Behind the News
Comments of the Week
January 18-22, 2010
By Kimberly Chou Jan 22, 2010 at 02:00 PM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Error Prevention Made Easy
Three new applications every journalist should know about
By Craig Silverman Jan 22, 2010 at 12:26 PM
I was reading about political iPhone apps on MediaStyle.ca, a blog maintained by Canadian communications consultant Ian Capstick, when I... More
Is Haiti’s Earthquake a “Game-Changer”?
Probably not in the way that some pundits think
By Henry (Chip) Carey Jan 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM
In the days after Haiti’s earthquake, several observers have expressed hope that the disaster could, ultimately, be a game-changer for... More
“I Can’t Take it Anymore”
A former Haiti-based foreign correspondent on a country in ruins
By Jonah Engle Jan 21, 2010 at 03:03 PM
“Earthquake rocks Port-au-Prince,” read the brief news item. I let out a yell. The first report Tuesday evening mentioned only... More
The Truth Is No Defense
How an op-ed in a Slovenian daily left one American facing a prison sentence
By James Smoot Jan 20, 2010 at 12:12 PM
I was five minutes from my house in Ljubljana, Slovenia when my neighbor called. The police were there looking for... More
Steve Lovelady, Editor
Campaign Desk’s founding editor dies at sixty-six
By Mike Hoyt Jan 20, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Steve Lovelady, who helped launch the Columbia Journalism Review into the digital realm after a stellar career as a serious... More
Repairing Haitian Radio
Internews sends team of specialists, technicians to restore local broadcasting
By Curtis Brainard Jan 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM
With radio and television news outlets crippled by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last week, Internews, an international media... More
Comments of the Week
January 11-15, 2010
By The Editors Jan 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Every Friday, we excerpt some of the most insightful, articulate, interesting, and entertaining comments we receive each week. Think we’ve... More
Standard of Living
Guillaume Chenevière wants to standardize our approach to quality control
By Craig Silverman Jan 15, 2010 at 11:19 AM
The news executive patiently listened to Guillaume Chenevière’s points, and then explained that, the way he saw it, he had... More
Haiti, on Background
A Haiti expert gives context to the current tragedy
By Henry (Chip) Carey Jan 14, 2010 at 04:01 PM
I have been to Haiti at least yearly for the past two decades, and have spent months working at the... More
The Undercovered Country
Haiti as journalists have known it
By Sam Eifling Jan 14, 2010 at 02:59 PM
Just when cable’s mournful drumbeat led us to think we were of one mind on the tragedy of the Haitian... More
BBC Trust to Review Science Coverage
Outlet’s “accuracy and impartiality” to be scrutinized following criticism
By Curtis Brainard Jan 14, 2010 at 02:25 PM
The BBC Trust—the governing body of the BBC—announced last week that it will review the accuracy and impartiality of the... More
The Haitian Times Heads to Haiti
Brooklyn-based paper ramps up its coverage of the quake
By Alexandra Fenwick Jan 14, 2010 at 02:06 PM
Last night, as he raced down the Van Wyck Expressway toward Kennedy Airport, en route to Haiti with a team... More
Haiti’s Recent History
Was Haiti making gains before the quake hit?
By Greg Marx Jan 14, 2010 at 09:38 AM
The popular image of Haiti can be summed up pretty succinctly: impoverished, unstable, dangerous. Against that familiar backdrop, Tuesday’s devastating... More
Early Earthquake Coverage Roundup
News outlets cover the Haitian earthquake without actually being in Haiti
By Alexandra Fenwick Jan 13, 2010 at 05:12 PM
Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti poses a vexing question for journalists and readers everywhere: If a disaster happens in an under-reported... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
