Behind the News
The Perils of Reporting from Gaza
Gaza journalists hopeful that press freedoms will persist
By Ashley Bates Mar 4, 2010 at 11:49 AM
On February 14 in the Gaza Strip, Hamas arrested Paul Martin, a British documentary filmmaker, on suspicions that Martin had... More
The Atlantic Tweaks its Web Redesign
The site responds to complaints from its readers—and its own bloggers
By Alexandra Fenwick Mar 2, 2010 at 04:55 PM
At 1 a.m. last Friday, TheAtlantic.com rolled out a much-anticipated new redesign. By 4 p.m. Monday, the redesign had already... More
Delacorte Lecture with Chris Dixon
Watch the New York art director’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Mar 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM
On February 17, 2010, New York art director Chris Dixon delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School... More
Carlson Calling
Tucker Carlson talks about his new online enterprise
By Greg Marx Mar 2, 2010 at 08:00 AM
Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson’s already long and varied journalistic résumé added a new entry: Web impresario. In January, the... More
Magazines and Their Web Sites
A Columbia Journalism Review survey and report
By Victor Navasky with Evan Lerner Mar 1, 2010 at 12:01 PM
CJR recently conducted a survey of standards and practices at magazine Web sites. The full report can be viewed here.... More
Comments of the Week
February 22-26, 2010
By The Editors Feb 26, 2010 at 04:57 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we’ve received that week. Think we’ve... More
The Counter-Plagiarism Handbook
Tips for writers and editors on how to avoid or detect journalistic plagiarism
By Craig Silverman Feb 26, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Last week, I examined why news organizations aren’t using plagiarism detection services to root out literary thieves. Technology has a... More
Destination: Haiti
It took chartered planes, buses, commercial flights, SUVs, motorbikes, helicopters, and some incredible luck to get in and out of Haiti—twice
By Emily Schmall Feb 24, 2010 at 04:27 PM
It was sweltering when the Blackhawk landed on the narrow airstrip of the USS Carl Vinson, a United States air... More
“Our Society Will Be a Free Society”
Newsweek’s Maziar Bahari on press freedom in Iran
By Christopher Livesay Feb 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Maziar Bahari endured beatings, interrogation, and solitary confinement during his 118 days in a Tehran prison cell this past year.... More
More Network News Employees Out of the Picture
News analysts react to the ABC News cuts
By Lisa Anderson Feb 23, 2010 at 06:59 PM
The relentless drumbeat of job loss across the media industry pounded at ABC News Tuesday afternoon with word that as... More
Delacorte Lecture with David Remnick
Watch Remnick’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Feb 23, 2010 at 04:57 PM
On February 10, 2010, New Yorker editor David Remnick delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of... More
At HuffPost, the Old College Try
The outlet branches into college news
By Megan Garber Feb 22, 2010 at 06:22 PM
There’s a species of journalism we often forget to include when we talk about our fabled ‘new media landscape’: college... More
To Catch A Plagiarist
There are tools to catch plagiarists in action. Why don’t news outlets use them?
By Craig Silverman Feb 19, 2010 at 12:13 PM
As the general manager of the iThenticate plagiarism detection service, Robert Creutz has unique insight into the recent Gerald Posner... More
CJR on the Polks
Past coverage of today’s winners
By Clint Hendler Feb 16, 2010 at 04:50 PM
This morning, the administrators of the Polk Awards, one of journalism’s most prestigious prizes, announced 2009’s recipients. We’ve structured this... More
Comments of the Week
February 8-12, 2010
By The Editors Feb 12, 2010 at 05:06 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we've received that week. Think we’ve... 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?
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
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.
