Behind the News

The Authenticity Contest

Knight News Challenge solicits authenticity-related projects

By Craig Silverman   Nov 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM

Accuracy is hot stuff these days, let me tell you. On Wednesday, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times dedicated... More

Haiti Coverage and “Disaster Porn”

Cholera epidemic offers convenient B-roll for nightly newscasts

By Maura R. O'Connor   Nov 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM

Last month I was reporting a story on the opening of a mango warehouse in Haiti’s countryside when a fellow... More

How to Place a Story?

Survey finds top environmental newsmakers still target traditional media

By Curtis Brainard   Nov 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Despite disruptive changes in the media industry, which have made it more difficult to place stories and develop relationships with... More

Why Journalists are Terrible at Time Management

Launch Pad: Portland, Oregon

By Michael Andersen and Barry Johnson   Nov 16, 2010 at 12:49 PM

CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. All of Michael... More

Press Pass Problems

Cetacean Society’s decision to deny a reporter raises questions about access

By Curtis Brainard   Nov 12, 2010 at 04:30 PM

On Tuesday, the American Cetacean Society denied a freelancer’s request for a press pass to attend the society’s annual meeting... More

NewsBeast Notes

Wherein two media brands merge, and the Internet says hmmm

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 12, 2010 at 04:00 PM

The Tweets: @TheTinaBeast We’re getting hitched! Daily Beast, Newsweek To Wed http://thebea.st/dCdnfB @Newsweek It's official, we're merging with @TheDailyBeast http://bit.ly/9PGYz7... More

The State of Online Corrections

News sites lag far behind print and broadcast outlets

By Craig Silverman   Nov 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM

In July, the media error reporting serviceMediaBugs released a survey that revealed twenty-one out of twenty-eight Bay Area news websites... More

Launch Pad: Portland, Oregon

Two news entrepeneurs explain why they struck out on their own

By Michael Andersen and Barry Johnson   Nov 9, 2010 at 02:10 PM

CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. All of Michael... More

Q&A: Former Detroit News Reporter Charlie LeDuff

“The point is if there’s something calamitous, let’s point it out.”

By Joel Meares   Nov 9, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Charlie LeDuff left The Detroit News last month after a two-year stint in which he reported stories, wrote a regular... More

Olbermann Isn’t Alone

By Lauren Kirchner   Nov 5, 2010 at 03:30 PM

Countdown host Keith Olbermann has just been indefinitely suspended for donating money to three Democratic campaigns, and thereby violating MSNBC... More

Star Trek Insurrection

Commenters force news site to admit “Patrick Stewart is a handsome man”

By Craig Silverman   Nov 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM

“We're sorry for claiming Captain Kirk was in command of Captain Picard's starship,” reads the headline on a rather remarkable... More

Olbermann Suspends “Worst Person” Segment

What other segments, programs, or people should be cut from cable news?

By The Editors   Nov 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM

After accusing Jon Stewart of jumping the shark on Twitter over the weekend, Keith Olbermann last night gave in to... More

Leading Questions

How some journalism terms were born

By Merrill Perlman   Nov 1, 2010 at 01:52 PM

The Associated Press recently said it would stop using some wire-service jargon as instructions on its stories. Among them were... More

Q&A: UFO Journalist Leslie Kean

Is the truth out there?

By Clint Hendler   Oct 31, 2010 at 12:12 PM

Leslie Kean has written an unusual book on an unusual subject: Unidentified flying objects. But this Halloween weekend, Kean would... More

CMJ: Curmudgeons of Music Journalism

A panel of rock critics talk about negativity in music reviewing

By Dylan DePice   Oct 29, 2010 at 03:47 PM

Once a year, CMJ (College Music Journal) puts on a weeklong “Music Marathon” in NYC. It’s sort of an urban... More