Review
Brief Encounters
Reviewing anthologies on food in wartime reporting and the best of Wolcott Gibbs
By James Boylan Feb 1, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar: Stories of Food During Wartime by the World’s Leading Correspondents Edited by Matt McAllester |... More
Reading Room
An illustrated review of The Occupied Wall Street Journal
By Ted Rall Jan 19, 2012 at 06:00 AM
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The Tea Party Paradox
A democratic movement that is anti-democratic at heart
By Elbert Ventura Jan 11, 2012 at 06:00 AM
t remains one of the mysteries of our political age: How did a Wall Street-spawned meltdown and the worst recession... More
On Looking into Chapman’s News
“Newspapers are not waifs. They reflect their source.”
By A.J. Liebling Nov 4, 2011 at 11:59 AM
A. J. Liebling, the twentieth century’s foremost press critic, wrote only one piece for the Columbia Journalism Review. (He died... More
A Reading List for Future Journalists
By The Editors Nov 3, 2011 at 12:09 AM
We asked some of our favorite journalists, scholars, and critics to recommend books and other works that could help... More
What a Country
Two new efforts to make sense of America’s struggles
By Julia M. Klein Sep 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM
n the midst of a cross-country pilgrimage, Iraq war veteran Colby Buzzell finds himself transfixed by an “old dusty American... More
The Cheap Seats
Joe Bageant told uncomfortable truths about class in America
By Sasha Abramsky Sep 27, 2011 at 06:00 AM
n the last decade of his life, Joe Bageant came full circle. He and his third wife, Barbara, were... More
They Killed Classifieds, Didn’t They?
Consider TimeOut New York, in comic format
By Ted Rall Sep 1, 2011 at 03:04 PM
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Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books on newspaper publishers
By James Boylan Aug 27, 2011 at 05:04 PM
The Magnificent Medills: The McCormick-Patterson Dynasty: America’s Royal Family of Journalism During a Century of Turbulent Splendor By Megan McKinney... More
The Hatchet’s Tale
James O’Shea, Tribune’s one-time man in Los Angeles, tells all in his new book
By Kevin Roderick Jul 14, 2011 at 06:00 AM
The Deal From Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers by James O’Shea | Public Affairs |... More
Brief Encounters
Short reviews of books on journalists William L. Shirer and E.J. Edwards, plus the documentary Page One
By James Boylan Jul 5, 2011 at 07:38 PM
The Long Night: William L. Shirer and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Steve Wick | Palgrave... More
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again
A review of Simon Reynolds’s Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past
By Noel Murray Jul 5, 2011 at 07:30 PM
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds | Faber and Faber, Inc. | 458 pages, $16... More
Bang Bang Off Target
Hollywood gets war reporters wrong again
By Judith Matloff Jul 5, 2011 at 12:31 PM
The Bang Bang Club, written and directed by Steven Silver; starring Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Akerman, Frank Rautenbach, and... More
Media Illustrated
Brooke Gladstone’s new book, The Influencing Machine, reviewed in comic format
By Ted Rall May 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM
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‘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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
