Feature
An ink-stained stretch
Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
By Ryan Chittum May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Rob Curley, one of the more prominent digital journalists of the last decade, had just about had it with... More
Sticking with the truth
How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
By Curtis Brainard May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In 1998, The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals, published a study by lead author Andrew Wakefield,... 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
By Sara Morrison May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
On September 22, 2012, Jessica Ann Lum took the stage to accept her award for Best Feature in the... More
The back page
A feature writer at the erstwhile International Herald Tribune remembers the glory days, when presses were on the premises and the paper left ink on your hands
By Jeffrey Robinson May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
They're going to bury my newspaper. The International Herald Tribune is dead. Once upon a time, this wonderful, irreverent,... More
The battle of New Orleans
Is Advance Publications securing the future of local news—or needlessly sacrificing it?
By Ryan Chittum Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In May, as the New Orleans Times-Picayune put to bed an epic, eight-part investigation into Louisiana's prison system, its... More
Snow job?
In the 2012 election, Denver broadcasters accepted an avalanche of political ads and the attendant windfall of revenue. Where did that money go, and what happens next time?
By Sasha Chavkin Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Side by side, the two cartoon figures stride across the screen, their stick arms wrapped around massive boxes of gifts.... More
Fundamental objections
Reporters in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas are under threat, underpaid, and overwhelmed
By Kiran Nazish Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Thirty seconds into a phone conversation, Hamid’s voice shifted from polite to brusque. “No, I cannot look into this,”... More
Power vacuum
Working in Sierra Leone is a constant search for current and currency
By Simon Akam Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
About two years ago, I took a position as a freelance correspondent for Reuters in the West African nation... More
Where truth is a hard cell
Although seen as modern and West-leaning, Turkey leads the world in jailing journalists
By Stephen Franklin Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Award-winning investigative reporter Ahmet Sik is no stranger to danger. In 1998, he was hospitalized after a pro-police mob,... More
Staying alive
That’s the challenge for reporters covering the ultraviolent drug cartels in Mexico — but at least now they’re getting tips from their Colombian colleagues
By Judith Matloff Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The 20 Mexican journalists had flown to the border of Guatemala to discuss how to report on drug activities... More
Through the looking glass
When a South Korean reporter headed north across the DMZ, she entered a parallel universe that was, and remains, curiouser and curiouser
By Soomin Seo Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
On the eve of August 12, 2001, I received a phone call in the middle of the night. It... More
Elements of Gangnam style
Reporting tips from Kim Jong-il
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In 2001, Kim Jong-il began wooing the foreign media. But The Dear Leader had long since been pursuing his... More
Going to great lengths
After two years as the hot new thing, the e-singles market is getting serious—and crowded
By Michael Meyer Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
From the beginning, The Atavist was a small startup with a lot of big playmates. A pioneer in the... More
Lost and found
In 1967, an ambitious young reporter broke a promise to a troubled source and inadvertently made her famous. Forty-three years later, he set out to find her and apologize.
By Bruce Porter Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
On October 27, 1967, senior editors gathered for the Thursday story conference to see how things were shaping up... More
Alternative ending
Bruce R. Brugmann, one of the last of the alt-weekly lions, is calling it quits. Sort of.
By Danelle Morton Sep 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Bruce B. Brugmann is a stubborn guy who sticks to his point of view, even as the world he... 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?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
