Behind the News
The Times, It Is A Changin’
New editors to lead science, environment coverage
By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell Feb 25, 2011 at 02:38 PM
“The world turns. The universe expands. The stethoscope passes. And we have a new Science editor,” Bill Keller, the executive... More
Q & A: Jim Brady on the Death of TBD
“It was never about us making an insane amount of money by doing hyperlocal.”
By Lauren Kirchner Feb 25, 2011 at 01:50 PM
This week, the staff of TBD, Allbritton’s local website in Washington, D.C., learned that the site would undergo massive layoffs,... More
Been There, Denounced That
Global mobility helps build awareness of human rights abuses
By Justin D. Martin Feb 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM
CAIRO—In all the excitement over emerging digital technologies, our increasing physical contact with people from other parts of the world... More
What’s Your Hypothesis?
Why my news startup went the for-profit route
By Josh Kalven Feb 18, 2011 at 11:40 AM
CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More
Letter Perfect
Inside Elizabeth Bishop’s forty-year correspondence with The New Yorker
By Jeremy Axelrod Feb 17, 2011 at 03:00 PM
Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence edited by Joelle Biele | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 496... More
Returning to Egyptian Journalists Their Basic Freedoms
Egypt’s new leadership must prioritize media rights
By Justin D. Martin Feb 16, 2011 at 04:40 PM
CAIRO— The revolution in Egypt belongs to brave, stubborn Egyptians who faced down the clubs, gas, and gunfire of Hosni’s... More
“Information Wars” on Al Jazeera English
An all-star panel discusses social media and political revolution
By Lauren Kirchner Feb 14, 2011 at 11:40 AM
On Friday morning, the television in the CJR office was tuned to CNN—and our laptops were tuned to Al Jazeera... More
Anti-Turkishness Law is Anti-Necessary
Turkey should repeal Article 301 of its penal code
By Justin D. Martin Feb 10, 2011 at 01:00 PM
ISTANBUL, TURKEY—I must agree with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman that “Turkey is a country that had me at... More
Did Assange Play Lawyer?
WikiLeaks insider suggests a legal adviser never existed
By Clint Hendler Feb 9, 2011 at 03:35 PM
A recently published book excerpt suggests that “Jay Lim,” an occasional WikiLeaks spokesperson often identified as its legal advisor, was... More
Stock, Flow, and My Entrepreneurial Origin Story
The founder of newsbound.tv steps off the hamster wheel
By Josh Kalven Feb 8, 2011 at 04:23 PM
CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More
Unspoken
Foreign correspondents and sexual abuse
By Judith Matloff Feb 8, 2011 at 02:40 PM
This article originally ran in the May/June 2007 issue of CJR. The photographer was a seasoned operator in South Asia.... More
Reporting Lessons for the Next Revolution
Three ways that conflict-zone journalists can always be prepared
By Dan Morrison Feb 8, 2011 at 02:12 PM
I’ve been freelancing in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa since 2003. When the Mubarak regime shut down Egypt’s... More
Strange Eruptions from the WikiLeaks Saga
Bill Keller offers new details on e-mail hacking
By Clint Hendler Feb 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Last night, The Columbia School of Journalism played host to Bill Keller and Alan Rusbridger, the top editors at The... More
Get Together, Newsmakers
Human contact still matters
By Justin D. Martin Feb 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM
ATHENS, GREECE—Over the last seven years I’ve written for nearly forty news publications on four continents, and only once have... More
Indonesian Journalism: Lessons for the U.S.?
New survey takes the pulse of Indonesian media
By Lawrence Pintak Feb 4, 2011 at 11:02 AM
American journalism is, as they say, “in transition.” But while the import of traditional values such as accuracy, balance, and... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
