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Newsweek’s Redesign Gets Two Thumbs Down
Is the harsh reaction from media critics warranted?
By The Editors Mar 8, 2011 at 02:09 PM
The newly redesigned Newsweek launched yesterday, and as soon as the first images appeared online, the issue quickly became a... More
Accuracy and Crisis
Were early, erroneous reports of Giffords’s death preventable?
By The Editors Jan 11, 2011 at 01:00 PM
“Initial reporting on the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat from Arizona’s Eighth District, was riddled with the kind... More
Are You Angry about WikiLeaks?
If so, why? If not, why not?
By The Editors Nov 30, 2010 at 12:50 PM
From Sarah Palin to the Times readers who grilled Bill Keller over that paper’s right to publish information contained in... More
Assessing Al Jazeera
What’s your general impression of Al Jazeera English?
By The Editors Feb 22, 2011 at 03:24 PM
As revolutions ripple through the Middle East, Al Jazeera has kept its cameras rolling. Few American cable networks offer Al... More
Be a Pulitzer Judge
To which finalist would you give the Breaking News prize?
By The Editors Apr 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM
On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize Board handed out awards in 13 out of 14 categories for journalism. No award was... More
Campaign Strategies
How should the media determine the sort of coverage a candidate deserves?
By The Editors May 31, 2011 at 04:58 PM
In one of the posts on Herman Cain's candidacy discussed on Campaign Desk Tuesday, Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight calls for... More
Following Egypt
What are your go-to news and information sources?
By The Editors Feb 1, 2011 at 02:16 PM
It has now been a week since reform-seeking protestors by the thousands began taking to the streets of Cairo and... More
Graduation Time
What should we tell journalism’s next generation?
By The Editors May 17, 2011 at 12:44 PM
It’s graduation season and journalism schools across the country are spitting out classes of elated and exhausted journalists into the... More
Hacks and Heroes
Who’s missing from Salon’s “biggest media hacks” list?
By The Editors Dec 7, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Salon published its “War Room Hack Thirty” the day before Thanksgiving. The list features Salon's “least favorite political commentators, newspaper... More
Holiday Reading List
Recommend a book for a journalist this season
By The Editors Dec 14, 2010 at 11:02 AM
This holiday season, there’s nothing better you can give your favorite overworked journalist than a good book, with a note... More
Huffington Post and “Over-Aggregation”
Where do we draw the line between aggregation and plagiarism?
By The Editors Jul 12, 2011 at 05:14 PM
AdAge media columnist Simon Dumenco recently posed a good question to the online news community: “What constitutes unfair -- unethical... More
Huffington Post Goes Supersonic
What do you love/hate about The Huffington Post?
By The Editors Feb 8, 2011 at 01:42 PM
Change is in air at the Huffington Post, dahhhh-link. We may not know what the new Huffington Post Media Group... More
Media New Year’s Resolutions
What are your journalistic resolutions for 2011?
By The Editors Jan 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM
No point giving up dark chocolate, red wine, or blacker-than-black coffee. We're journalists. We'd last a week. Max. And exercise?... More
Olbermann Suspends “Worst Person” Segment
What other segments, programs, or people should be cut from cable news?
By The Editors Nov 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM
After accusing Jon Stewart of jumping the shark on Twitter over the weekend, Keith Olbermann last night gave in to... More
Populism on the Potomac
Is anyone in DC reporting for the people?
By The Editors Aug 9, 2011 at 02:38 PM
On Sunday, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton presented a plan for the paper he's charged with watching. His stirring proposal?... More
So Long, Olbermann
What’s next for NBC?
By The Editors Jan 25, 2011 at 01:05 PM
With one abrupt announcement at the end of his show on Friday, Keith Olbermann ended his run on MSNBC, where... More
Summer Reading Club
Recommend a book for a journalist this summer
By The Editors Jul 20, 2011 at 02:11 PM
The days are long, the dogs are panting, and the sun is still prime for shining on the pages of... More
Thanksgiving Time
Tell us what in journalism you are thankful for
By The Editors Nov 23, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Holidays are a reminder that we’ve gone another turn around the sun, a time to take time to take stock.... More
The Olbermann Question
What are the journalistic consequences of reporters donating to political campaigns?
By The Editors Nov 9, 2010 at 01:22 PM
One question which has gone largely unaddressed in the Keith Olbermann controversy is this: Is there a difference between donating... More
The SPJ’s Tough Call
Should SPJ have retired the Helen Thomas Award?
By The Editors Jan 19, 2011 at 01:09 PM
In June of last year, White House press corps vet Helen Thomas resigned from her columnist’s post with Hearst Newspapers... 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)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
