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Morozov, Lanier, and others consider the future of the Internet
By Lauren Kirchner May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
At a tech conference in Lake Tahoe three years ago, Eric Schmidt gave a talk that included a startling statistic.... More
It doesn’t add up
A science writer questions the conventional wisdom of US-born STEM workers
By Beryl Lieff Benderly May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In late February, Christine Miller and Sona Shah went to the Capitol Hill office of Miller's senator, Barbara Mikulski,... More
The natural
Red Smith made it look easy, even when it wasn’t
By Terence Smith May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
"Give us this day our daily plinth," my father, Red Smith, and his pal, Joe Palmer, the racing columnist,... More
Brief encounters
Short reviews of Fighting for the Press and America 1933
By James Boylan May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers and Other Battles | By James C. Goodale |... More
Speaking truth to power as a criminal act
A new documentary looks at the press and democracy implications of punishing whistleblowers
By Susan Armitage Apr 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
In 2007, Franz Gayl, a civilian Marine Corps science advisor, went public with concerns about delays delivering armored vehicles requested... More
James Goodale: It’s a bad time for press freedoms
A Q&A with the former chief counsel to The New York Times
By Susan Armitage Mar 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
James Goodale has a message for journalists: Wake up. In his new book, Fighting for the Press (CUNY Journalism Press,... More
On leaning in
Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, out on March 11, has already provoked much argument
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 4, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is an idealist, or at least an optimist. Lean In, her charming, self-deprecating book that lands... More
Hard lessons
Finding hope in the effort to reform America’s public schools
By Julia M. Klein Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The desperate condition of many of America's urban schools is captured by an anecdote Ron Berler relates near the... More
Holy mess
Lawrence Wright unpacks the mysteries of Scientology
By Lindsay Beyerstein Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In mid-January, The Atlantic, which famously pledged in 1857 to be "the organ of no party or clique," was... More
Fast women
Phileas Fogg had nothing on pioneering female journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland
By Daniel Luzer Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Ah, stunt journalism. where would America's airport bookstores be without it? Let's see if I can read an entire... More
Brief encounters
Short reviews of After Visiting Friends, The Art of Controversy, and Tupelo Man
By James Boylan Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story | By Michael Hainey | Scribner | 306 pages | $26 Robert C. Hainey... More
The journalist and the politician
Former NYT reporter Arthur Krock had a long friendship with Joe Kennedy—and it showed in his coverage
By Eric Alterman Feb 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Arthur Krock, one-time bureau chief and columnist for The New York Times, is an abject lesson in the temporality of... More
Wilderness of Errol
Two heavyweights square off with new works on the Jeffrey MacDonald murder case
By Lindsay Beyerstein Jan 8, 2013 at 03:00 PM
A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald | By Errol Morris | Penguin Press | 544 pages |... More
Motor City madman
Charlie LeDuff dissects his Detroit hometown
By Bill Shea Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In recent years, a journalistic cottage industry has emerged around the collapse of once-vibrant Detroit, the implosion of the... More
Fait inaccompli
Why the world failed to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake
By Justin Peters Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
On March 31, 2010, almost three months after an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, the capital city of the poorest nation... 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)
Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes
Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration’s attacks on press freedoms emerges
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
Court documents in the Kim case reveal how deeply investigators explored the private communications of a working journalist — and raise the question of how often journalists have been investigated as closely as Rosen was in 2010
Reporter deemed ‘co-conspirator’ in leak case
The Reyes affidavit all but eliminates the traditional distinction in classified leak investigations between sources, who are bound by a non-disclosure agreement, and reporters, who are protected by the First Amendment as long as they do not commit a crime
“At some point you have to say, a law that people don’t obey is a bad law”
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.
