Cloud Control
Reporting, or illegal hacking
Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
By Sarah Laskow Jun 13, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The team at Scripps Howard News Service didn't use any tools that aren't used in newsrooms across the country in... More
Lessons for journos in the NSA revelations
Anyone wishing to keep communications private will need to take additional steps to protect them
By Susan McGregor Jun 7, 2013 at 03:35 PM
In the second such revelation in less than a month, on Wednesday the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald released a copy of... More
Fair game
A new set of principles aims to help journalists improve their understanding of fair use
By Sarah Laskow Jun 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM
News breaks. A crime, an accident, a natural disaster. The newsroom starts gathering information, and among the sources reporters and... More
UK considers stepping up Internet blocking
Home secretary Theresa May wants to prevent more “radicalization”
By Alison Langley Jun 3, 2013 at 04:27 PM
Should governments block websites that spread hardline ideology but don't explicitly advocate violence--like the ones likely read by the Tsarnaev... More
What the government isn’t telling us
The Declassification Engine is a new project using statistical and machine learning to help reveal secrets
By Sarah Laskow May 31, 2013 at 06:50 AM
You probably haven't heard of "Operation Boulder," a Nixon-era program that scrutinized the activities of Arab Americans and profiled visa... More
Copyright 101.2
How CopyrightX managed to convince hundreds of online students to stick with a course on copyright law
By Sarah Laskow May 21, 2013 at 02:56 PM
CopyrightX, an online course run out of Harvard this spring as part of the EdX program, was unusual in a... More
Anything but dull
The House kicks off its review of copyright by finding out how limited agreement about the law is
By Sarah Laskow May 17, 2013 at 04:09 PM
Rep. Howard Coble knows the reputation of intellectual property law--that it is dull and boring. But at a Congressional hearing... More
AP phone records seizure reveals telecom’s risks for journalists
What is constitutionally protected, and what isn’t
By Susan McGregor May 15, 2013 at 04:20 PM
Many journalists may be shocked by Monday's revelation that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) used a subpoena to obtain... More
Digital Public Library of America wants to lend copyrighted works
The DPLA launched last month offering access to public-domain materials, but founders want to expand its purview
By Sarah Laskow May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Last month, the Digital Public Library of America introduced its discovery portal to the Internet. It invited users in, to... More
And that’s the way it was: April 30, 1993
“WorldWideWeb” software enters the public domain
By Sarah Laskow Apr 30, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In 1993, computer users all over the world were still working out how best to share information over the Internet.... More
Google vs Brazil
Why Brazil heads up Google’s list of takedown requests
By Sarah Laskow Apr 29, 2013 at 06:55 AM
In 2009, Google started releasing some basic information twice a year about the takedown requests it receives from governments around... More
Google’s privacy policy scrutinized in Europe
A six-country investigation could have worldwide ramifications
By Alison Langley Apr 17, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Six European countries are stepping up the heat on Google to comply with the continent's strict privacy policies, a year... More
Making Internet politics personal
Activists put a face on acronyms like SOPA, PIPA, and CFAA
By Sarah Laskow Apr 16, 2013 at 06:50 AM
If you start looking for images to illustrate the fight last year over the Stop Online Piracy Act and the... More
Privacy and the right to know
Does the fact that information is publicly available mean news outlets should use it?
By Sarah Laskow Apr 10, 2013 at 02:50 PM
At the Deadline Club's panel on privacy and the right to know on Tuesday, the discussion began with guns and... More
Copyright’s new ‘new law’
Maria Pallante’s vision for copyright reform
By Sarah Laskow Apr 5, 2013 at 02:50 PM
In the world that Maria Pallante, the US Register of Copyrights, inhabits, people sometimes call the Copyright Act of 1976... 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?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
