Behind the News
Been There, Denounced That
Global mobility helps build awareness of human rights abuses
By Justin D. Martin Feb 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM
CAIRO—In all the excitement over emerging digital technologies, our increasing physical contact with people from other parts of the world... More
What’s Your Hypothesis?
Why my news startup went the for-profit route
By Josh Kalven Feb 18, 2011 at 11:40 AM
CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More
Letter Perfect
Inside Elizabeth Bishop’s forty-year correspondence with The New Yorker
By Jeremy Axelrod Feb 17, 2011 at 03:00 PM
Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence edited by Joelle Biele | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 496... More
Returning to Egyptian Journalists Their Basic Freedoms
Egypt’s new leadership must prioritize media rights
By Justin D. Martin Feb 16, 2011 at 04:40 PM
CAIRO— The revolution in Egypt belongs to brave, stubborn Egyptians who faced down the clubs, gas, and gunfire of Hosni’s... More
“Information Wars” on Al Jazeera English
An all-star panel discusses social media and political revolution
By Lauren Kirchner Feb 14, 2011 at 11:40 AM
On Friday morning, the television in the CJR office was tuned to CNN—and our laptops were tuned to Al Jazeera... More
Anti-Turkishness Law is Anti-Necessary
Turkey should repeal Article 301 of its penal code
By Justin D. Martin Feb 10, 2011 at 01:00 PM
ISTANBUL, TURKEY—I must agree with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman that “Turkey is a country that had me at... More
Did Assange Play Lawyer?
WikiLeaks insider suggests a legal adviser never existed
By Clint Hendler Feb 9, 2011 at 03:35 PM
A recently published book excerpt suggests that “Jay Lim,” an occasional WikiLeaks spokesperson often identified as its legal advisor, was... More
Stock, Flow, and My Entrepreneurial Origin Story
The founder of newsbound.tv steps off the hamster wheel
By Josh Kalven Feb 8, 2011 at 04:23 PM
CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past columns by... More
Unspoken
Foreign correspondents and sexual abuse
By Judith Matloff Feb 8, 2011 at 02:40 PM
This article originally ran in the May/June 2007 issue of CJR. The photographer was a seasoned operator in South Asia.... More
Reporting Lessons for the Next Revolution
Three ways that conflict-zone journalists can always be prepared
By Dan Morrison Feb 8, 2011 at 02:12 PM
I’ve been freelancing in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa since 2003. When the Mubarak regime shut down Egypt’s... More
Strange Eruptions from the WikiLeaks Saga
Bill Keller offers new details on e-mail hacking
By Clint Hendler Feb 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Last night, The Columbia School of Journalism played host to Bill Keller and Alan Rusbridger, the top editors at The... More
Get Together, Newsmakers
Human contact still matters
By Justin D. Martin Feb 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM
ATHENS, GREECE—Over the last seven years I’ve written for nearly forty news publications on four continents, and only once have... More
Indonesian Journalism: Lessons for the U.S.?
New survey takes the pulse of Indonesian media
By Lawrence Pintak Feb 4, 2011 at 11:02 AM
American journalism is, as they say, “in transition.” But while the import of traditional values such as accuracy, balance, and... More
“The iPad is Awesome,” Says iPad Newspaper
And so does Gabrielle Giffords in offensive new Daily story
By Joel Meares Feb 3, 2011 at 01:26 PM
Say what you will about The Daily—and we’ve already thrown our two cents in on the first issue—but there sure... More
From the News Junkie to the Newcomer
Launch pad: Newsbound.tv
By Josh Kalven Feb 1, 2011 at 02:27 PM
CJR’s “Launch Pad” feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Last Tuesday, I... 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.
