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Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa?
An enormous opportunity for the US could slip past
By Howard W. French Oct 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Looking beyond Kony
Coverage of Africa needs to go beyond the sensationalistic, three experts said at a panel talk on Thursday
By Erika Fry Apr 20, 2012 at 08:59 AM
In Kenya in early March, a grenade blast linked to the terrorist group Al-Shabaab killed six people and injured 63.... More
Nigeria’s New FOIA
Reporters enjoy new freedoms in a long-repressive society
By Elliot Ross Sep 23, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Journalism in Nigeria has never been easy work, and the new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which finally became law... More
Starving for Coverage
Unlike the 1980s, journalists pay little attention to famine ravaging the Horn of Africa
By James Fahn Sep 13, 2011 at 03:40 PM
What a difference a generation makes. Back in 1984-85, groundbreaking media coverage of the terrible drought and famine that affected... More
UN celebrates World Radio Day
Journalists and UN officials discuss why radio remains popular around the world
By Peter Sterne Feb 13, 2013 at 04:40 PM
Wednesday, World Radio Day, marked the 67th anniversary of the United Nations's first broadcast--"This is the United Nations calling the... More
Yao Ming and the elephant massacre
Recent coverage of the African poaching crisis strikes at supply and demand
By Curtis Brainard Sep 6, 2012 at 04:45 PM
After weeks of the media mostly failing to realize why basketball star Yao Ming’s trip to Kenya was fairly important... 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?”
Rolling Stone remembers Michael Hastings, dead at 33
The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los Angeles
On the journalistic value of being “a dick”
Buzzfeed’s statement on the death of its reporter
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
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.
