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A Glimpse into WaPo’s Editing Practices
By Joel Meares Mar 15, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan reports that earlier today The Washington Post published a story online by The Courier-Journal’s Laura Ungar that... More
Audit Notes: a big Dealbook conference, Gawker on unemployment, buzzed into oatmeal, etc.
An assembly of titans at the Times, listening to the jobless, etc.
By Dean Starkman Dec 10, 2012 at 11:01 PM
For better and worse, conferencing is becoming a big part of the media landscape. We do a mini-version, too.... More
Audit Notes: Mortgage Bonds, Junkets, Digital Hype
By Ryan Chittum Jan 26, 2012 at 08:54 PM
Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism flags what she calls a "bombshell" analyst report on the mortgage-backed securities market. The report... More
Audit Notes: Skynet News, Gawker’s High-Low Strategy, Oil Speculators
By Ryan Chittum Mar 22, 2012 at 03:13 AM
Evgeny Morozov has a must-read piece at Slate on the rise of journalism bots, which Forbes now employs to write... More
From Commenter to Contributor
On some blogs, taking the comment section seriously can mean hiring people from it
By Alysia Santo Aug 24, 2011 at 04:30 PM
During a string of “boring, terrible” office jobs, Gabriel Delahaye started to regularly comment on Gawker’s articles. He wasn’t just... More
Gawker Misreads the WSJ on Vaccines and Immunity (UPDATED)
By Ryan Chittum Mar 22, 2012 at 02:42 AM
Gawker totally misreads a Wall Street Journal story on numbskulls who don't vaccinate their kids, writing that it means "Oregonian... More
Gawker’s new comment system
Will it help or hurt the site’s young writers?
By Peter Sterne Jul 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton recently introduced a new commenting system, called Kinja, on his network of websites. Rather than... More
Gawker’s Rebound
By Felix Salmon Jun 14, 2011 at 04:25 PM
It's been more than six months since sales chief Chris Batty left Gawker Media as Nick Denton decided he was... More
He said, she said
Anyone can spread gossip with an iPhone, rather than depend on dishy columns
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2012 at 02:45 PM
Gossip, according to longtime New York Post columnist Earl Wilson, is hearing something you like about someone you don’t. I... More
How Gawker wants to monetize comments
Denton’s vision for Gawker Media’s editorial product moves away from posts
By Felix Salmon May 23, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Back in November, I grappled with the fact that online display ads in general, and banner ads in particular, are... More
Murdoch vs. Muto
The “Fox News mole” is being charged for leaking to Gawker as Fox’s corporate parent remains under fire for ethics violations
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 25, 2012 at 03:53 PM
Let me get this straight: Even as Rupert Murdoch’s media empire remains under official scrutiny for an allegedly extensive phone-hacking... More
Our gullible press
Ryan Holiday explains how the singular pursuit of traffic makes online media suckers for fake news
By Ryan Holiday Jul 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
One thing has been conspicuously absent from all criticism of online media and the future of news: an understanding of... More
Priceless: Representative Lee’s flexy photo
By Clint Hendler Feb 10, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Gawker is claiming quite the coup today—a congressional revelation turned to a resignation in the span of yesterday afternoon. Some... 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.
