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Al Jazeera in America
With its purchase of Current TV, the broadcaster has wide access to the American market for the first time. But will audiences come?
By Vivian Salama Jan 9, 2013 at 03:13 PM
Al Jazeera Media Network, the Qatar-based channel once described by the George W. Bush administration as a “terror network,” announced... More
Audit Notes: Gore gorges, 60 Minutes in New Orleans, Wired
The former vice president twists arms and cashes in on Current TV
By Ryan Chittum Jan 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Read Brian Stelter's excellent coverage in The New York Times of Al Gore's role in building and selling Current TV:... More
Counting Down to Countdown on Letterman
By Joel Meares May 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Keith Olbermann sat down with David Letterman last night to talk MSNBC, 2012, and his new venture, Countdown with Keith... More
He’s Back
Olbermann and Countdown back on Current TV
By Joel Meares Jun 21, 2011 at 12:58 PM
It’s probably unwise to make any big calls on Keith Olbermann’s return to the big chair last night on Al... More
Hiring at Al Jazeera America: 18,000 applicants for 170 jobs
The company’s executive director of international operations gives a peek into the network’s new cred among Americans
By Tracie Powell Mar 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Up until a few short years ago, when recruiters with Al Jazeera attended American journalism job fairs, hardly anyone seemed... More
More on Current TV and Olbermann
By Joel Meares Feb 10, 2011 at 03:25 PM
Yesterday I wrote about Keith Olbermann’s move to Current TV, a move I argued was a touch depressing. One of... More
Olbermann’s Big Gamble?
Maybe, maybe not: Current TV is a very unsure bet
By Joel Meares Feb 9, 2011 at 03:13 PM
The Al Gore-founded Current TV has been called many things since it first went to air on August 1, 2005—and... More
Stories I’d like to see
Questions for Ryan, working for welfare, updates on Olbermann and Facebook
By Steven Brill Aug 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM
In his weekly “Stories I’d like to see” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
