Behind the News
Times’s Jill Abramson: Dog Nut, Norse Deity
The profiles are rolling in
By Joel Meares Jun 8, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Almost a week after The New York Times announced that executive editor Bill Keller was stepping down and Jill... More
Cathryn Cronin Cranston
An obituary for CJR’s publisher
By The Editors Jun 7, 2011 at 04:52 PM
The staff of the Columbia Journalism Review is deeply sorry to report the death of our publisher, Cathryn Cranston, who... More
Bill Keller’s Long War Legacy
The defining story of eight years leading the Times.
By Clint Hendler Jun 3, 2011 at 03:32 PM
Bill Keller, who has served as The New York Times’s executive editor since July 2003, is stepping down—and an era... More
Q&A: Joel Simon On CPJ’s “Impunity Index” and Violence Against Journalists
“For a long time, the threat was sort of a badge of honor. ‘Yeah, I got a threat, I must be getting to them.’”
By Joel Meares Jun 3, 2011 at 12:51 PM
On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists released its fourth annual Impunity Index—a ranking of countries determined by the... More
A Look at the Arab Blogosphere
Birth pangs of a new Middle East?
By Bilal Lakhani Jun 1, 2011 at 01:03 PM
Many of the estimated 35,000 bloggers in the Arab world have carved out reputations as online watchdogs on governments, in... More
“Death Panels” Report Reaches Depressing Conclusions
The media is ineffective at dispelling false rumors
By Craig Silverman May 27, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Harold Camping was wrong about the rapture happening this past weekend, but it’s unlikely he’ll ever admit to being wrong... More
What’s So Wrong With ‘Parachute Journalism’?
Nothing, if your ruck is packed with research
By Justin D. Martin May 26, 2011 at 03:23 PM
CAIRO—I’m an avid parachutist, though I’ve never jumped from a plane. A “parachute journalist” is a reporter who drops into... More
How News Ombudsmen Can Make Themselves Essential
Five easy tips for the modern ombud
By Craig Silverman May 20, 2011 at 12:24 PM
What do you tell a room filled with doomed journalists? When invited to deliver a keynote address at this year’s... More
Two Tone Deaf Defenses of Strauss-Kahn
By Joel Meares May 17, 2011 at 04:08 PM
There has, admittedly, been a sort of assumption of guilt from the media in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair—the brutal... More
Why Law and Journalism Schools Need to Work Together
To give reporters the legal assistance they need
By Craig A. Newman May 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM
It began with a phone call asking for help. A reporter friend in New York needed to see some sealed... More
Notes on Faked Photos
Bin Laden’s death shows the possibilities for manipulation are endless
By Craig Silverman May 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Consider three images from the last couple of weeks: 1. President Barack Obama finishes his address announcing the killing of... More
An Economic Case for More Women in Global Journalism
Gender inequality isn’t just a social issue
By Justin D. Martin and Dalia Abbas May 10, 2011 at 01:35 PM
CAIRO—In the last decade, gender rights advocates have, to notable success, made the argument that welcoming women into workforces and... More
“Obama Osama bin Laden Is Dead”
The Osama/Obama error is an international phenomenon
By Craig Silverman May 6, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Of all the mistaken headlines, verbal gaffes, and erroneous tweets that resulted from the Sunday announcement that Osama Bin Laden... More
A Tight Deadline, 4,000 Words, Then Ten Years of Waiting
A Q&A with Kate Zernike, Osama bin Laden’s obituarist for the NYT
By Lauren Kirchner May 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM
When the news of Osama bin Laden’s death broke on Sunday night, every night editor’s dream—or nightmare—came true at The... More
How State-Funded TV Stations Covered the Osama News
A look at Russia Today, Press TV, France 24, and others
By Linette Lopez May 5, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Around the world, state-funded satellite TV stations—like Russia Today (RT), Iran’s Press TV, China’s CCTV, France 24 and Al Jazeera—are... 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?
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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.
