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A Visualization of Newspapers’ History
Stanford University team maps papers’ progress throughout the West
By Alysia Santo Jul 18, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Did newspapers make the west, or did the west make newspapers? This is one of the questions that drives Geoff... More
And Then There Were Two
Oakland Tribune and other Bay Area newspapers to consolidate
By Alysia Santo Aug 25, 2011 at 05:22 PM
Some forty journalists will lose their jobs in November, when the Bay Area News Group squeezes eleven community newspapers down... More
Audit Radio: Cleveland edition
Dean Starkman joins a panel of Ohio journalists on the future of newspapers
By Ryan Chittum Jun 21, 2012 at 05:02 PM
Audit Chief Dean Starkman talked about the future of newspapers on Cleveland's NPR affiliate WCRN this morning. "Sound of Ideas"... More
Confidence In TV News and Newspapers (Slightly) Up
What’s Weiner got to do with it?
By Joel Meares Jun 28, 2011 at 01:11 PM
Some heartening news for those in the newspaper and TV News industries. Gallup’s annual poll of the public’s confidence... More
Faded green
Environment reporters endangered, regardless of exact number
By Curtis Brainard Jan 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM
InsideClimate News's Katherine Bagley, who broke the news last week that The New York Times is dismantling its environment desk,... More
Here? Now?
Media squander rare opportunity to localize climate coverage
By Curtis Brainard Jan 17, 2013 at 03:30 PM
Making climate change a local story isn't easy, but regional newspapers are, by and large, missing what is probably going... More
Heresy on the bayou (updated)
Times-Picayune drops its restaurant critic
By Brent Cunningham Jun 13, 2012 at 10:43 AM
More than the news that it would no longer publish every day; more than the rumor that those left in... More
In Egypt, new newspapers and old problems
Citizens need good journalism to explain confusing times, but many Egyptians don’t trust their media
By Jared Malsin Jul 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
CAIRO, EGYPT — Egyptian newsstands today offer a lively range of options, including three government-owned papers, papers affiliated with political... More
In the Egypt Independent’s closure, an end of a beginning
The paper was a symbol of Egypt’s new freedom of the press, which appears to be diminishing
By Vivian Salama Apr 30, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Like many things in Egypt these days, the fight to save the Egypt Independent from termination went viral almost instantly.... More
Media restrictions tighten in Ethiopia
One of the last remaining independent newspapers was recently shuttered by the government
By Mohammed Ademo Aug 13, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Government charges against one of Ethiopia’s last remaining independent newspaper editors on Friday and a recent forced shutdown of that... More
New Investment Company Buys Chicago Sun Times
By Alysia Santo Dec 22, 2011 at 01:01 PM
A digitally focused company has purchased an old media standard. Sun-Times Media Holdings, owner of The Chicago Sun-Times and over... More
News Corp. ponders a split
Easing but not erasing the Murdoch discount
By Ryan Chittum Jun 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Shareholders have been carping for years that Rupert Murdoch should get rid of his newspapers and focus on the real... 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
The NYT Paywall Is Out of the Gate Fast
281,000 paying digital subscribers in three months show readers will pay for quality news
By Ryan Chittum Jul 22, 2011 at 08:14 PM
The Wall Street Journal has long had a successful online paywall. The Financial Times has one, too. We can confidently... More
The NAA Newspaper Numbers
By Ryan Chittum Mar 16, 2012 at 02:16 AM
Alan Mutter looks at the 2011 numbers out of the Newspaper Association of America, which he notes were "quietly published."... More
The NYT Goes Backward on Digital Ads
By Ryan Chittum Apr 20, 2012 at 05:14 PM
The New York Times Company's first quarter earnings, reported yesterday, left a lot to be desired. About.com, the company's web-only... More
The Sometimes Picayune
Want to damage New Orleans (again)? Decimate its newspaper
By Harry Shearer Jun 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Here, for your reading pleasure, are two familiar cliches: 1. New Orleans is a unique city. 2. The newspaper business... More
Tracing the Hacking Scandal’s Medieval Roots
The (mis-) education of the British Empire’s Boy Reporters
By Arthur Jones Jul 25, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Mr. Hinton joined Mr. Murdoch’s first paper, The News, in Adelaide, at age 15.... The New York Times, July 16,... More
What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
Despite it all, small papers can still turn a profit
By Justin Peters May 18, 2012 at 01:26 PM
On Thursday, Warren Buffett announced he will spend $142 million to purchase 63 local and regional newspapers from the Richmond,... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
