Behind the News
Visions of Beauty
A data-driven journalist strives to improve his ‘living images’
By Craig Silverman Apr 30, 2010 at 10:33 AM
David McCandless worked for many years as a writer, but now he likes to call himself a data journalist and... More
An Attempted FOIL
NY governor’s office denies CJR’s records request
By Clint Hendler Apr 29, 2010 at 06:59 PM
Late this afternoon I got an email from the New York governor’s office initially denying a pair of requests I... More
Covering War on the Cheap
Study finds local journalists are most at risk for killing
By Sherisse Pham Apr 27, 2010 at 12:45 PM
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published its third annual Global Impunity Index last week, pointing fingers at countries where... More
Ethics for the Investigators
A new report seeks standards for nonprofit newsrooms
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 26, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Today, the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Journalism Ethics, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (a nonprofit... More
Face, Meet Post
Reader ire draws changes to WaPo social media effort
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 26, 2010 at 11:55 AM
On Wednesday afternoon, visitors to The Washington Post’s Web site were greeted with a new feature on the home page.... More
Eruption, Interrupted
What’s the best way to correct an errant tweet?
By Craig Silverman Apr 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Just after noon eastern on Monday, the @Breaking News Twitter account, which has close to 1.7 million followers and is... More
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Four CJR writers are named finalists for media coverage awards
By The Editors Apr 19, 2010 at 02:12 PM
We’re delighted today to bring you some more happy news about Columbia Journalism Review: four of our writers are among... More
Robot Journalism and the Future of Digital Media
More on Columbia’s new dual degree in journalism and computer science
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 19, 2010 at 02:02 PM
Starting in 2011, Columbia University will be offering a new combined degree between the journalism school and engineering school, which... More
Accuracy and the Average Person
Corrections aren’t just for journalists anymore
By Craig Silverman Apr 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Jeff Jarvis recently wrote a nice post detailing how everyone is now a content creator. Sure, not everyone writes lengthy... More
The Chicago Tribune Walks
Newly unsealed evidence says the paper was never extorted
By Clint Hendler Apr 14, 2010 at 06:42 PM
High above the summit of Chicago’s Tribune Tower, the clouds are clearing and the light is shining through. A just-revealed... More
A Look at CJR’s Past Coverage of Monday’s Pulitzer Prize Winners
Sometimes we totally call it. Sometimes, not so much.
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 14, 2010 at 11:14 AM
If calling the Pulitzer Prize winners were like picking a Sweet 16 bracket for March Madness, CJR didn’t exactly win... More
Inside the World’s Largest Fact Checking Operation
A conversation with two staffers at Der Spiegel
By Craig Silverman Apr 9, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Late last month, I had an experience unlike any other in my professional life. For two days, I was surrounded... More
Breaking News from the Luncheon Keynoter
The future of news is (brighter than you think; contingent on government subsidies; in Mark Zuckerberg’s hands)
By Steve Daley Apr 6, 2010 at 01:11 PM
First of all, I’d like to thank (Tucker Carlson; Arianna Huffington; that tweedy-looking professor over there) for the opportunity to... More
The Pentagon Papers: A CJR Panel
Video of the recent panel discussion hosted by CJR
By The Editors Apr 5, 2010 at 10:48 AM
The New York Times first printed stories based on the Pentagon’s detailed secret history of the war in Vietnam on... More
Thin Ice
The man behind WikiLeaks has some allegations
By Clint Hendler Apr 1, 2010 at 04:38 PM
It was certainly alarming when Julian Assange, a board member for the secret document sharing site WikiLeaks, alleged in a... 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)
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
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
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.
