Behind the News
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
Standard of Living
Guillaume Chenevière wants to standardize our approach to quality control
By Craig Silverman Jan 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM
The news executive patiently listened to Guillaume Chenevière’s points, and then explained that, the way he saw it, he had... More
Haiti, on Background
A Haiti expert gives context to the current tragedy
By Henry (Chip) Carey Jan 14, 2010 at 04:01 PM
I have been to Haiti at least yearly for the past two decades, and have spent months working at the... More
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
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
