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The Observatory
CJR Event: Science News and Government Transparency
Access denied
By Curtis Brainard Oct 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Has the Obama administration lived up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible to the public? An... More
Environmental Journalism Associations Proliferating Worldwide
Members find strength—and challenges—in numbers
By James Fahn Jun 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM
When I was a journalist uncovering how oil and petrochemical companies were dumping mercury into the Gulf of Thailand, I... More
Press Pass Problems
Cetacean Society’s decision to deny a reporter raises questions about access
By Curtis Brainard Nov 12, 2010 at 04:30 PM
On Tuesday, the American Cetacean Society denied a freelancer’s request for a press pass to attend the society’s annual meeting... More
Show Him the Money!
Reporter Joydeep Gupta asks tough questions at the Cancún climate conference
By Laura Paskus Dec 13, 2010 at 02:44 PM
CANCÚN, MEXICO—Joydeep Gupta wants to know where the money is, and he's going to keep asking everyone he can that... More
Skeptical of Science
Among other new roles, journalists becoming more critical of research
By Declan Fahy Sep 28, 2011 at 10:05 AM
The recent coverage of the subatomic particles found to have travelled faster than the speed of light—tentative evidence that could... More
The Potential for Medical Journalism in Kenya
A country that’s aching for quality health reporting
By Justin D. Martin Jun 15, 2011 at 12:45 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya—Before landing in Kenya, my doctor had me get shots for typhoid, tetanus, cholera, yellow fever, and meningitis. He... 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?
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.
