Behind the News
Burger Meister
Meet Kevin Pang, cheeseburger critic for the Chicago Tribune
By Justin Peters Jul 9, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Kevin Pang reviews cheeseburgers for the Chicago Tribune—in print, online, and as the creator and host of a video program... More
Atlantic Editor Bennet on His Magazine’s “Salons”
His thoughts on the salons’ journalistic value, or lack thereof
By Greg Marx Jul 8, 2009 at 08:29 AM
Of all the different threads of the past week’s SalonGate flap, one of the most interesting has been the widely... More
Beach Reading Redux
CJR’s summer reading list for journalists
By The Editors Jul 7, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Recently, we asked readers to recommend a book to members of the journalistic community for their summer vacations. Below, we... More
“This Is America. I Can Ask You Whatever I Want.”
Should journalists be forced to spill reporting info at customs checkpoints?
By John Dinges Jul 7, 2009 at 02:41 PM
Here’s the dilemma. You’re coming back from a reporting trip with notes and documents about, say, U.S. intervention in a... More
Do It Tuesday!
On Jackson’s day, the mice should play
By Megan Garber Jul 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
From: stu@mice_advice.comDate: July 6, 2009 10:32:18 AM EDTTo: clientlist@mice_advice.comSubject: Do It Tuesday! To our valued clients: I apologize for... More
More PitneyGate Fallout?
Press focused on who asked questions at Obama town hall
By Greg Marx Jul 2, 2009 at 03:55 PM
We may, thankfully, be putting Pitneygate behind us. But reading through press coverage of President Obama’s town hall meeting on... More
In (Partial) Defense of Connie Schultz
Jeff Jarvis’s low lob
By Clint Hendler Jul 2, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Like Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz, I am sincerely worried about the future, as the revenue streams dry up... More
Good News, For a Change
Non-profit consortium launches Investigative News Network
By Greg Marx Jul 1, 2009 at 05:57 PM
With the near-daily drip of bleak news about the journalism world (today’s edition: Gannett reportedly plans to cut at least... More
L’Affaire Froomkin, as Told by Froomkin
Froomkin and Rosen on accountability, impartiality, and the dangers of the journalistic lobotomy
By Megan Garber Jun 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM
Jay Rosen calls it "the Froomkin kissoff." Others call it, less colorfully, "l'affaire Froomkin." Many call it politically motivated. Some... More
#Dickwhisperer: A History
The tussle that makes us all look “pathetic”
By Megan Garber Jun 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Twitter, as of yesterday afternoon, has a new a new hashtag: #Dickwhisperer. Nope, not a typo: #Dickwhisperer. This being a... More
Braking News
End breaking-news alerts delivered through e-mail? Not so fast
By Megan Garber Jun 26, 2009 at 05:23 PM
Traditional news got beat yesterday. First, the professional celebrity-stalkers over at TMZ broke the news--a full hour before any other... More
Three Strikes and You’re Fired
When the punishment for factual inaccuracy doesn’t fit the crime
By Craig Silverman Jun 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Matt McCann wasn’t supposed to spend his summer working for St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. For the second... More
The Great American Tweet-Off
Howard Kurtz, media critic, vs. Roland Hedley, “Doonesbury” character
By Richard Wexler Jun 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Can you tell the real reporter from the fictional character, based only on the messages they send on Twitter? The... More
Experimental Tweets
Is Twitter enhancing the relationship between science journalists and their readers, or coming between them?
By Sanhita Reddy Jun 22, 2009 at 05:38 PM
While Twitter’s role in the coverage of the election in Iran has been heavily publicized, the social platform has also... More
140, One Million
Notes from the 140 Characters Conference: if “journalism is a battle,” what’s the fighting about?
By Joshua Young Jun 19, 2009 at 05:22 PM
Robert Scoble, the man with the quickest laugh in the room, any room, strode up on stage, triumphant. He grinned... 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.
