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The Journal Hypes the Downgrade
A three-day-old story gets the overkill treatment
By Ryan Chittum Aug 10, 2011 at 02:44 PM
That Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. from AAA to AA+ is a big story no doubt. But The Wall... More
A Particularly Weak WSJ Page One
One-sided on the deficit, plus stale news, and a royal yawner
By Ryan Chittum Nov 17, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Boy, this morning's Wall Street Journal page one leaves a lot to be desired. First, there's this story: States Offer... More
Bernanke’s Stimulus Call Finally Makes The WSJ
Two weeks later.
By Ryan Chittum Dec 2, 2010 at 11:46 AM
A couple of weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a public call for Congress and the president to... More
Big Wheel Keep on Turnin’
Hamster for the holidays from the NYT, WSJ, and Politico
By Ryan Chittum Nov 24, 2010 at 03:09 PM
Audit boss Dean Starkman wrote a CJR cover story a couple of months ago called "The Hamster Wheel," decrying journalistic... More
More On Why I’m Talking About Tim Cook’s Sexuality
By Felix Salmon Aug 26, 2011 at 02:50 PM
Every so often I put a blog post up, start getting feedback on it, and realize I’ve got things horribly... More
The WSJ’s Sony Story Is a Page-One Dud
By Ryan Chittum Feb 2, 2012 at 07:21 PM
News that Sony's board has picked a new CEO gets page-one play in The Wall Street Journal, apparently because Kazuo... More
The Second-Day Fed Bailouts Coverage
From good to okay to non-existent
By Ryan Chittum Dec 3, 2010 at 07:31 PM
And just like that, the Federal Reserve bailout story disappears from the pages of The Wall Street Journal. There's not... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
