Behind the News
Hats Off to Larry
Larry King Live takes a dramatic, emotional look at the execution of the D.C. sniper
By Don Terry Nov 11, 2009 at 05:31 PM
Thank you, Larry King, for delivering—to borrow a phrase—a fair and balanced program Tuesday night on the execution of the... More
A Note on the Paper’s Ongoing Redesign
“Our new redesign will (enhance our newsstand appeal; revitalize our brand; give Dear Abby the front-page presence she deserves)”
By Steve Daley Nov 11, 2009 at 01:37 PM
To: All Hands From: The Executive Editor Re: The Redesign The continuing controversy over (the size of the weather map;... More
MinnPost Turns Two
A brief conversation with Joel Kramer
By Jill Drew Nov 9, 2009 at 03:02 PM
Those agonizing over the future of local news may take heart at the success of MinnPost.com, the online news site... More
The Dangers of Disaster Reporting
A job that’s fraught with professional and emotional pitfalls
By Lisa Anderson Nov 6, 2009 at 04:57 PM
By now, members of the national press have descended on Fort Hood, Texas to tell the story of the worst... More
Truth or Consequences
“We need more journalists who will bleed over their mistakes”
By Craig Silverman Nov 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Henry Allen should not have punched Washington Post colleague Manuel Roig-Franzia in the face in the newsroom last week. That’s... More
Fort Hood: A First Test for Twitter Lists
In the aftermath of violence, lists suggest the benefits of collaboration
By Megan Garber Nov 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Journalism and curation—it’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine where the one ends and the other begins. The chicken/egg relationship between... More
Contra Iran
Looking back at media coverage of the Iranian Hostage Crisis, thirty years later
By Jordan Michael Smith Nov 4, 2009 at 09:22 AM
Thirty years ago today, Iranian students invaded the United States embassy in Tehran and captured seventy-one American diplomats, keeping fifty-three... More
Learning from Our Mistakes
Journalists must embrace their errors in order to avoid them in the future
By Craig Silverman Oct 30, 2009 at 11:16 AM
They were guaranteed to fail. Participants in a psychological study were asked trivia questions and told to offer their best... More
FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media”
Beliefnet founder to make policy recommendations to ensure “a vibrant media landscape”
By Megan Garber Oct 29, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Steven Waldman, veteran journalist and co-founder of Beliefnet, has been tapped by the FCC to lead an agency-wide initiative designed... More
“Not Here This Year”
Despite numerous setbacks, National Conference of Editorial Writers goes on
By Richard Benfield Oct 28, 2009 at 10:56 AM
The sixty-third annual convention of editorial writers could hardly have met at a worse time. Only a few days earlier,... More
Man About Town
Meet Kery Murakami, founder of the Seattle PostGlobe
By Justin Peters Oct 27, 2009 at 01:31 PM
Kery Murakami, reluctant news entrepreneur, is the founder of the Seattle PostGlobe, a nonprofit Web startup that provides reported news... More
Speed Demons
Press-conference pranksters reopen the “speed vs. accuracy” debate
By Craig Silverman Oct 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM
The scene that unfolded in the John Peter Zenger Room at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. earlier this... More
Howard Kurtz, Missing in Action
Fox vs. the White House: Where’s Howie?
By Michael Massing Oct 22, 2009 at 09:18 AM
Howard Kurtz scored a coup on his CNN show “Reliable Sources” two Sundays ago when White House communications director Anita... More
‘Salon’ Saga Continues at the Post
By Greg Marx Oct 19, 2009 at 08:51 AM
If you’ve been enjoying a weekend-induced news hiatus, you’ve missed some strange developments in the Washington Post “salon” story. Here’s... More
Balloon Boy Takes Flight
Some magazine covers that will soon be among us
By Megan Garber Oct 16, 2009 at 05:03 PM
So the bizarre, twist-and-turn-laden balloon "flight" of six-year-old Falcon Heene yesterday Captivated The Nation…by which we mean, of course, that... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
