Behind the News
When some Maine papers call the capitol, there’s no comment
The governor’s office thinks the state’s largest media company does unfair coverage, so officials there will no longer respond to its reporters
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2013 at 06:00 PM
The office of Maine Governor Paul LePage will no longer respond to queries from the state's largest media company, announced... More
Greek judge rules ERT should remain on air
But it hasn’t happened yet
By Alison Langley Jun 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM
A Greek court ruled Monday that the country's public broadcasting network, known as ERT, should remain on air until it... More
Stories I’d like to see
Vetting the Syrian rebels, stock gyrations, A-Rod’s return
By Steven Brill Jun 18, 2013 at 10:20 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Consensus was that ERT needed reforming
“Of course there is corruption at ERT, but that is the fault of the politicians, not the journalists”
By Alison Langley Jun 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
While journalists and advocates continue expressing outrage over the way Greek public broadcaster ERT was closed--it went dark with little... More
Greece closes its public broadcaster
ERT employees are refusing to leave the station and are broadcasting online
By Alison Langley Jun 12, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Journalists and civil society groups across Europe expressed outrage over the Greek government's abrupt closure of its public broadcasting system... More
Extreme weather porn
How much tv weather reporting is news, and how much is just non-contextualized drama?
By Steven Rosenbaum Jun 11, 2013 at 02:00 PM
On ABC World News with Diane Sawyer on June 3, she asked a question that many of us are wondering:... More
The Iran coverage conundrum
As another election approaches, journalists should figure out how to overcome access obstacles to cover the country in greater detail
By Jared Malsin Jun 11, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. And in Iran, elections have consequences. In 1997, a presidential election ushered... More
Stories I’d like to see
Booz Allen’s liability, Europe and the NSA, and Obamacare as stimulus
By Steven Brill Jun 10, 2013 at 04:30 PM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Social media in smaller markets
How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
By Sara Morrison Jun 10, 2013 at 06:56 AM
Rob Fishman's announcement that "the social media editor is dead," prompted plenty of responses, from Adweek to Zombie Journalism and... More
Pew report: digital nonprofits optimistic
The numbers are discouraging, but journalists maintain that their outlets will succeed
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 10, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Despite rather grim numbers, staffers at digital news nonprofits are optimistic about the future of their outlets, according to a... More
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs
A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
By Tanveer Ali Jun 6, 2013 at 11:35 AM
CHICAGO, IL--Pulitzer Prize winner John H. White doesn't think too much of the iPhone as a replacement for him and... More
Newsmodo and the never-ending tour
An Australian startup connects freelance journalists and news organizations
By Lauren Kirchner Jun 5, 2013 at 03:04 PM
When I met Rakhal Ebeli in Manhattan for a coffee at 4pm on a late-May Thursday, I asked him how... More
Stories I’d like to see
More questions for Bloomberg and Angelina Jolie
By Steven Brill Jun 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
ProPublica kickstarts its internship investigation
Investigative journalism site experiments with crowdsourcing and crowdfunding
By Sara Morrison Jun 4, 2013 at 02:50 PM
On May 28, David Dennis wrote in the Guardian that the prevalence of unpaid internships and their increasing role as... More
Notetakers denied Manning trial access
WikiLeaks case officials refuse to release trial transcripts, and crowdfunded stenographers were denied press passes
By Susan Armitage Jun 3, 2013 at 11:28 AM
On the heels of a weekend rally that drew hundreds of supporters to Fort Meade, MD, Pfc. Bradley Manning's trial... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.













