Behind the News
Robot Journalism and the Future of Digital Media
More on Columbia’s new dual degree in journalism and computer science
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 19, 2010 at 02:02 PM
Starting in 2011, Columbia University will be offering a new combined degree between the journalism school and engineering school, which... More
Accuracy and the Average Person
Corrections aren’t just for journalists anymore
By Craig Silverman Apr 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Jeff Jarvis recently wrote a nice post detailing how everyone is now a content creator. Sure, not everyone writes lengthy... More
The Chicago Tribune Walks
Newly unsealed evidence says the paper was never extorted
By Clint Hendler Apr 14, 2010 at 06:42 PM
High above the summit of Chicago’s Tribune Tower, the clouds are clearing and the light is shining through. A just-revealed... More
A Look at CJR’s Past Coverage of Monday’s Pulitzer Prize Winners
Sometimes we totally call it. Sometimes, not so much.
By Alexandra Fenwick Apr 14, 2010 at 11:14 AM
If calling the Pulitzer Prize winners were like picking a Sweet 16 bracket for March Madness, CJR didn’t exactly win... More
Inside the World’s Largest Fact Checking Operation
A conversation with two staffers at Der Spiegel
By Craig Silverman Apr 9, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Late last month, I had an experience unlike any other in my professional life. For two days, I was surrounded... More
Breaking News from the Luncheon Keynoter
The future of news is (brighter than you think; contingent on government subsidies; in Mark Zuckerberg’s hands)
By Steve Daley Apr 6, 2010 at 01:11 PM
First of all, I’d like to thank (Tucker Carlson; Arianna Huffington; that tweedy-looking professor over there) for the opportunity to... More
The Pentagon Papers: A CJR Panel
Video of the recent panel discussion hosted by CJR
By The Editors Apr 5, 2010 at 10:48 AM
The New York Times first printed stories based on the Pentagon’s detailed secret history of the war in Vietnam on... More
Thin Ice
The man behind WikiLeaks has some allegations
By Clint Hendler Apr 1, 2010 at 04:38 PM
It was certainly alarming when Julian Assange, a board member for the secret document sharing site WikiLeaks, alleged in a... More
You’re Reading a Winner
CJR takes the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism
By The Editors Mar 26, 2010 at 11:09 AM
We are happy to report that the Columbia Journalism Review is this year’s winner of the Bart Richards Award for... More
From Gumshoe to Google Wave
Investigative journalism goes multimedia
By Cristine Russell Mar 25, 2010 at 02:53 PM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—While investigative journalism still requires old-school skills like stakeouts, meetings with confidential sources, and painstaking scrutiny of documents obtained... More
Delacorte Lecture with Peggy Northrop
Watch the Reader’s Digest editor’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Mar 22, 2010 at 10:54 AM
On March 10, 2010, Reader's Digest editor-in-chief Peggy Northrop delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of... More
The TAO of Journalism
A seal program promoting transparency, accountability, and openness
By Craig Silverman Mar 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM
It started, as many things do in journalism, with a pen and paper. Close to three years ago at a... More
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
A clip from the recent CJR panel discussion
By The Editors Mar 17, 2010 at 01:41 PM
On March 16, 2010, the Columbia Journalism Review hosted a benefit performance of the play Top Secret: The Battle for... More
Bad News
Howard Rheingold sees a critical need for critical thinking
By Craig Silverman Mar 15, 2010 at 01:14 PM
They went looking for crap, and by golly they found plenty of it. Students in Howard Rheingold’s journalism class at... More
State of the Media, By the Numbers
Seven notable stats from the Pew State of the Media report
By Alexandra Fenwick Mar 15, 2010 at 08:35 AM
The annual State of the Media report by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism was released this... 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 (19)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
