Behind the News
Homicide Watch revs back up
Kickstarter cash in hand, the site will restart this fall as a student-reporting project
By Brent Cunningham Sep 11, 2012 at 12:32 PM
College students who want to learn crime reporting, 21st-century style, from two pioneers of the genre should get their résumés... More
Stories I’d like to see
Tracking the battleground wars
By Steven Brill Sep 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
What I saw on 9/11
“I wanted to record everything”
By Nicholas Spangler Sep 10, 2012 at 03:30 PM
On September 11, 2001, Nicholas Spangler was a journalism student covering a primary election in downtown New York. He heard... More
Stories I’d like to see
Polling the power of campaign lies, security ideas for 9/11′s 11th, stimulus stories
By Steven Brill Sep 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
How journalists helped stabilize a new Colombia
Overcoming mountains and militias
By Justin D. Martin Aug 29, 2012 at 11:13 AM
BOGOTA, Colombia—Here are two headlines from two decades apart: A headline 20 years ago in the Milwaukee Journal—Who’s in charge:... More
Stories I’d like to see
How would a woman “prove” rape to qualify for Romney’s abortion exception?
By Steven Brill Aug 28, 2012 at 10:52 AM
In the wake of the Todd Akin firestorm, Mitt Romney and a flip-flopping Paul Ryan have emphasized that their anti-choice... More
Pasadena publisher launches a system for outsourcing local news
“I’m looking for individuals I can pay a lower rate to do a lot of work,” says Journtent founder James Macpherson
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 27, 2012 at 02:47 PM
A publisher in Pasadena, CA, who said he received death threats when he started hiring workers in India to write... More
Zenawi’s legacy and the future of free press in Ethiopia
The architect of press-squelching laws is gone, but his policies seem to be thriving
By Mohammed Ademo Aug 25, 2012 at 04:08 PM
Ethiopia’s new rulers waited just one day after the death of dictator Meles Zenawi was announced to confirm that little... More
Fake military news site gains traction
The Duffel Blog is becoming a satirical support source for soldiers
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 23, 2012 at 03:00 PM
When a former Marine started writing Onion-style stories on the satirical military news site he launched in March, he had... More
Pomp and circumstance: How do Americans see the Brits?
Two American correspondents tell how they explain British idiosyncrasies
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM
It took the Olympics to prove it: Britain might as well be Middle Earth to most Americans. Only that could... More
The latest on Slatest
Slate’s news aggregation blog’s revamp goes for quality over quantity
By Sara Morrison Aug 21, 2012 at 11:15 AM
There’s a new Slatest in town: the third version of Slatest, Slate's aggregated news blog, launched Monday. Though some Slatest... More
Stories I’d like to see
Fareed Zakaria’s “mistake”
By Steven Brill Aug 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Local news sites form new trade association
“We are the future” says LION chairman Dylan Smith
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 20, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Next month, at the annual Block by Block conference for local news sites, around 100 independent publishers will celebrate... More
Profits vs. patients: The Tampa Bay Times complicates a story
The truth in medical disputes can be hard to find
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 20, 2012 at 11:32 AM
The Tampa Bay Times, formerly known as The St. Petersburg Times, deserves a shout-out for jumping on the local angle... More
The Red and Black debacle
An alumna of the University of Georgia’s student paper weighs in on the battle between student editors and the board
By Andria Krewson Aug 19, 2012 at 07:40 AM
Mid-week at the University of Georgia at Athens, where I went to undergraduate journalism school, a group of top editors... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
Fearless British mother who talked down Woolwich terrorists
“It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose”
7 questions for President Obama
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
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.
