Behind the News

Archival Research

New study finds there’s no clear standard for updating or maintaining online news archives

By Craig Silverman   Dec 4, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Of all the requests she’s received to erase information contained in online articles, Kathy English, the public editor of the... More

Bringing It All Back Home

The Washington Post closes its last remaining national bureaus

By Jill Drew   Dec 2, 2009 at 02:24 PM

Beltway politicians and bureaucrats love to generalize about “the American people”—who they are, what they want, how they feel about... More

The Obama Doctrine?

How helpful are last night’s Obama/Bush comparisons? Not very.

By Megan Garber   Dec 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM

In the flurry of reactions to Obama’s Afghanistan speech, we’re seeing a lot pieces like this: “Echoes of Bush in... More

The FTC to the Rescue!

By Diana Dellamere   Dec 1, 2009 at 01:36 PM

The Federal Trade Commission is holding a meeting today and tomorrow on the future of journalism. (No need to re-check... More

AOL’s Assembly Line

Journalism is finally widgetized

By Lisa Anderson   Nov 30, 2009 at 06:25 PM

AOL’s new high-tech method of mass-producing news and other online content raises some interesting questions. The new approach, which will... More

Q&A: Bob Dietz

CPJ’s Asia program coordinator on the killings in the Philippines

By Greg Marx   Nov 24, 2009 at 04:45 PM

A brutal episode in the Philippines has put violence against journalists in headlines across the world. According to press reports,... More

Comments of the Week

November 16-20, 2009

By Sara Germano   Nov 20, 2009 at 05:25 PM

Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More

Sorry, Wrong Number

It’s not OK for journalists to be bad at math

By Craig Silverman   Nov 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM

Every year, Scott Maier, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, asks his students to raise their... More

Heroes and Villains and Literary Geniuses

By Alexandra Fenwick   Nov 20, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Literary critic and CJR's Ideas + Reviews editor, James Marcus, sat down last night for a discussion with author David... More

Everybody’s On Edge

Atlantic, Economist arrive at strikingly similar cover designs

By Greg Marx   Nov 20, 2009 at 08:00 AM

I think half the news sites I read have lately been running a highly irritating ad for The Economist, which... More

Disappearing Act

The East Valley Tribune counts down its final days

By Alexandra Fenwick   Nov 17, 2009 at 01:03 PM

A couple of weeks ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ryan Gabrielson learned that his former employer, the East Valley Tribune... More

Comments of the Week

November 9-13, 2009

By Sara Germano   Nov 13, 2009 at 05:44 PM

Starting today and every Friday, we will be excerpting some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we... More

The Mail

Reviewing recent issues of Written By, the Washington City Paper, and Liberty

By CJR Staff   Nov 13, 2009 at 04:54 PM

People send us their newspapers and magazines. Sometimes, we review them. Written By, October/November 2009 Reading Written By, a bimonthly... More

The “T Word”

A conversation with Dave Miller of the Killeen Daily Herald

By Alexandra Fenwick   Nov 13, 2009 at 09:57 AM

After Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s deadly rampage that killed thirteen people and wounded another thirty at Fort Hood in Texas... More

A Microformat with Major Implications

A vision of automated correction notifications and more

By Craig Silverman   Nov 13, 2009 at 09:41 AM

Imagine this: you visit one of your favorite news sites and the homepage displays a notification that an article you... More