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Call Northside 777 (1948)
Real journalism is too boring for the movies
By Brent Cunningham Sep 9, 2011 at 11:34 AM
In an early scene of the 1948 film Call Northside 777, Jimmy Stewart, who plays a reporter at the Chicago... More
And that’s the way it was: February 14, 1929
Saint Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago
By Sang Ngo Feb 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Chicago Tribune "These murders went out of the comprehension of a civilized city," the Chicago Tribune editorialized, after seven... More
Chicago police respect public’s right to record
Despite Illinois’s draconian wiretapping law
By Alysia Santo May 24, 2012 at 03:00 PM
When it comes to preventing citizens from recording police, Illinois has the most severe restrictions in the US. State law... More
Homicide coverage is about people, not just stats
Stories about Hadiya Pendleton’s death should be a guide for journalists in future crime reporting
By Tanveer Ali Feb 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On Friday, President Obama spoke in Chicago as a part of his post-State of the Union tour, pitching, among many... More
Snow Job
Just what constitutes a “record”?
By Merrill Perlman Feb 8, 2011 at 12:36 PM
The snowstorm that hit much of the United States last week was one for the books. In Chicago, the 20.2... 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?”
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
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
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.
