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Churnalism Exposed
A new website identifies press release copy in the news
By Martin Moore Mar 3, 2011 at 02:05 PM
The Media Standards Trust (U.K.) has just launched a website—churnalism.com—that lets people compare press releases with published news articles in... More
Close Encounters of the Media Kind
NASA press release leads to wild speculation about alien discovery
By Curtis Brainard Dec 1, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Over the last two days, bloggers at a few of the country’s top news outlets have engaged in wild and... More
How to Place a Story?
Survey finds top environmental newsmakers still target traditional media
By Curtis Brainard Nov 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Despite disruptive changes in the media industry, which have made it more difficult to place stories and develop relationships with... More
Microsoft’s live-action press release
Journalists hype the software giant’s new tablet
By Ryan Chittum Jun 19, 2012 at 08:00 AM
Yesterday, Microsoft got a bunch of tech journalists to go to Hollywood for what it promised would be a major... More
The AP Falls For a Bogus Press Release
No excuse for that silly mistake but points for cleaning up the mess
By Ryan Chittum Apr 13, 2011 at 01:59 PM
Henry Blodget wants to know if we're going to blast the Associated Press for falling for a hoax press release... More
The Most Amazing Corporate Press Release in History
Fisking the Yes Men’s fake GE press release
By Craig Silverman Apr 15, 2011 at 11:25 AM
The last time the media fell for a Yes Men-affiliated hoax press release, it inspired a discussion about speed versus... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
