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Assessing Al Jazeera
What’s your general impression of Al Jazeera English?
By The Editors Feb 22, 2011 at 03:24 PM
As revolutions ripple through the Middle East, Al Jazeera has kept its cameras rolling. Few American cable networks offer Al... More
Is Oprah’s Boring-ness Contagious?
By Joel Meares Jan 18, 2011 at 01:36 PM
I caught the last ten minutes of CNN’s debut of Piers Morgan Tonight on Monday. Accordingly, I will refrain from... More
New Survey Says Fox Least Trusted
But there are more questions to be asked
By Joel Meares Jan 20, 2011 at 03:05 PM
Public Policy Polling yesterday released its annual study of people’s trust in TV news, and the results are sure to... More
Olbermann Suspends “Worst Person” Segment
What other segments, programs, or people should be cut from cable news?
By The Editors Nov 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM
After accusing Jon Stewart of jumping the shark on Twitter over the weekend, Keith Olbermann last night gave in to... More
Olbermann’s Big Gamble?
Maybe, maybe not: Current TV is a very unsure bet
By Joel Meares Feb 9, 2011 at 03:13 PM
The Al Gore-founded Current TV has been called many things since it first went to air on August 1, 2005—and... More
Stories I’d Like to See
Cable conflicts, BlackBerry’s demise, and China’s millionaires
By Steven Brill Apr 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
Talked Out
Who needs Keith Olbermann, anyway?
By Steve Daley Jan 26, 2011 at 02:43 PM
Like a lot of folks I was surprised by the apparent sacking of Keith Olbermann at MSNBC, if for no... More
What Might an ‘American World Service’ Look Like?
Building on Lee Bollinger’s call for a BBC-like service from the United States
By Justin D. Martin Sep 6, 2011 at 02:40 PM
It is time for the US to follow the example of other modern democracies and provide citizens with a government-supported,... 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)
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”
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
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.
