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Two Tents
How Politico might work out. Or not.
By John F. Harris Mar 18, 2009 at 08:00 AM
ARLINGTON, VA, 2014—The quirky assignment handed down by CJR’s editors—to imagine the future as though observing the past—brings to mind... More
Get Off the Bus
The future of pro-am journalism
By Amanda Michel Mar 5, 2009 at 07:00 AM
Standing before a fawning crowd at a private fundraiser in San Francisco last April, Senator Barack Obama’s usually finely calibrated... More
Suffering in Silence
Ground Zero’s other victims
By Anthony Depalma Mar 4, 2009 at 06:09 PM
Even now, more than seven years later, images of that day remain frightfully raw, in large measure because a legion... More
Good Morning, Postville!
An unlikely thorn in Agriprocessors’ side
By Nathaniel Popper Mar 3, 2009 at 05:56 PM
As a new work week began in Postville, Iowa, last November, Jeff Abbas, with his bushy gray beard and ample... More
Opening India
The world’s largest democracy finally has an FOI law—so why have journalists been slow to embrace it?
By Ralph Frammolino Jan 28, 2009 at 10:23 AM
In October, community activists from around India gathered at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library in New Delhi to celebrate... More
What We Learned In the Meltdown
Financial journalists saw some trees but not the forest. Now what?
By Martha M. Hamilton Jan 26, 2009 at 09:30 AM
One day in June 2005, my colleague Nell Henderson and I hiked over to the Bond Market Association to get... More
Hung Out to Dry
The national-security press dug up the dirt, but Congress wilted
By Laura Rozen Jan 22, 2009 at 09:00 AM
In November and December 2005, The Washington Post and The New York Times published two groundbreaking national-security stories that revealed... More
A See-Through Society
How the Web is opening up our democracy
By Micah L. Sifry Jan 15, 2009 at 09:00 AM
It may be a while before the people who run the U.S. House of Representatives’ Web service forget the week... More
What We Didn’t Know Has Hurt Us
The Bush administration was pathological about secrecy. Here’s what needs to be undone after eight dark years—and why it won’t be easy.
By Clint Hendler Jan 13, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Advocates for open and transparent government are quick to note that no American presidential administration has, in practice, been enthusiastic... More
Re-thinking Objectivity
In a world of spin, our awkward embrace of an ideal can make us passive recipients of the news
By Brent Cunningham Jul 11, 2003 at 04:38 PM
n his March 6 press conference, in which he laid out his reasons for the coming war, President Bush mentioned... 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 (19)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
