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The reporter who saw it coming
Mike Hudson thought he was merely exposing injustice, but he also was unearthing the roots of a global financial meltdown
By Dean Starkman May 3, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Mike Hudson began reporting on the subprime mortgage business in the early 1990s when it was still a marginal,... More
The spy who came in from the code
How a filmmaker accidentally gave up his sources to Syrian spooks
By Matthieu Aikins May 3, 2012 at 09:56 AM
ast fall, “Kardokh,” a 25-year-old dissident and computer expert in the Syrian capital of Damascus, met with British journalist and... More
Sino the times
Can China’s billions buy media credibility?
By Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi May 2, 2012 at 06:00 AM
ocals call it da kucha, or “big boxer shorts,” because of its shape. China Central Television’s future headquarters in Beijing... More
Muscovy pluck
How long can Ekho Moskvy radio get away with pooh-poohing Putin?
By Paul Starobin May 1, 2012 at 06:00 AM
n Vladimir Putin’s Russia, there is no more persistent reproach to his autocratic rule than the country’s oldest independent... More
The reporter who saw it coming
Mike Hudson thought he was merely exposing injustice, but he also was unearthing the roots of a global financial meltdown
By Dean Starkman Apr 22, 2012 at 03:33 PM
Mike Hudson began reporting on the subprime mortgage business in the early 1990s when it was still a marginal,... More
Married, With Websites
Leaving newsrooms behind, journalist couples from Maine to Alaska are setting up their own shops—online
By Alysia Santo Mar 26, 2012 at 06:00 AM
n romantic relationships, it’s often the small courtesies that express love best: doing the dishes, picking up the kids, making... More
Money Talks
If you cover Wall Street, should you take Wall Street speaking fees?
By Paul Starobin Mar 19, 2012 at 06:00 AM
illian Tett, the US managing editor of the London-based Financial Times, is “sharp” and “glamorous,” according to a 2010... More
A Brief History of Hyperlocals
Smells like town spirit
By Cyndi Stivers Mar 12, 2012 at 06:00 AM
This article ran in CJR's March/April 2012 edition as a sidebar to Sean Roach's cover story on the Patch hyperlocal... More
Tim Armstrong Still Believes
The AOL CEO tells why he’s still betting on Patch
By The Editors Mar 12, 2012 at 06:00 AM
This article ran in CJR's March/April 2012 edition as a sidebar to Sean Roach's cover story on the Patch hyperlocal... More
Infographic: What’s a CEO Worth?
What Janet Robinson’s golden parachute could buy
By Ryan Chittum Mar 6, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Infographic by Nigel Holmes Click here to see a larger version of this image. The tenures of two recently... More
Tongue Oppressor
How Lukashenko’s Belarus muzzles the press
By Dimiter Kenarov Mar 2, 2012 at 06:00 AM
ast summer I traveled to Belarus on assignment for The Virginia Quarterly Review. It was the most bizarre reporting trip... More
Only Connect
Connie Schultz learned that reaching readers means showing them who she is
By Alec MacGillis Feb 29, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Connie Schultz came late to her first newspaper job. After years of freelancing, she went to work for The... More
The Accidental Correspondent
When war came to his home, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad found his calling
By Michael Massing Feb 6, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Few Western correspondents have a background as unique as Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s. A native of Iraq at the time of... More
Friday Night Bytes
In Texas, high school football is the killer app
By Jake Batsell Jan 30, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Brimming with swagger, the top-ranked Allen High Eagles burst from an inflatable tunnel, rip through a paper banner, and sprint... 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?
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Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
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“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
