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A fatal year
2012 on track to be the deadliest on record for journalists
By Curtis Brainard Jun 29, 2012 at 06:50 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — With 72 journalists killed so far this year, 2012 is on pace to... More
Gag Time in Cairo
An interview with Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Eissa
By David Lepeska Nov 9, 2010 at 01:42 PM
Few leaders stay in power for thirty years without occasionally embracing their inner gangster. So it is that the aging,... More
Has Tunisia Mesmerized Journalists?
Tunisia is one of the world’s worst places for journalists—but you wouldn’t know it
By Justin D. Martin Nov 19, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Tunis, Tunisia—The first time I heard the word “Tunisia” was as a child watching The Cosby Show. In one episode,... More
Hell Yes to Hell No
New book flags ways US targets dissent
By Justin D. Martin Dec 7, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in 21st-Century America | By Michael Ratner & Margaret Ratner Kunstler | The New... More
Hey coach, lighten up!
Steve Spurrier and his coaching cohorts get pissy with the press
By Robert Weintraub Oct 12, 2012 at 07:00 AM
Steve Spurrier, the wisecrackin’ ol’ ballcoach at the University of South Carolina, has the Gamecocks in rarefied air. After... More
In Thailand, moderate comments or go to jail
A new low in the Land of Smiles
By Erika Fry Jun 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For 20 days in the 2010, a user comment, later deemed by Thai officials as offensive to the king, was... More
Returning to Egyptian Journalists Their Basic Freedoms
Egypt’s new leadership must prioritize media rights
By Justin D. Martin Feb 16, 2011 at 04:40 PM
CAIRO— The revolution in Egypt belongs to brave, stubborn Egyptians who faced down the clubs, gas, and gunfire of Hosni’s... More
Speech in Israel Is Not Free
There’s more to democracy than just holding regular elections
By Justin D. Martin Nov 4, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Both Israeli and US policymakers are fond of calling Israel and the United States likeminded democracies. “America has no better... More
Trial Begins Tomorrow for Journalists Imprisoned in Ethiopia
Their Swedish colleagues demand justice
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 19, 2011 at 02:13 PM
Two Swedish journalists who have been imprisoned in Ethiopia for almost four months will face terrorism charges in Addis Ababa... 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.
