Tags
Clay Shirky
“Information Wars” on Al Jazeera English
An all-star panel discusses social media and political revolution
By Lauren Kirchner Feb 14, 2011 at 11:40 AM
On Friday morning, the television in the CJR office was tuned to CNN—and our laptops were tuned to Al Jazeera... More
Debating Starkman’s “Confidence Game”
Rounding up responses
By Alysia Santo Nov 14, 2011 at 01:16 PM
Dean Starkman’s critique of future-of-news gurus Jeff Jarvis, Clay Shirky, and Jay Rosen, among others, made a bit of splash,... More
He said, she said
Anyone can spread gossip with an iPhone, rather than depend on dishy columns
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2012 at 02:45 PM
Gossip, according to longtime New York Post columnist Earl Wilson, is hearing something you like about someone you don’t. I... More
Paywalls: Maybe Not So Complicated After All
Thinking over Clay Shirky’s piece on the success of the NYT model
By Ryan Chittum Jan 17, 2012 at 01:21 PM
Clay Shirky, a leading paywall skeptic, deserves credit for grappling with what is now generally conceded to be the clear... More
Responding to Shirky on the Washington Post
Transformation is required, and transformation takes investment
By Ryan Chittum Jun 1, 2012 at 01:31 PM
Thanks to Clay Shirky for responding to my piece on the financialization of the Washington Post Company, which during the... More
The Hole In FON Theory
Continuing the discussion about the future of news with Clay Shirky
By Dean Starkman Dec 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I thank Clay Shirky and other posters for their responses to “Confidence Game: the limited vision of the news... More
WaPo must transform to survive
Clay Shirky disputes The Audit’s take on the Washington Post’s financial future
By Clay Shirky May 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Ryan Chittum's "The Washington Post Co.'s Self-Destructive Course" is a blistering attack on the paper's management of its journalistic mission... 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)
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”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
