Behind the News

Best of 2011: Erika Fry

From Romenesko to rich men, Fry picks her top CJR stories from the past year

By Erika Fry   Dec 29, 2011 at 06:00 AM

Escape from Thailand This was my personal account of fleeing Thailand in 2010—yes, that tropical paradise known as the Land... More

Best of 2011: Joel Meares

From Jerry Brown to James O’Keefe, Meares picks his top CJR stories from the past year

By Joel Meares   Dec 28, 2011 at 06:00 AM

The Cancer Report: I’ve written a fair bit about people who blog through their grief and sickness (not for CJR)... More

Best of 2011: Dean Starkman

The Audit’s head honcho picks his top CJR stories from the past year

By Dean Starkman   Dec 27, 2011 at 01:33 PM

Confidence Game: The limited vision of the news gurus: The landmark 8,000-word essay that upended the future-of-news debate. The Hole... More

Letters Man

Why the letters-to-the-editor section shouldn’t become a forum for flacks

By John Stoehr   Dec 23, 2011 at 02:07 PM

In May 2011, the alt-weekly New Haven Advocate, which I edit, ran a story about the rising cost of rent... More

Best of 2011: Alysia Santo

Santo picks her top CJR stories from the past year

By Alysia Santo   Dec 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Occupy Wall Street’s Media Team: I spent the day walking and talking with the bloggers, livestreamers, and tweeters in the... More

Protecting Journalists in Worldwide Danger Zones

When international protocols fall short

By Natasha Lennard   Dec 22, 2011 at 02:42 PM

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of Security Council Resolution 1738, which obliges nations to... More

The Hole In FON Theory

Continuing the discussion about the future of news with Clay Shirky

By Dean Starkman   Dec 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM

I thank Clay Shirky and other posters for their responses to “Confidence Game: the limited vision of the news... More

The Great Teacher of Journalists: Kim Jong-il

How the Dear Leader was (and was not) like your editor

By Liz Cox Barrett   Dec 20, 2011 at 04:24 PM

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has died. A couple of days, perhaps, after the Dear Leader passed, the state news... More

A Presidential Debate Abroad?

An argument for holding a foreign policy debate in a foreign country

By Justin D. Martin   Dec 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Every fourth fall, more Americans watch presidential debates than just about any other live event in the US but the... More

Univision

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By Justin Peters   Dec 14, 2011 at 03:11 PM

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Reader Reforms

Plagiarizing magazine turns a new page

By Erika Fry   Dec 14, 2011 at 01:56 PM

In October, I wrote about the most ridiculous (and egregious) case of editorial malpractice I’d ever seen. Reader Magazine, of... More

Winter Reading Club

What are some books that journalists should read this winter?

By The Editors   Dec 13, 2011 at 12:44 PM

Every year around this time, we ask our readers to recommend some books that journalists might enjoy reading during the... More

The Truth about Public Untruths

Are journalists and others equipped to beat back the lies?

By Craig Silverman   Dec 2, 2011 at 01:13 PM

What’s to be done with lying liars and the lies they tell journalists and the public? This is a topic... More

James Boylan on Founding CJR: A CJR Podcast

By Clint Hendler   Dec 2, 2011 at 10:25 AM

On the occasion of our fiftieth anniversary, we invited James Boylan, who founded CJR in 1961 when he was thirty-three... More

New York Tries to Defend Journalist Arrests

Flack’s pushback ignores the biggest issue

By Erika Fry   Nov 18, 2011 at 04:33 PM

The Observer’s Megan McCarthy has already covered this matter, but we’d just like to add that this is a really... More