Behind the News
The word on the street: insecure
Listening to voters in Omaha’s Old Market
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Last week I found myself in Omaha, at the city’s Old Market, hoping to visit with some of the locals... More
Stories I’d like to see
Spy vs. spy at NYU, troop suicides, NYSE-Nasdaq wars
By Steven Brill Jun 12, 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
The superintendent’s racy emails
Exposé or overexposure: Where’s the public-private line?
By Erika Fry Jun 11, 2012 at 03:45 PM
In early May, Nancy Sebring, the superintendent of the Des Moines public school system, abruptly resigned; her resignation was accepted... More
What was CNN Money thinking?
A Q&A on retirement issues sows confusion
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 8, 2012 at 07:00 AM
It’s hard to say what was the point of CNN Money’s latest contribution to the retirement debate. The site's Q&A... More
A superb expose about an unsafe medical device
The OC Register lays bare a lax approval system that hurts patients
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 7, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Tony Saavedra and Courtney Perkes, reporters for The Orange County Register, deserve a laurel for their superb piece about harmful... More
New Orleans and the future of news
Media policy matters, and journalists ought to weigh in
By Josh Stearns Jun 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Last week’s announcement that the New Orleans Times-Picayune would be slashing its staff and cutting its print run to just... More
Award celebrates book-length journalism
The Helen Bernstein Award was accompanied by talk of investigative journalism’s future
By Peter Sterne Jun 6, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Investigative journalists and their fans gathered at the New York Public Library’s flagship 42nd Street branch on Tuesday night to... More
The Sometimes Picayune
Want to damage New Orleans (again)? Decimate its newspaper
By Harry Shearer Jun 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Here, for your reading pleasure, are two familiar cliches: 1. New Orleans is a unique city. 2. The newspaper business... More
Stories I’d like to see
Old money, Yankee bunts, battling for veterans’ health insurance contracts
By Steven Brill Jun 5, 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
Scandinavian public media fight for their right to grow
Potential regulatory changes spell an uncertain future
By Lauren Kirchner May 31, 2012 at 03:11 PM
From cuts to controversies, NPR and PBS haven’t had an easy time of it lately. Indeed, the news last month... More
WaPo must transform to survive
Clay Shirky disputes The Audit’s take on the Washington Post’s financial future
By Clay Shirky May 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Ryan Chittum's "The Washington Post Co.'s Self-Destructive Course" is a blistering attack on the paper's management of its journalistic mission... More
Denmark launches new public radio network
Radio24syv hopes to challenge old stalwart DR
By Lauren Kirchner May 30, 2012 at 03:00 PM
On a Friday afternoon in November, Denmark’s latest experiment in public broadcasting had only been up and running for two... More
On Journatic, and making it in Hyperlocalville
Success depends on the company bringing Tribune a savings/quality balance, says Patch’s former editor in chief
By Brian Farnham May 29, 2012 at 11:03 AM
In late April, a six-year-old digital startup called Journatic struck a deal with a 165-year-old newspaper company to take over... More
Stories I’d like to see
The Kennedys and Caro, Facebook IPO suits, the Edwards trial judge
By Steven Brill May 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
It’s 2012 already: why is opinion writing still mostly male?
Byline counts are better, but not much. How come?
By Erika Fry May 29, 2012 at 06:50 AM
“Man. Man. Man. Man. Man. Man.” I had Sue Horton, the Op-ed and Sunday opinion editor at the Los... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
