cup of black coffee... More
Native News from Nippon
A sampling of English-language Japanese news outlets online
By Lauren Kirchner Mar 15, 2011 at 06:15 PM
When disaster strikes in one part of the world, the rest of the world struggles to get as close as... More
False Tidals
Not-quite words for natural disasters
By Merrill Perlman Mar 14, 2011 at 04:53 PM
Disasters bring out the best in journalism and journalists, and the cataclysmic events in Japan are no different. But in... More
“The News Industry Is No Longer In Control Of Its Destiny”
And other findings of the Pew State of the Media Report
By Lauren Kirchner Mar 14, 2011 at 01:07 AM
Today the Pew Research Center for Excellence in Journalism released its annual “State of the Media” report, and it’s a... More
Does Charlie Sheen Write the Captions for ABC News?
High times for the ABC World News
By Michael Antonoff Mar 11, 2011 at 05:13 PM
A recent episode of the `Made in America' series on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer included a segment in... More
Las Vegas Sun Shines Light on Nevada Health Care
Multimedia investigation of hospital injuries wins 2011 Goldsmith Prize
By Cristine Russell Mar 9, 2011 at 04:30 PM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—“Where do you go for great health care in Las Vegas?” Answer: “The airport.” That local joke set Las... More
CJR Rewind: NPR Amps Up
Can Vivian Schiller build a journalism juggernaut?
By Jill Drew Mar 9, 2011 at 10:20 AM
This story originally ran in the March/April 2010 issue of CJR. If I were writing this story for All Things... More
City Pages Goes Behind the Scenes of Standardized Testing
Essay-scoring process found to be arbitrary and corruptible
By Lauren Kirchner Mar 8, 2011 at 04:45 PM
The cover story for CJR’s March/April issue—“Tested,” by LynNell Hancock—explores the nationwide effort to “reform” education, and what happens when... More
Why Some People Steal Content
Outside U.S., digital piracy not just easy, but often necessary
By Justin D. Martin Mar 4, 2011 at 02:06 PM
PHILADELPHIA—Before a business trip to the U.S., I wanted a copy of the film Veronica Guerin, a journalistic biopic starring... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
