Behind the News
Salons Under Scrutiny
Examining the ethics of sponsored, off-the-record events
By Greg Marx Jul 10, 2009 at 10:03 AM
“The newsletter’s mailing list is used to draw subscribers to closed-door ‘seminars’ in Washington twice a year at which top... More
How CJR Breaks Bread
Full disclosure on a private event
By The Editors Jul 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Since the Columbia Journalism Review is trying today (in a piece posted here) to sort through distinctions about what is... More
Burger Meister
Meet Kevin Pang, cheeseburger critic for the Chicago Tribune
By Justin Peters Jul 9, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Kevin Pang reviews cheeseburgers for the Chicago Tribune—in print, online, and as the creator and host of a video program... More
Atlantic Editor Bennet on His Magazine’s “Salons”
His thoughts on the salons’ journalistic value, or lack thereof
By Greg Marx Jul 8, 2009 at 08:29 AM
Of all the different threads of the past week’s SalonGate flap, one of the most interesting has been the widely... More
Beach Reading Redux
CJR’s summer reading list for journalists
By The Editors Jul 7, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Recently, we asked readers to recommend a book to members of the journalistic community for their summer vacations. Below, we... More
“This Is America. I Can Ask You Whatever I Want.”
Should journalists be forced to spill reporting info at customs checkpoints?
By John Dinges Jul 7, 2009 at 02:41 PM
Here’s the dilemma. You’re coming back from a reporting trip with notes and documents about, say, U.S. intervention in a... More
Do It Tuesday!
On Jackson’s day, the mice should play
By Megan Garber Jul 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
From: stu@mice_advice.comDate: July 6, 2009 10:32:18 AM EDTTo: clientlist@mice_advice.comSubject: Do It Tuesday! To our valued clients: I apologize for... More
More PitneyGate Fallout?
Press focused on who asked questions at Obama town hall
By Greg Marx Jul 2, 2009 at 03:55 PM
We may, thankfully, be putting Pitneygate behind us. But reading through press coverage of President Obama’s town hall meeting on... More
In (Partial) Defense of Connie Schultz
Jeff Jarvis’s low lob
By Clint Hendler Jul 2, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Like Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz, I am sincerely worried about the future, as the revenue streams dry up... More
Good News, For a Change
Non-profit consortium launches Investigative News Network
By Greg Marx Jul 1, 2009 at 05:57 PM
With the near-daily drip of bleak news about the journalism world (today’s edition: Gannett reportedly plans to cut at least... More
L’Affaire Froomkin, as Told by Froomkin
Froomkin and Rosen on accountability, impartiality, and the dangers of the journalistic lobotomy
By Megan Garber Jun 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM
Jay Rosen calls it "the Froomkin kissoff." Others call it, less colorfully, "l'affaire Froomkin." Many call it politically motivated. Some... More
#Dickwhisperer: A History
The tussle that makes us all look “pathetic”
By Megan Garber Jun 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Twitter, as of yesterday afternoon, has a new a new hashtag: #Dickwhisperer. Nope, not a typo: #Dickwhisperer. This being a... More
Braking News
End breaking-news alerts delivered through e-mail? Not so fast
By Megan Garber Jun 26, 2009 at 05:23 PM
Traditional news got beat yesterday. First, the professional celebrity-stalkers over at TMZ broke the news--a full hour before any other... More
Three Strikes and You’re Fired
When the punishment for factual inaccuracy doesn’t fit the crime
By Craig Silverman Jun 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Matt McCann wasn’t supposed to spend his summer working for St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. For the second... More
The Great American Tweet-Off
Howard Kurtz, media critic, vs. Roland Hedley, “Doonesbury” character
By Richard Wexler Jun 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Can you tell the real reporter from the fictional character, based only on the messages they send on Twitter? The... 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.
