Currents
Open Bar
The Red Carpet Lounge
By The Editors Mar 23, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Year opened 1976 Distinguishing features Red carpet, of course, and booths, plus five video-lottery machines. Thursday is Steak Night: $14 for... More
Acronyms You Should Know
FERN: The Food & Environment Reporting Network
By Brent Cunningham Mar 21, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Even as interest in all things food-related skyrockets, space devoted to serious food issues continues to lose out to... More
Words & Deeds
Murdoch finds it’s not easy being green
By Maria Armoudian Mar 16, 2012 at 06:00 AM
In 2007, News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch unequivocally acknowledged the reality of climate change and launched “a... More
Shelf Life of…
A Mort Zuckerman editor
By The Editors Mar 15, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The news that Kevin Convey was out as editor of the New York Daily News after less than 24 months,... More
Hard Numbers
Super PACs and Stephen Colbert
By The Editors Mar 8, 2012 at 09:00 AM
days before South Carolina’s primary when comedian Stephen Colbert announced his presidential bid 157,876 dollars spent by Colbert Super... More
How I Got That Story
Death Metal Angola
By The Editors Mar 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM
In September 2009, Jeremy Xido, a New York-based filmmaker, went to Angola with a colleague and two hand-held video... More
What’s in My…
David Carr’s powerful backpack
By The Editors Feb 29, 2012 at 01:20 PM
David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can’t quite remember the year he started his career at... More
Lost & Found
The AP Stylebook turns 99!?!
By The Editors Feb 29, 2012 at 11:48 AM
The Associated Press has long acknowledged what one historian called the “maddeningly imprecise” information about its origins. In 2005,... More
Lost & Found
The AP Stylebook turns 99!?!
By Kristal Brent Zook Feb 29, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The Associated Press has always maintained that its first Stylebook - the essential reference bible for professional journalists -... More
Florida Roots
A native son discusses environmental journalism
By Curtis Brainard Feb 2, 2012 at 06:00 AM
On any day, there are six novels hiding in the pages of The Miami Herald, says Carl Hiaasen, the... More
The Velvet Rope
Why do journalists still care about seeing their name in print?
By Janet Paskin Jan 24, 2012 at 06:00 AM
If print media is truly in an advanced stage of decline, if journalism’s great hope is online, why do... More
Saturation Point
A plethora of news outlets doesn’t mean deeper coverage
By Michael Meyer Jan 16, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Consider the situation in many local news markets—some coverage from a newspaper, some from television, maybe one online outlet making... More
Hard Numbers
Some stats and figures on the news industry
By The Editors Jan 13, 2012 at 06:00 AM
number of countries with freedom of information laws; The Associated Press sent each a request on terrorism arrests and convictions... More
Hard Numbers
Markers in a changing news landscape, from sourcing to salaries to cyberspace
By Alysia Santo Nov 4, 2011 at 09:00 AM
Typewriter sales and service shops in the Manhattan phone book: (1961) 320 (1986) 25 (2011) Computer sales and service shops... More
News Frontier
The power of one
By Michael Meyer Aug 28, 2011 at 01:49 PM
Entry barriers are low in the online news world. Cheap hosting and free templates have launched a million blogs, including... 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.
