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Todd Akin
Akin was wrong
And journalists should’ve said so from the get-go, rather than simply reporting his comment
By Jennifer Vanasco Aug 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. One of the biggest surprises... More
Backstory: the reporter who interviewed Akin
The Jaco Report reconsiders the moment
By Mike Hoyt Aug 23, 2012 at 11:46 AM
As transitions go, it was pretty jagged, a classic of the “moving right along” category. Answering a question about abortion... More
Stories I’d like to see
How would a woman “prove” rape to qualify for Romney’s abortion exception?
By Steven Brill Aug 28, 2012 at 10:52 AM
In the wake of the Todd Akin firestorm, Mitt Romney and a flip-flopping Paul Ryan have emphasized that their anti-choice... More
The bogeyman is back!
The Columbia Daily Tribune digs up the $716 billion Medicare scare
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 21, 2012 at 01:14 PM
Aw come on! We would have thought by now the $716 billion Medicare bogeyman was dead and buried. Maybe not.... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
