Essay
It doesn’t add up
A science writer questions the conventional wisdom of US-born STEM workers
By Beryl Lieff Benderly May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In late February, Christine Miller and Sona Shah went to the Capitol Hill office of Miller's senator, Barbara Mikulski,... More
Flag on the play
Why a great sportswriter blew the story of a lifetime; the undoing of Joe Paterno
By Tim Marchman Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
For those who care about sports and sports writing, the recent publication of Joe Posnanski’s book on the late Penn... More
Fighting words
How war reporters can resist the loaded language of their beat
By Judith Matloff Sep 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Last year, I visited Bogotá, Colombia, to teach a seminar on conflict reporting. Afterward, a soldier missing two legs and... More
Why Kael is Good for You
It’s time to defend a critic’s ‘contrarian’ viewpoint
By Armond White Mar 27, 2012 at 06:00 AM
ast fall, The New Yorker published a long feature on the life and legacy of Pauline Kael, the most celebrated... More
When the 99% Had a Paper
The brief, wondrous life of PM
By Christopher B. Daly Jan 25, 2012 at 06:00 AM
or months, the journalism world had been abuzz with the rumor that Ralph Ingersoll, the editorial genius behind Time,... More
A Mad Libs Keynote
The future of journalism? Just fill in the blanks.
By Justin Peters Dec 6, 2011 at 06:00 AM
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What Can I Build Today?
Online startups can win the future by staying in the present
By Michael Meyer Nov 18, 2011 at 09:00 AM
here are hundreds of local and regional online news startups in America, but only about five that media observers discuss... More
On Facebook and Freedom
Why journalists should not surrender to the Walmarts of the web
By Justin Peters Nov 17, 2011 at 06:00 AM
n September of this year, the Internet briefly burbled with the news that Facebook, the market leader in workday-wastery, would... More
Money Changes Everything
Independent journalism can’t lean on a few rich donors
By Tom McGeveran Nov 16, 2011 at 06:00 AM
n lower Manhattan as I write, thousands of protesters, recently joined by some unions, local New York politicians, and a... More
What About Modesto?
The digital-news parade threatens to pass some communities by
By The Editors Nov 14, 2011 at 06:00 AM
In Modesto, California, the need for news far exceeds the current supply. A city of 200,000 with one midsized... More
Just Press On
Templates for Anytown, USA
By Michael Stoll Nov 14, 2011 at 05:00 AM
ic Roethlisberger and Dhyana Levey now live in the foggy Richmond District of San Francisco, flanked by the Pacific Ocean... More
Modesto, California
By the numbers
By The Editors Nov 14, 2011 at 05:00 AM
Population 201,165 Eighteenth-largest city in California; 107th-largest city in the US, between Des Moines, Iowa, and Fayetteville, North Carolina... More
A Paperless Bee
Making the future online
By Rusty Coats Nov 14, 2011 at 05:00 AM
In 1993, I was driving home to Modesto after covering a Bay Area conference on cryptography, having spent the past... More
Class Struggle
Tech won’t end the digital divide
By Jen Schradie Nov 14, 2011 at 05:00 AM
Like many American cities, Modesto has been decimated by local media layoffs and cutbacks in recent years. Journalists have more... More
School’s Out
A lost generation of journalists
By Laura Paull Nov 14, 2011 at 05:00 AM
journalist walks across the Modesto Junior College campus in the mid-1990s and peeks in the newspaper office, where dedicated... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.



