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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Reading

1. August 31, 2012 06:50 AM

   Read? Listen? Who has the time?

   At political conventions, journalists get preliterate

   By Walter Shapiro

   TAMPA—Sitting in my motel room Thursday on the fringes of Tampa, maybe 20 miles and three weather systems away from the convention site, I am surrounded by enough newsprint to equip a Broadway revival of The Front Page. These are all the newspapers, glossy magazine convention specials and other journalistic handouts that I have meant to read since I arrived...

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2. September 10, 2012 04:02 PM

   Recommendations from journalism profs

   CJR asked eight J-school professors what they wished they’d read and listened to before starting out

   By Hazel Sheffield

   The Columbia campus is suddenly flooded with new students, some of them young journalists about to embark on the 10-month whirlwind that is a master's at the Graduate School of Journalism. In honor of the incoming class, we asked some of our Columbia Journalism School professors what material they wish they’d got their hands on before they started out. Here...

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3. July 20, 2011 02:11 PM

   Summer Reading Club

   Recommend a book for a journalist this summer

   By The Editors

   The days are long, the dogs are panting, and the sun is still prime for shining on the pages of a good summer read. So whether your reading preferences involve snuggling your feet into the hot sand or nestling in next to your air conditioner, the time is upon us to ask our readers once again: What summer reading do...

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4. December 13, 2011 12:44 PM

   Winter Reading Club

   What are some books that journalists should read this winter?

   By The Editors

   Every year around this time, we ask our readers to recommend some books that journalists might enjoy reading during the holiday season and the subsequent months. After all, the prospect of new reading material makes sitting inside for the next four months under blankets and sun lamps sound much more appealing. Any genre goes, so what do you recommend, and...

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