Editorial
Empty calories
To feed young minds, let’s add some nutrition to social media
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
If you've spent time with anyone under 25 recently, you will have noticed that they get their news from... More
The middle distance
Defining middle class is the first step toward rebuilding it
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said "our generation's task" is to rebuild "a rising, thriving... More
Obamacare: round two
A chance for journalistic redemption
By The Editors Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Affordable Care Act, a.k.a Obamacare, is the law of the land, and the re-election of the president ensures... More
Hard truths
What is the future of political factchecking?
By The Editors Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
As the presidential campaign wound down, it became clear that the media’s factchecking effort, which played a more prominent... More
Tale of the tape … so far
Lessons for a year of scrutinizing campaign coverage
By The Editors Sep 6, 2012 at 10:56 AM
In two months, Americans will elect a president and determine who controls Congress. We’ve been tracking the coverage of... More
A helping hand
The Ford Foundation reaches out to broaden minority coverage
By The Editors Jul 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Anyone who cares about the future of newsrooms is on the lookout for omens. And there have been plenty... More
Editor in Chief’s Note
CJR’s business crew unveil The Best Business Writing 2012
By Cyndi Stivers Jul 19, 2012 at 11:25 AM
What is Hugh Grant—yes, that Hugh Grant—doing in a book called The Best Business Writing 2012? Turns out the actor’s... More
Audit Notes: Very profitable staff cuts; Dimon’s crisis bet; Obama and trade
Time Inc. squeezes Sports Illustrated for more money
By Ryan Chittum Jun 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Bloomberg's Edmund Lee gets a great quote from the editor of Time Incorporated's Sports Group, Terry McDonell, on why Sports... More
Aggregated assault
Whose work is it, anyway? A plea for standards.
By Cyndi Stivers May 9, 2012 at 07:00 AM
“There’s nothing new under the sun.” Thus spake my high-school teacher, then nearing retirement, and if I remembered nothing... More
Editor in Chief’s Note
CJR’s 50th birthday party continues
By Cyndi Stivers May 1, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Perhaps the best thing about turning 50 is that people tend to toss you more than one party. Christie Hefner,... More
Editor in Chief’s Note
Congrats and goodbye to deputy editor Clint Hendler, and a call for photos of journalists on the job
By Cyndi Stivers Mar 9, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Although ’tis the season to look ahead, it’s time to say thank you to someone whose name is disappearing from... More
Show us the Money
Broadcasters and the FCC need to get political ad data online
By The Editors Mar 7, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision unleashed a torrent of campaign spending, the impact of which we are... More
In the Dark
The campaign to weaken campaign-finance disclosure laws
By The Editors Jan 12, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Journalists are big believers in the First Amendment; its legal force undergirds the fearless journalism that democracy requires. But... More
Executive Editor’s Note
Welcome Cyndi Stivers, our new editor in chief
By Mike Hoyt Jan 5, 2012 at 06:00 AM
This is the first issue of the Columbia Journalism Review’s second half century, and already you’ll find a significant change... More
Chairman’s Note
By Victor Navasky Nov 22, 2011 at 09:00 AM
As I write this, every day seems to yield a new story about something called Occupy Wall Street. I have... 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 (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
