Behind the News
Good Times
Executive Editor Jill Abramson spoke on the state of the paper
By Kira Goldenberg Jan 25, 2013 at 12:56 PM
Jill Abramson had a cold. Her throat constantly required water and lozenges, and it was impossible, for someone who never... More
The Forward relaunches its Yiddish site
The paper goes digital-first in February
By Hazel Sheffield Jan 25, 2013 at 08:00 AM
The 116-year-old, Yiddish-language edition of The Forward is scaling back its print operations from weekly to biweekly to redirect resources... More
Stories I’d like to see
The next terrorist attack, Obama’s Medicare cuts, and the gun lobby
By Steven Brill Jan 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Smith-Mundt reform: In with a whimper?
It’s now legal to broadcast Voice of America stateside, but few seem to notice
By Emily T. Metzgar Jan 21, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Last spring, there was a spate of commentary about Congressional efforts to relax the domestic dissemination ban on content produced... More
ChinaFile launches in February
A new online magazine seeks to give “texture” to China coverage
By Hazel Sheffield Jan 17, 2013 at 11:12 AM
A new online magazine focusing on China is launching on February 5. ChinaFile, currently available in beta, was founded by... More
New gun laws restrict press access
In all this debate over the Second Amendment, they may be compromising the First
By Sara Morrison Jan 16, 2013 at 06:15 PM
On Tuesday, New York state governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a gun control bill that includes provisions to keep... More
German bill would charge for aggregation
The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
By Alison Langley Jan 16, 2013 at 12:38 PM
News aggregators and search engines in Germany will be required to pay publishers a fee for using their content—even snippets,... More
Gun permit data wasn’t maximized
The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
By Susan McGregor Jan 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM
In the weeks since the Journal News's publication of a controversial interactive map of gun permit holders' addresses in Westchester... More
Patch aims for profitability, shifts platforms
The company president spoke of his goals for the year at Street Fight Summit
By Kira Goldenberg Jan 15, 2013 at 09:12 PM
Patch hopes that all 903 of its hyperlocal news sites will be profitable by the end of 2013, and that... More
Financial reporting, for pros and the public
A panel of top financial journalists consider their true audience
By Peter Sterne Jan 15, 2013 at 04:30 PM
Do business journalists write for professional traders or for the general public? That was one of the main questions in... More
In hyperlocal, ‘success’ is subjective
A Street Fight Summit panel of digital journalists dished about their triumphs and concerns
By Kira Goldenberg Jan 15, 2013 at 03:49 PM
The panel just before lunch at Tuesday’s Street Fight Summit, a two-day conference dedicated to all things hyperlocal, was on... More
Stories I’d like to see
A working legislature, post informant life and Wal-Mart’s guns
By Steven Brill Jan 15, 2013 at 11:06 AM
In his “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Local California news site sues county sheriff
Lake County News believes it is suffering discrimination
By Hazel Sheffield Jan 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
A local news site in Lake County, CA, is suing the sheriff there for discrimination. Elizabeth Larson and John Jensen,... More
AP turns to Twitter and restaurant receipts
Unconventional revenue strategies in the wake of new year’s member losses
By Sara Morrison Jan 11, 2013 at 07:54 PM
The AP rolled out two unconventional money-generating strategies this week: It sold advertising in its Twitter feed and cut a... More
Al Jazeera in America
With its purchase of Current TV, the broadcaster has wide access to the American market for the first time. But will audiences come?
By Vivian Salama Jan 9, 2013 at 03:13 PM
Al Jazeera Media Network, the Qatar-based channel once described by the George W. Bush administration as a “terror network,” announced... 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.
