Behind the News
HuffPost Live Launches
It’s about conversations rather than citizen journalism, says founding editor Roy Sekoff
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 13, 2012 at 05:11 PM
When Huffington Post Live launched on Monday morning, its founding editor, Roy Sekoff, quickly found reasons to be proud of... More
Media restrictions tighten in Ethiopia
One of the last remaining independent newspapers was recently shuttered by the government
By Mohammed Ademo Aug 13, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Government charges against one of Ethiopia’s last remaining independent newspaper editors on Friday and a recent forced shutdown of that... More
Covering the Sinai Peninsula
As the need for information grows, so do the reporting risks
By Jared Malsin Aug 10, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Armed assailants killed 16 Egyptian soldiers waiting to break the day’s Ramadan fast in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday. The... More
A tale of two Finkes
Deadline Hollywood doyenne Nikki Finke is not amused by the fake Twitter account in her name
By Sara Morrison Aug 9, 2012 at 08:44 PM
The real Nikki Finke (@NikkiFinke) is the founder and editor in chief of Deadline Hollywood, a website that has become,... More
I tweet therefore I can
Whose job is it to make sure tweeters stay within the law?
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Twitter now boasts 140 million active users, many of whom have used the social messaging service in the last two... More
‘Open’ in the age of live tweeting
How UNITY 2012’s student newsroom taught NAHJ a lesson about social media
By Sara Morrison Aug 7, 2012 at 03:53 PM
A routine board meeting became the biggest story of last week's UNITY convention after the National Association of Hispanic Journalists... More
Breaking news: This minority group is different
There are many times that journalists can cover non-mainstream communities, not just during a crisis
By Tanveer Ali Aug 7, 2012 at 02:50 PM
One thing evident about the coverage of the Sikh Temple shooting in Wisconsin on Sunday that left seven dead, including... More
The AP’s North Korea bureau
Yep, they’ve had one, based in the country’s capital, for seven months
By Hazel Sheffield Aug 2, 2012 at 11:00 AM
North Korea was just two weeks out of a national period of mourning the death of Kim Jong-il in January... More
Daily News front page splash ‘flat wrong,’ says NBC
Reports that Today Show anchor Hoda Kotb was being flown into London to boost ratings are false, the network claims
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 31, 2012 at 05:02 PM
The New York Daily News was quick to splash Tuesday’s front page with news that NBC’s Hoda Kotb was being... More
The British media after Leveson
Editors say more regulation could cripple the UK press
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 30, 2012 at 03:27 PM
If public outcry against alleged phone hacking sparked the Leveson Inquiry, the government-led investigation into ethics in the British press,... More
New Orleans gets a new Reporter
NewOrleansReporter.org is one of several news initiatives that will pick up the slack in a post-daily Picayune world
By Sara Morrison Jul 30, 2012 at 12:30 PM
News-hungry New Orleanians, take heart: The hole in the city's news scene the cuts to the Times-Picayune's newsroom and print... More
A new Patch?
AOL’s hyperlocal startup is building something new, but the details remain closely guarded
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 26, 2012 at 05:08 PM
At AOL’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Tim Armstrong hinted that changes are afoot for Patch, the hyperlocal news... More
A big week for the British press
Rupert Murdoch resigns, Leveson Inquiry closes, UK journalists charged
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 25, 2012 at 02:36 PM
Rupert Murdoch’s recent resignation from the boards of his UK newspapers seems, at first glance, like a dramatic move to... More
The Muslim Brotherhood’s post-uprising TV station
New since the regime change last year, Misr25 is navigating the line between coverage and advocacy
By Jared Malsin Jul 25, 2012 at 06:50 AM
CAIRO, EGYPT — The Muslim Brotherhood’s year-old television station, Misr25, broadcasts from a building in Egypt’s Media Production City, a... More
Are journalists being too harsh to Tablet?
The Jewish online magazine made a mistake. Should that overshadow everything else it’s accomplished?
By Sara Morrison Jul 24, 2012 at 03:50 PM
In the TV series Breaking Bad, a science teacher’s terminal cancer diagnosis prompts him to cook meth to make as... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
