Events

  1. October 12, 2011 04:30 PM

    An Empty Seat

    Government fails to show for science news, transparency event

    By Curtis Brainard

    Federal officials invited to participate in a public forum at the National Press Club last week about a lack transparency and media access under the Obama administration declined the invitation, further disappointing already frustrated journalists.

    The October 3 event was pegged to a feature I wrote for the September/October issue of the Columbia...

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  2. October 3, 2011 11:03 AM

    CJR Event: Science News and Government Transparency

    Access denied

    By Curtis Brainard

    Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An investigation in the current issue of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) finds that despite President Obama’s early promise to create an open government, the nation’s science reporters feel there has been little to no progress since the Bush...

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  3. December 22, 2010 01:24 PM

    CJR’s New Board of Overseers

    A new group to help set strategy and locate resources

    By The Editors

    The Columbia Journalism Review, which will enter its fiftieth year in 2011, has formed a Board of Overseers to help it remain a force for strong journalism for the next fifty years. The board will help CJR shape its strategy and locate resources to ensure a vibrant future.

    The chairman of the Board of Overseers is Neil Barsky, a 1984...

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  4. October 15, 2009 02:52 PM

    Columbia Journalism Review Announces First Ever “Encore” Fellowship for Journalists

    Four leading downsized journalists will spend nine months writing for CJR and preparing for the next phase of their careers

    By The Editors

    We'd like to share a little good news with you, good news for us and for our readers. Thanks to a generous grant, CJR is able to bring four top-notch journalists on board for nine months to write for the Columbia Journalism Review and its Web site, CJR.org. All were downsized out of their newspapers, and all are first-class reporters...

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  5. June 5, 2009 12:11 PM

    Now What?

    Business journalism after the meltdown

    By The Editors

    UPDATED JUNE 17, 2:30 p.m.

    CJR's panel on business journalism last night was excellent, if we do say so ourselves. An overflow crowd jammed the World Room of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism to see the august panel listed below make some important points about what's wrong with business news and how to fix it.

    Our thanks to...

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  6. March 3, 2009 12:55 PM

    Columbia Journalism Review Launches Chinese-Language Edition in China

    New publication brings CJR’s analysis of U.S. media to critical foreign audience

    By The Editors

    New York, NY (March 3, 2009) — The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) has launched a Chinese-language edition published and distributed in China. This is the first time the Columbia Journalism Review will regularly publish a foreign-language edition since its founding in 1961. The inaugural issue was released in December 2008.

    CJR has partnered with the World Executive Group (WEG),...

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  7. February 24, 2009 09:00 AM

    Columbia Journalism Review to Launch First Comprehensive Study of Online Practices of Print Magazines

    Initiative is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

    By The Editors

    Every significant magazine in the U.S. either has or is about to set up its own Web site, but according to Victor Navasky, chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), “No one has come forward to survey existing practices, identify the conflicts and choices, and start a conversation about guidelines and best practices.”

    Now, thanks to a $230,000 grant from...

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