Behind the News
Comments of the Week
March 8-12, 2010
By The Editors Mar 12, 2010 at 07:59 PM
At the end of each week, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we’ve received... More
Le Nouvelliste Returns
Haiti’s oldest newspaper comes back to life
By Betwa Sharma and Mohammad Al-Kassim Mar 12, 2010 at 11:35 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti’s oldest newspaper, Le Nouvelliste, is reviving gradually. The publication was out of action for more than a... More
Zonied Out
Adam Klawonn tried everything to make his journalism startup succeed. It wasn’t enough.
By Alexandra Fenwick Mar 11, 2010 at 04:17 PM
In 2006, Adam Klawonn cashed out his newspaper job vacation pay to reinvent himself as a digital journalist. He bought... More
“Rejuvenating American Journalism”
What the FTC will hear today from Robert McChesney
By The Editors Mar 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Among those who care about serious journalism, some are counting on an economic comeback that will bring sufficient media advertising... More
Delacorte Lecture with Adam Pitluk
Watch the American Way editor’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Mar 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM
On February 24, 2010, American Way editor Adam Pitluk delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School of... More
Comments of the Week
March 1-5, 2010
By The Editors Mar 7, 2010 at 05:39 PM
At the end of each week, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we’ve received... More
Meet Retracto
Introducing Andrew Breitbart’s “correction alpaca”
By Craig Silverman Mar 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Andrew Breitbart is well on his way to building an online media empire to call his own. I’d call him... More
Press Forward: Authority and Credibility
The latest entries in CJR’s “Press Forward: Dialogues on the Future of News” series
By The Editors Mar 4, 2010 at 06:37 PM
Who Says - Megan Garber on narrative authority in a fragmented world Trust Falls – Justin Peters on lessons from... More
The Perils of Reporting from Gaza
Gaza journalists hopeful that press freedoms will persist
By Ashley Bates Mar 4, 2010 at 11:49 AM
On February 14 in the Gaza Strip, Hamas arrested Paul Martin, a British documentary filmmaker, on suspicions that Martin had... More
The Atlantic Tweaks its Web Redesign
The site responds to complaints from its readers—and its own bloggers
By Alexandra Fenwick Mar 2, 2010 at 04:55 PM
At 1 a.m. last Friday, TheAtlantic.com rolled out a much-anticipated new redesign. By 4 p.m. Monday, the redesign had already... More
Delacorte Lecture with Chris Dixon
Watch the New York art director’s Delacorte Lecture here
By The Editors Mar 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM
On February 17, 2010, New York art director Chris Dixon delivered a Delacorte Lecture at the Columbia University Graduate School... More
Carlson Calling
Tucker Carlson talks about his new online enterprise
By Greg Marx Mar 2, 2010 at 08:00 AM
Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson’s already long and varied journalistic résumé added a new entry: Web impresario. In January, the... More
Magazines and Their Web Sites
A Columbia Journalism Review survey and report
By Victor Navasky with Evan Lerner Mar 1, 2010 at 12:01 PM
CJR recently conducted a survey of standards and practices at magazine Web sites. The full report can be viewed here.... More
Comments of the Week
February 22-26, 2010
By The Editors Feb 26, 2010 at 04:57 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we’ve received that week. Think we’ve... More
The Counter-Plagiarism Handbook
Tips for writers and editors on how to avoid or detect journalistic plagiarism
By Craig Silverman Feb 26, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Last week, I examined why news organizations aren’t using plagiarism detection services to root out literary thieves. Technology has a... 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.
