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Summer Movie Club
Absence of Malice (1981)
When bad journalism kills
By Lauren Kirchner Jul 15, 2011 at 10:51 AM
When I was a student in journalism school, in the beginning of my first semester, one of the professors of... More
Ace in the Hole (1951)
What a sixty-year-old noir can tell us about the Murdoch hacking scandal
By Ryan Chittum Aug 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM
I’ve got Murdoch on the brain, but I couldn’t help thinking about the News of the World scandal while watching... More
Almost Famous (2000)
Who’s afraid of Rolling Stone?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2011 at 06:00 AM
Beware, beware, Rolling Stone magazine... Music, inarguably, is the hero, the emotional engine in Almost Famous, the Cameron Crowe-written, -directed... More
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Real journalism is too boring for the movies
By Brent Cunningham Sep 9, 2011 at 11:34 AM
In an early scene of the 1948 film Call Northside 777, Jimmy Stewart, who plays a reporter at the Chicago... More
Fletch (1985)
Getting the story, one quip at a time
By Alysia Santo Sep 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Irwin Fletcher, Fletch to his friends, is an investigative reporter for a Los Angeles newspaper. He writes his columns under... More
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
What happened to TV news?
By Michael Meyer Aug 26, 2011 at 06:00 AM
The marketing team behind Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), a biopic of Edward R. Murrow set largely amid the... More
Newsies (1992)
“Headlines don’t sell papes; newsies sell papes”
By Katia Bachko Aug 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Before Christian Bale became Batman, he was Jack Kelly, a newspaper boy with a dream in his heart and calluses... More
Superman
The Man of Steel has better things to do than be a reporter
By Michael Meyer Jul 1, 2011 at 10:49 AM
When watching Superman (1978), I was reminded of the David Carradine rant from the end of Kill Bill: Vol. 2,... More
The Big Clock (1948)
A murderous publisher’s corporate noir
By Clint Hendler Jul 22, 2011 at 10:53 AM
The Big Clock begins, as all stories about a desperate journalist ought to, with a drunken night. Charles Stroud, a... More
The Devil Wears Prada
The first entry in CJR’s summer movie club
By Joel Meares Jun 24, 2011 at 01:43 AM
The Devil Wears Prada is a film that exists two beats apart from reality. At least. Based on the book... More
The Parallax View (1974)
(Sometimes) Good Guys Finish Last: Pakula’s sober counterpoint to All The President’s Men
By Erika Fry Sep 1, 2011 at 06:09 PM
It’s the Fourth of July in Seattle. We’re on the scene with Lee Carter, a young television reporter, who is... More
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
A group of hollow career fetishists and a moralizing dwarf
By Joel Meares Jul 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM
At the 1983 Academy Awards, a four-foot-nine dynamo of a New York stage actress named Linda Hunt took home the... More
Your Summer Movie Picks
Journalism-themed films recommended by CJR’s readers
By Victoria Rau Jul 29, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Through these difficult times for journalism we could all use a little inspiration and a little fun. How about a... 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 (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
