Behind the News
Now This News launches an app to grow its global audience
A new mobile and social news service for millennials is evolving
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 9, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Things have been going well for Now This News since a spate of stories in September announced that the video... More
Letter from a Londoner
Mark Thompson must sink his teeth into the Times
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 8, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Journalists at The New York Times are suddenly not feeling so confident about their new chief executive. In the last... More
Stories I’d like to see
Keeping tabs on the Red Cross; Romney’s transition plans; Obama’s next book
By Steven Brill Nov 6, 2012 at 10:35 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Embeddable Sandy content
Google and WNYC created free, shareable media
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM
One of the most useful bits of embeddable content being passed around in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is this... More
Stories I’d like to see
Hurricanes and utilities, keeping Time, and delving into the bureaucracy
By Steven Brill Oct 30, 2012 at 11:05 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Newsrooms’ digital Sandy coverage
Outlets are pulling out all the stops
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 29, 2012 at 05:24 PM
Several big news services have put public service ahead of profit by doing away with their paywalls for the duration... More
CNN says women vote with their hormones
The Twitterverse goes mental
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 26, 2012 at 03:00 PM
It took seven hours of Internet backlash on Wednesday night for the Internet to convince CNN that an article it... More
Appending Larry
Google’s “premature release” spins off another viral meme — and an ethical question
By Sara Morrison Oct 26, 2012 at 02:50 PM
A recent Reuters article on Google's prematurely released earnings report noted that a Twitter parody account was created to mock... More
The universality of health reporting
Lessons from five European journalists
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 26, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Last week 112 journalists and academics from 12 countries met in Athens to talk about health reporting—the nitty-gritty of engaging... More
Journalism ethics in a digital age
A Poynter conference this week provoked good discussion but presupposed an old definition of journalism
By Kira Goldenberg Oct 26, 2012 at 01:13 PM
On Tuesday, in the midst of wonky Poynter conference dialogue about how to reimagine journalism ethics for a digital age,... More
The 4th Estate corrects its numbers
A widely covered infographic released on Thursday didn’t quite get its facts straight
By Teo Soares Oct 26, 2012 at 12:20 PM
That journalism struggles with racial diversity is old news, but a study released on Thursday by The 4th Estate tried... More
Stories I’d like to see
New election economy, voter fraud billboards, NY skyscrapers 2.0
By Steven Brill Oct 25, 2012 at 03:00 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
HuffPost launches a platform for user-generated reporting
“Firsthand” to premiere “a new type of comment”
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
An October 1 editorial from Arianna Huffington announced The Huffington Post’s latest development in user engagement: Firsthand. Developed using a... More
BBC in crisis over a shelved pedophile investigation
Newsnight accused of a coverup after they dropped the case
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM
When it emerged, a year after his death, that popular UK television personality Jimmy Saville may have molested hundreds of... More
Artists from around the world to report for new site
Creative Times Reports will publish dispatches from abroad
By Hazel Sheffield Oct 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM
A new website, Creative Time Reports, gives artists from around the world a platform for commentary and analysis on current... 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.
