Behind the News
Tonight on Channel 5: Some Say They’re Terrorists…
…Tune in tomorrow for the facts
By Clint Hendler Feb 12, 2010 at 03:33 PM
If you watched NewsChannel 5’s two night "investigation" last week of allegations of terrorist training at Islamville, a Muslim "compound"... More
Delacorte Lecture with James R. Gaines
Watch Gaines’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Feb 11, 2010 at 11:23 AM
On February 3, 2010, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism hosted James R. Gaines, editor-in-chief of the multimedia online... More
Behind the Veil: Covering Iraq’s Women in Hiding
CJR presents an ongoing video series about the work of investigative reporters
By Center for Investigative Reporting Feb 8, 2010 at 11:42 AM
ABOUT THE SERIES Welcome to The Investigators, an ongoing Web video series produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting highlighting... More
Hearts, Minds, and the Satellite Dish
America’s televised message in the Arab world is dull and poorly managed
By Justin D. Martin Feb 4, 2010 at 11:01 AM
CAIRO—The United States government has on occasion distressed over the nature of TV news in the Arab world and its... More
Comments of the Week
January 25-29, 2010
By The Editors Jan 29, 2010 at 02:56 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Endangered Species
News librarians are a dying breed
By Craig Silverman Jan 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM
When it comes to the layoffs and buyouts that have hit newspapers over the last couple of years, copy editors... More
The Washington Post Scrubs a Post about the Post
And readers would never know
By Clint Hendler Jan 29, 2010 at 07:00 AM
On Wednesday, Bill Turque, the Washington Post’s education beat reporter, posted an excellent blog item showing his readers a little... More
Comments of the Week
January 18-22, 2010
By Kimberly Chou Jan 22, 2010 at 02:00 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Error Prevention Made Easy
Three new applications every journalist should know about
By Craig Silverman Jan 22, 2010 at 12:26 PM
I was reading about political iPhone apps on MediaStyle.ca, a blog maintained by Canadian communications consultant Ian Capstick, when I... More
Is Haiti’s Earthquake a “Game-Changer”?
Probably not in the way that some pundits think
By Henry (Chip) Carey Jan 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM
In the days after Haiti’s earthquake, several observers have expressed hope that the disaster could, ultimately, be a game-changer for... More
“I Can’t Take it Anymore”
A former Haiti-based foreign correspondent on a country in ruins
By Jonah Engle Jan 21, 2010 at 03:03 PM
“Earthquake rocks Port-au-Prince,” read the brief news item. I let out a yell. The first report Tuesday evening mentioned only... More
The Truth Is No Defense
How an op-ed in a Slovenian daily left one American facing a prison sentence
By James Smoot Jan 20, 2010 at 12:12 PM
I was five minutes from my house in Ljubljana, Slovenia when my neighbor called. The police were there looking for... More
Steve Lovelady, Editor
Campaign Desk’s founding editor dies at sixty-six
By Mike Hoyt Jan 20, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Steve Lovelady, who helped launch the Columbia Journalism Review into the digital realm after a stellar career as a serious... More
Repairing Haitian Radio
Internews sends team of specialists, technicians to restore local broadcasting
By Curtis Brainard Jan 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM
With radio and television news outlets crippled by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last week, Internews, an international media... More
Comments of the Week
January 11-15, 2010
By The Editors Jan 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
