Minority Reports
From women’s page to style section
Women still need a place to have a voice in the absence of mainstream media equality
By Sarah Jaffe Feb 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
When the Washington Post decided, in January of 2013, to run a story about feminists' disputes over Michelle Obama's time... More
A good feting for The Feminine Mystique
But the media should be this evenhanded about feminism all the time
By Jennifer Vanasco Feb 15, 2013 at 06:50 AM
It's long been interesting to me that many writers talk about feminism as having failed, or as no longer mattering,... More
Koch’s closet
Exploring the former mayor’s legacy must include how his sexual orientation perhaps affected his policies
By Jennifer Vanasco Feb 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Ed Koch drew a curtain around his sexual orientation during his life, but after his death, gay writers in the... More
Context is crucial covering the Boy Scouts
Mentions of pedophilia fears in stories about potential gay scout leaders should be accompanied by information debunking them
By Jennifer Vanasco Feb 1, 2013 at 11:00 AM
One of the most pernicious stereotypes about gay men is that any one of them might be a pedophile. As... More
Inaugural diversity
When the media employs the term, what does it mean?
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On Inauguration Day, Americans of all kinds looked for reflections of themselves in the festivities. Did social minorities find one?... More
Time to shatter the ‘glass closet’
It is our job as journalists to treat gay and lesbian celebrities like straight ones
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Jodie Foster's speech accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes on Sunday was rambling, puzzling, oblique --... More
The president’s lady problem
News outlets were right to report on Obama’s track record of hiring women, but that’s not the only type of diversity to keep in mind
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Maybe Obama needs to borrow... More
Loaded language of gay marriage
Reporters need to be mindful of using loaded terminology
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 4, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. At the intersection of gay... More
Must-reads of 2012: Can women have it all?
Unclear, but not for lack of column inches
By Kira Goldenberg Dec 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
As 2012 draws to a close, CJR writers brainstormed the year's best reads in their beats. Why Women Still Can't... More
Rhonda Lee shouldn’t have been fired
Responding to racist comments on her former TV station’s Facebook page was the right journalistic decision
By Jennifer Vanasco Dec 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Social media causes a... More
Don’t let Belcher off the hook
Coverage of the murder-suicide shouldn’t have called it a “tragedy”; it was a crime
By Jennifer Vanasco Dec 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. After NFL player Jovan Belcher... More
Gay at the Times
A lot has changed at the Gray Lady since the early ’90s
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 30, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. It turns out that the... More
Five awesome blogs about minority communities
These sites do a good job giving a sense of their group’s culture or politics, or pointing out media stereotypes
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 23, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. One of the tough things... More
The media’s woman blaming
Most coverage wrongly blames Paula Broadwell for leading Gen. David Petraeus astray
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 16, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Frank Bruni gets it.... More
Historic votes, hidden from live coverage
The four gay marriage votes in last week’s election were hard to follow in real-time
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 12, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Do you know what was... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
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”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
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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.
