Currents
Out with a bang
In their final issue, LA Youth’s writers discuss what it means to be poor
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
For 25 years, LA Youth, a nonprofit newspaper written by and for teens in and around Los Angeles, helped... More
How I got that story
Explosive situation
By The Editors Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In 2005, Jerry Redfern and Karen Coates were in Laos reporting a story on the Plain of Jars region... More
Hard Numbers
Weird science
By Sara Morrison Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
95 weekly science sections in newspapers in 1989 34 weekly science sections in newspapers in 2005 19 weekly science sections... More
Strange but true
Tales from the sports beat
By Marla Jo Fisher Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
C. W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle In 1990, the San Francisco 49ers had a big Monday Night Football game, and... More
Sree tips
Social-media etiquette for journalists
By Sree Sreenivasan Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Q: What is the advantage of Facebook’s Subscribe function for journalists? A: Facebook’s Subscribe function allows you to share your... More
Talk to the hand
A long-running journalism inside joke gets new (after?)life
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Eight years ago, the Chicago Tribune put the halogen searchlight of public attention on an age-old international media conspiracy—an... More
Language Corner
There, there
By Merrill Perlman Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
There are many ways to start articles and sentences. There is often a way to avoid beginning with the phrases... More
Gifted
‘Tis the season
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
If you love a journalist, you know how hard it is to find the perfect gift—they’re so neurotic! So... More
Open Bar
The Anchor Bar
By Tanveer Ali Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
The Anchor Bar 450 West Fort Street, Detroit, MI Year opened 1959. It’s been in its current location since 1993,... More
Death becomes … who?
What the NY Times obits say about America
By Stephen G. Bloom Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
The New York Times is, more than any other single publication, the nation’s arbiter of erudition, prosperity, and success.... More
Behind the news
Give me a visual
By Jessica Weisberg Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Serious graphic novels, like Maus or Persepolis, have proven that comics aren’t always funny. But what about graphic journalism?... More
Title Search
Python developer
By Jay Woodruff Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Alexandre Conrad is a Python developer for SurveyMonkey. Jay Woodruff interviewed him in September. Have you ever been slapped in... More
A matter of time
Pretty in Finke
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
In October, auto-racing and truck-leasing scion Jay Penske announced that he’d bought Variety, the storied Hollywood trade publication founded in... More
Hard Numbers
Election edition
By Hazel Sheffield Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Percent of Americans who knew that General Motors’ decision to close its plant in Janesville, WI, happened before Barack... More
DIY celebrity profile
Fill in the blanks
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
“It is half-past 10 on another soullessly sun-kissed Los Angeles morning. And (promising young star) is late. I’ve been sitting... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
