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A Tight Deadline, 4,000 Words, Then Ten Years of Waiting
A Q&A with Kate Zernike, Osama bin Laden’s obituarist for the NYT
By Lauren Kirchner May 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM
When the news of Osama bin Laden’s death broke on Sunday night, every night editor’s dream—or nightmare—came true at The... More
Anthony Shadid: ‘A Gatherer, An Observer, A Listener’
One of his former editors remembers the greatest foreign correspondent of his generation
By David E. Hoffman Feb 17, 2012 at 03:37 PM
For many readers and listeners of the news, the work of foreign correspondents is surrounded by legend and yet strangely... More
Audit Notes: Steve Jobs
By Ryan Chittum Oct 6, 2011 at 02:08 AM
Here's Wired's striking homepage reporting the death of Steve Jobs: Scroll down and you get gray text with obituary comments... More
Cathryn Cronin Cranston
An obituary for CJR’s publisher
By The Editors Jun 7, 2011 at 04:52 PM
The staff of the Columbia Journalism Review is deeply sorry to report the death of our publisher, Cathryn Cranston, who... More
Class, warfare
Remembering Paul Fussell
By Daniel Luzer May 31, 2012 at 03:44 PM
Paul Fussell, historian and cultural critic, died last week at 88. With his death, America lost a steady voice for... 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
Norman Corwin, 1910-2011
Remembering a recently deceased broadcast pioneer
By Michael Antonoff Oct 19, 2011 at 04:42 PM
It was only fitting that I learned of Norman Corwin's death from the CBS Radio World News Roundup, a program... More
Osama bin Laden, 54, Public Enemy No. 1
A review of the obits
By Lauren Kirchner May 2, 2011 at 05:10 PM
Osama bin Laden was the world’s most powerful terrorist. He was also, undeniably, the most famous. And as befits any... 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?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
