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Anderson Cooper (finally) exits the closet [updated]
The CNN anchor announces he’s gay in a published email to Andrew Sullivan
By Peter Sterne Jul 2, 2012 at 01:44 PM
Anderson Cooper’s sexual orientation has been something of an open secret for some time. But Monday morning, he finally came... More
Coming out posthumously
Sally Ride and questions of how to memorialize semi-closeted public figures
By Jennifer Vanasco Jul 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. In the first obituaries about... More
Covering the ‘ex-gay’ movement
An influential organization changed its stance on reparative therapy. What will this mean for media coverage?
By Jennifer Vanasco Jul 13, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her new column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Recently Alan Chambers, president... More
Reparative journalism
Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
By Curtis Brainard May 23, 2012 at 05:20 PM
It’s not often that a journalist convinces a prominent scientist to recant a controversial study that he has tenaciously defended... More
Sex and sensationalism
Researchers accuse press of ‘licentious’ coverage of animal studies
By Curtis Brainard Aug 10, 2012 at 04:30 PM
“The media loves to sensationalize research” on same-sex sexual behavior among animals, according to an analysis published this week in... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.





