On the Job
On the job
Tight shots
By Michael Kamber May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Michael Kamber's new book, Photojournalists on War: The Untold Stories from Iraq, is a vital record of a conflict... More
Made in America
Portraits of American workers
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
You could call Carl Corey's work derivative, and mean no disrespect. His current project, "Blue: A Portrait of the American... More
You’ve got shale!
Brian Cohen and the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project
By Brent Cunningham Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The story of Janet McIntyre, the woman in the photo above, embodies many of the reasons why Brian Cohen... More
Esprit de corpse
What it’s like to be embedded—on a movie set
By Jay A. Fernandez Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
With an explosion of light, the screaming starts. . . . This place is wrecked—an entire ballroom flopped on its head. In the... More
Murder Inc.
A crime-news website tells the story of every DC homicide
By Brent Cunningham Sep 5, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Laura Norton Amico spent the summer trying to find a newsroom in Washington, DC, to take over Homicide Watch,... More
Boy on the bus
Kid reporters hit the campaign trail
By The Editors Aug 13, 2012 at 10:44 AM
ach Dalzell is 13 and covering his first presidential campaign. You might think that his observations on the political... More
An unflinching witness
Long Island native Marie Colvin spent her career chronicling the horrors of war and oppression, from Sri Lanka to Syria. She wanted the world to see what she saw.
By Jon Swain May 8, 2012 at 12:10 AM
arie Colvin, who was killed in Syria on February 22, represents a great deal that is excellent about the... More
A World of Trouble
Who’s a journalist? In today’s war zones, the answer matters.
By Shahan Mufti Jul 1, 2010 at 05:53 PM
n November 2008, the Pakistani army launched its first major offensive against militants in the tribal areas of the country.... More
The Wikinews Ace
Why Shimon Peres sat down with David Shankbone
By Adam Rose Jan 27, 2009 at 09:30 AM
One morning in December 2007, a law-school dropout named David Shankbone sat on a couch in Shimon Peres’s office in... 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?
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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.
