Culture
‘Scare’ tactics
Quotes around single words
By Merrill Perlman Jan 28, 2013 at 03:00 PM
It's Journalism 101: go out and talk to people, then write down what they say. If you can't quote it... More
Why do evangelicals talk to journalists?
They know they may be depicted unsympathetically, but any chance to spread the Word is worth taking
By Abby Ohlheiser Jan 24, 2013 at 04:00 PM
Not all beats are created equal, but two in particular -- obviously, the ones I like the best -- have... More
Disappointing Deadspin
It broke the Manti Te’o story, but then stopped reporting and resumed trashing
By Scott Berinato Jan 23, 2013 at 03:00 PM
When Deadspin broke the story last week that Notre Dame star Manti Te'o's inspirational narrative of a girlfriend who died... More
Little big, man
Small changes, big effects
By Merrill Perlman Jan 22, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Sometimes, it's the little things that count. Little things like whether to use "a" or "the," for example, or whether... More
Being good isn’t enough
The sports media needed Manti Te’o to have a compelling back story
By Robert Weintraub Jan 17, 2013 at 04:53 PM
Just how much confirmation does a reporter require before going with a story? Can any source be trusted? If something... More
… And so on
Explaining explanatory abbreviations
By Merrill Perlman Jan 14, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Today, we’re going to talk about what symbols, abbreviations, etc., to use when, i.e., you want to give a list... More
Tough guys
The press is complicit in the NFL’s ‘warrior mentality’
By Robert Weintraub Jan 11, 2013 at 01:22 PM
Last Sunday the Washington Redskins lost more than a playoff game. Their star rookie quarterback, Robert Griffin III, a.k.a. “RG3,”... 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
Our funny language
Puzzling English expressions
By Merrill Perlman Jan 7, 2013 at 03:00 PM
As we bid farewell to the holiday season (whatever you may celebrate), here are a few final presents to amuse... More
Language Corner
Like you were
By Merrill Perlman Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Using “like” as a conjunction can earn you dirty looks from some quarters. The example most often cited by anti-conjunctionists... 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
Unfinished business
A new biography of photojournalist Tim Hetherington reflects on a too-short career
By Michael Meyer Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In recent years, as the American public has grown exhausted by news of war, it has become ever more... More
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of A Journalist’s Diplomatic Mission and The Noir Forties
By James Boylan Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
A Journalist's Diplomatic Mission: Ray Stannard Baker's World War I Diary | Edited with an introduction by John Maxwell Hamilton... More
Must-reads of 2012: sports
Lebron, Paterno, and fabricating race times
By Robert Weintraub Dec 28, 2012 at 06:50 AM
As 2012 draws to a close, CJR writers brainstormed the year's best reads in their beats. Patrick Hruby did an... 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.
