Culture
Participial con-fusion
When possession is the law
By Merrill Perlman Apr 30, 2013 at 06:50 AM
WARNING: Grammar lesson ahead. If you ever knew what a "participle" was, you may have forgotten. Same with the word... More
Natal gazing
Of birth, and being borne
By Merrill Perlman Apr 22, 2013 at 03:00 PM
"I don't know nothing about birthing babies!" Butterfly McQueen told Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind. Those who believe... 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
Collecting Sandy’s stories, one by one
Sandy Storyline is featured in this weekend’s Tribeca Film Festival
By Lauren Kirchner Apr 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Photo Credit: Matt Richter Two men lift a waterlogged piece of furniture up and out of a flooded living... More
TNT’s silly experiment
NBA game with no play-by-play guy? Um, maybe not.
By Robert Weintraub Apr 16, 2013 at 02:55 PM
Late last week, TNT tried an experiment on its weekly national NBA telecast. During the second game of its doubleheader,... More
Writing tics
The optics of metrics
By Merrill Perlman Apr 15, 2013 at 02:51 PM
The mayor's op-ed piece urged action on a regional 911 system, which, among other things, would "provide consistent and transparent... More
Translating public health into media
The Envision conference revealed an ongoing disconnect between policy wonks and storytellers
By Jina Moore Apr 12, 2013 at 03:40 PM
It's 10am, and we're talking about death. Deaths from disease and neglect--deaths the world could prevent, if only for... Name... More
Blame excuses
Where to point the finger
By Merrill Perlman Apr 8, 2013 at 03:43 PM
"Deer Creek blames fire on science experiment," read one headline. "Arsonist blames fire on living conditions," said another. Some people... More
Season openers
Baseball terms and myths
By Merrill Perlman Apr 1, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Major league baseball season gets under way this week, so let's throw out the first ball, left-handed. That's called "southpaw."... More
Unpalatable
A plateful of similar words
By Merrill Perlman Mar 25, 2013 at 03:00 PM
The artists were being praised for their technique in which, the article said, they "use only pallet knives, not brushes."... 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
Worldly goods
Badly needed reminders
By Merrill Perlman Mar 18, 2013 at 03:00 PM
English teachers used to drill into students that they did not "feel good." They "felt well." It was the corollary... More
Covetous
The difference between ‘jealousy’ and ‘envy’
By Merrill Perlman Mar 11, 2013 at 05:42 PM
The pope gets to wear nice red shoes, and a friend said, "I'm really jealous of those!" But, technically, she... More
No sweat on ESPN’s brow
Fox Sports 1 won’t be able to paint itself as the ‘fair and balanced’ alternative
By Robert Weintraub Mar 6, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Terry Bradshaw. Erin Andrews. Tim McCarver. Even Regis Philbin. All the stars in the Fox Sports galaxy gathered Tuesday afternoon... More
Cardinal rules
A real ‘conclave’ is at hand
By Merrill Perlman Mar 4, 2013 at 04:24 PM
Betsy Wade was ecstatic. "At last!" she exclaimed. "For the next few weeks people will be using the word conclave... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
