The Magazine
January/Feburary 2008
Articles
Q and A
Keeping Poverty on the Page
Covering an old problem in new ways
By Mary Ellen Schoonmaker Jan 31, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Poverty should be in reporters’ crosshairs this coming year, as it will be a central issue in the presidential campaign,... More
Essay
What Would You Do?
The journalism that tweaks reality, then reports what happens
By Daniel Weiss Jan 29, 2008 at 09:00 AM
On a Friday morning last January, a group of Washington, D.C., commuters played an unwitting role in an experiment. As... More
On the Job
Blogonomics
Bloggers of the world, unite!
By Chris Mooney Jan 17, 2008 at 09:00 AM
As a journalist and especially as a blogger, I sure picked a hell of a time to move to Los... More
Cover Story
Secrets of the City
What The Wire reveals about urban journalism
By Lawrence Lanahan Jan 10, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Baltimore via Wide Angle High up on a pole, under a police decal spelling out CITIWATCH and a flashing... More
Feature
Transcript: “The Language of Strangers”
A town comes together to discuss the role of a community newspaper
By Elizabeth Whitney Jan 8, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Author’s note: The tape recording of the newspaper meeting began shortly after the meeting started so, regrettably, this document does... More
Feature
The Language of Strangers
How a hotshot editor with big ideas failed to comprehend the soul of community journalism
By Jonathan Rowe Jan 8, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Not long ago, a large sign appeared in a pasture by a road not far from where I’m writing this.... More
Essay
Checkbook Journalism Revisited
Sometimes we owe our sources everything
By Robert Boynton Jan 4, 2008 at 09:00 AM
In November 1970, Esquire published one of the most memorable covers in its history. Illustrating “The Confessions of Lt. Calley,”... More
Feature
The Redemption of Chris Rose
Like his city and his newspaper, a survivor
By Barry Yeoman Jan 3, 2008 at 09:00 AM
On a breezy Sunday morning in October 2006, residents of New Orleans—displaced, exhausted, wondering if they would live to see... More
Departments
Short Takes
Games in Palestine
Can a video game replicate reporting in a war-torn country?
By David Cohn Feb 21, 2008 at 09:00 AM
I had just arrived in the Middle East, and my editor was describing my first assignment for the wire service:... More
Short Takes
Military Embeds: The World Tour
A military’s handling of the media says a lot about its nation
By David Axe Feb 19, 2008 at 09:00 AM
In February 2006, I was detained by the U.S. Army and ejected from Iraq. My crime? Reporting on the weapons... More
Darts and Laurels
Laurel to the editorial staff of Stars and Stripes
Send tips and suggestions to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org
By Clint Hendler Jan 22, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Laurel to the editorial staff of Stars and Stripes for uncovering a murky financial relationship between its paper and the... More
Editorial
Supply and Demand
Journalism must invest in educated consumers
By The Editors Jan 15, 2008 at 09:00 AM
The news in recent years about civic education and engagement in American society has been dismal, and particularly so when... More
Language Corner
Says Who?
“According to” is a basic, uncomplicated phrase of attribution. But mischievous spirits hover.
By Evan Jenkins Jan 1, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Immediately to the immediate point: "According to" is a basic, uncomplicated phrase of attribution. As the revered Professor John B.... More
Ideas & Reviews
Review
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books: Woodward and Bernstein, the U.S. record on torture, and media populism
By James Boylan Feb 26, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate By Alicia C. Shepard John Wiley & Sons 288 pages, $24.95... More
Review
May I Speak Freely?
Anthony Lewis on the First Amendment’s march to victory
By Aryeh Neier Feb 14, 2008 at 09:00 AM
It is our misfortune that Anthony Lewis stopped writing his column for The New York Times in 2001. For more... More
Review
Appetite for Fear
David Everitt’s history of the pamphleteers who hunted ‘pinkos’
By David Hajdu Feb 12, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Sixty years after the house un-American Activities Committee began hunting for Communists in the entertainment industry, the HUAC hearings that... More
The Research Report
Leaps and Bounds
Paranoia: as American as your (possibly poisoned) apple pie
By Michael Schudson & Danielle Haas Feb 7, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Perhaps not since colonial Salem have fears of conspiracy been so pervasive. And though old women are no longer persecuted... More
Second Read
Uncomfortable Truth
P. Sainath reminds us that India is still a poor country
By Naresh Fernandes Feb 5, 2008 at 09:00 AM
One evening, a couple of summers ago, The Times of India organized a free classical music concert at an amphitheater... More
Review
Big Fish and Small Fry
In his new book, Robert McChesney overstates the threat to democracy posed by corporate media
By Carlin Romano Jan 24, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Your average scoop-minded journalist would rather see his expenses cut by 90 percent, or face a plagiarism charge spotlighted by... 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.
