Feature
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
The oys of October
A longtime Boston Red Sox fan asks, Why does hometown coverage of the troubled team sound so damn gleeful?
By Jesse Sunenblick Sep 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM
“I don’t even go outside anymore,” David Ortiz, the slimmed-down slugger for the Boston Red Sox, was telling an... More
No habla Español
The new Latino media universe is young, political, and all-American
By Ruth Samuelson Sep 13, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Lalo Alcaraz has always embraced the word pocho. It refers to Mexican-Americans who have lost their Mexican culture and... More
The boy in the bubble
Ezra Klein rewrites the role of Washington wunderkind
By Matt Welch Sep 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM
He’s impossibly young, infuriatingly accomplished, and impressively wonky. In a town full of journalistic flop sweat, he glides instead... More
Cell coverage
How a convicted murderer found his true calling as a jailhouse reporter and prisoners’ rights crusader
By Alysia Santo Aug 2, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Paul Wright began his journalism career behind bars. When he was 21, Wright killed a man in Federal Way,... More
Piecemeal existence
For today’s young freelancers, what will traffic bear?
By Ben Adler Jul 31, 2012 at 11:05 AM
In 2009, an editor for a new website called The Faster Times, which sought to be “an edgier Huffington Post,”... More
Copywrong
How well do you know fair use?
By Patricia Aufderheide Jul 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Are the following scenarios responsible, or wrong? • Prithi did a beautiful arts feature on the history of a musical... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
