Behind the News

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

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