Behind the News
Eight Simple Rules for Doing Accurate Journalism
Some new, some old, some wonderfully clichéd
By Craig Silverman Sep 16, 2011 at 12:23 PM
It’s a cliché to say clichés exist for a reason. As journalists, we’re supposed to avoid them like the, um,... More
CJR Rewind: Hot Air
Why don’t TV weathermen believe in climate change?
By Charles Homans Sep 15, 2011 at 11:24 AM
This story, which recently won a Science in Society award from the National Association of Science Writers, originally ran in... More
CJR Rewind: Back to the Future
September 11th and the future of journalism
By Andie Tucher Sep 9, 2011 at 02:14 PM
This article, by Andie Tucher, ran in our November 2001 issue. Back in August, when I agreed to write a... More
CJR Rewind: What I Saw On 9-11
“I wanted to record everything.”
By Nicholas Spangler Sep 9, 2011 at 02:07 PM
Ten years ago, on September 11, 2001, Nicholas Spangler was a journalism student covering a primary election in downtown New... More
Calling Out a Source that Lied
The Memphis Commercial Appeal holds Schnucks accountable
By Craig Silverman Sep 9, 2011 at 01:19 PM
As far as official denials go, it was clear and emphatic. Lori Willis, communications director of the Schnucks grocery chain,... More
Q&A: Beware the Gonzo Director Bryan Goluboff
“We want a talisman of these times, even in a digital age.”
By Jennifer Miller Sep 8, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Beware the Gonzo, the directorial debut of Bryan Goluboff (writer of The Basketball Diaries), stars Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, Amy... More
What Might an ‘American World Service’ Look Like?
Building on Lee Bollinger’s call for a BBC-like service from the United States
By Justin D. Martin Sep 6, 2011 at 02:40 PM
It is time for the US to follow the example of other modern democracies and provide citizens with a government-supported,... More
Escape From Thailand
A simple story about plagiarism forced me to flee a country I love
By Erika Fry Sep 2, 2011 at 03:31 PM
Editors’ Note: this is a companion piece to the Darts & Laurels column that appears in the September/October 2011 issues... More
Escape From Thailand
A simple story about plagiarism forced me to flee a country I love
By Erika Fry Sep 2, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Editors’ Note: this is a companion piece to the Darts & Laurels column that appears in the September/October 2011 issue... More
Errors in Anytown, U.S.A.
Academic brings an anonymous newsroom’s corrections practices to light
By Craig Silverman Sep 2, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Last spring, Kirstie Hettinga spent several months working two days a week as an unpaid intern at what she will... More
Haven Bound
A Q&A with Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir
By Alysia Santo Sep 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM
In 2008, Iceland was hit hard by the global financial crisis. Citizen outrage and political unrest followed, sparking a... More
A Victim’s Tale
What it’s like to be on the receiving end of a press error
By Craig Silverman Aug 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Last week was a terrible one for Jon Harris, a librarian at the North Canton Public Library in Ohio. On... More
How to Get Young People Interested in Global News
Why we should emphasize journalism’s role in sparking innovation
By Justin D. Martin Aug 16, 2011 at 03:14 PM
For some time newsmakers and educators have stressed things like “civic duty” and being a “global citizen” in trying to... More
The Russian Reporters Who Helped Topple the USSR
Remembering a brief, shining, twenty-year-old moment
By Ann Cooper Aug 15, 2011 at 04:37 PM
Twenty years ago, on the evening of August 19, 1991, some of the most brazen and important acts of modern-day... More
Schmidle in Secret
New Yorker keeps mum on fact-checking process for bin Laden piece
By Craig Silverman Aug 12, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Amid the discussion and debate about the sourcing and accuracy of Nicholas Schmidle’s lengthy retelling of the Bin Laden raid... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
