Behind the News
The Undercovered Country
Haiti as journalists have known it
By Sam Eifling Jan 14, 2010 at 02:59 PM
Just when cable’s mournful drumbeat led us to think we were of one mind on the tragedy of the Haitian... More
BBC Trust to Review Science Coverage
Outlet’s “accuracy and impartiality” to be scrutinized following criticism
By Curtis Brainard Jan 14, 2010 at 02:25 PM
The BBC Trust—the governing body of the BBC—announced last week that it will review the accuracy and impartiality of the... More
The Haitian Times Heads to Haiti
Brooklyn-based paper ramps up its coverage of the quake
By Alexandra Fenwick Jan 14, 2010 at 02:06 PM
Last night, as he raced down the Van Wyck Expressway toward Kennedy Airport, en route to Haiti with a team... More
Haiti’s Recent History
Was Haiti making gains before the quake hit?
By Greg Marx Jan 14, 2010 at 09:38 AM
The popular image of Haiti can be summed up pretty succinctly: impoverished, unstable, dangerous. Against that familiar backdrop, Tuesday’s devastating... More
Early Earthquake Coverage Roundup
News outlets cover the Haitian earthquake without actually being in Haiti
By Alexandra Fenwick Jan 13, 2010 at 05:12 PM
Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti poses a vexing question for journalists and readers everywhere: If a disaster happens in an under-reported... More
Comments of the Week
January 4-8, 2010
By The Editors Jan 8, 2010 at 04:53 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Mission: Quality Control
If you’re going to upend the old editorial process, you need to create a new one
By Craig Silverman Jan 8, 2010 at 11:43 AM
At this time last year, I made a few wishes for corrections and accuracy-related developments in 2009. For the most... More
Pyramid Schemes
Newspapers should feel free to go long
By Megan Garber Jan 6, 2010 at 05:40 PM
We are, as a culture, growing ever more informal with each other. Traditional social hierarchies are compressing, and one effect... More
Is Shorter Really Better?
Why all those quotes in newspaper stories are a good thing
By Greg Marx Jan 5, 2010 at 03:46 PM
Michael Kinsley gets in some good shots against easy targets in his new Atlantic piece arguing that newspaper articles are... More
Head Cases
An expanded version of CJR’s Jan/Feb 2010 interview with NYT reporter Alan Schwarz
By Brent Cunningham Jan 5, 2010 at 08:00 AM
In 2007 The New York Times hired Alan Schwarz largely on the basis of his initial freelance reporting for the... More
Best of 2009: Trudy Lieberman
Lieberman picks her top stories from 2009
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 4, 2010 at 02:42 PM
1. The "Baucus Watch" series: Sixteen posts that describe the machinations, in-fighting, and political pressure on the Senate Finance Committee... More
Best of 2009: Alexandra Fenwick
Fenwick picks her top stories from 2009
By Alexandra Fenwick Jan 4, 2010 at 08:00 AM
My two-part interview in November with the former New York Times Shanghai bureau chief, Howard French, on misguided press coverage... More
Best of 2009: The Observatory
Brainard picks The Observatory’s top stories from 2009
By Curtis Brainard Dec 31, 2009 at 09:10 PM
Jan. 13 — Environmental S.W.A.T. Team: 2009 began on a seemingly positive note, with The New York Times pulling a... More
Best of 2009: Ryan Chittum
Chittum picks his top stories from 2009
By Ryan Chittum Dec 31, 2009 at 12:37 PM
1. Audit Interview: Mark Pittman "This is not business journalism’s finest hour. But it is our biggest opportunity ever." 2.... More
Best of 2009: Greg Marx
Marx picks his top stories from 2009
By Greg Marx Dec 30, 2009 at 03:00 PM
The Wrong Stuff This piece was a lot of fun to work on, because it involved doing some reporting to... 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 (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
