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Momentum becomes Ensia
Univ. of Minnesota expands its environmental magazine
By Curtis Brainard Feb 8, 2013 at 03:00 PM
A nonprofit environmental magazine published by the University of Minnesota that's been quietly racking up awards for three years is... More
Biotech bogeymen
The San Francisco Chronicle’s muddled swipe at GE crops
By Curtis Brainard May 9, 2012 at 02:30 PM
If you’re worried about pesticides, then the San Francisco Chronicle has a sweeping indictment of genetically engineered (GE) crops to... More
Little green in Arab Spring
Egypt Independent’s closure a blow for environmental coverage
By Curtis Brainard May 8, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Last month's closure of the Egypt Independent, a weekly newspaper and website, was a setback for progressive journalism in the... More
Press digs into anti-GMO study
Reporters thwart scientists’ attempt to prevent scrutiny
By Curtis Brainard Oct 1, 2012 at 11:00 AM
A paper claiming that a diet of genetically modified corn and/or a widely used weed killer increased the likelihood of... More
Quinoa’s quagmire
One-sided Guardian article incites media scare
By Curtis Brainard Jan 25, 2013 at 03:05 PM
A slanted post about the quinoa craze set off a cascade of reproachful media warnings last week, telling consumers that... More
The good news about organics
And why the media tend to ignore it
By Curtis Brainard Oct 16, 2012 at 04:00 PM
In the long-running debate about whether organic food is more healthy and nutritious than the conventional variety, the press has... More
What does ‘healthier’ mean?
Coverage of organic-food study plays loose with the term
By Curtis Brainard Sep 11, 2012 at 11:30 AM
“Healthier” is a word the media often use without enough care, and that shortcoming was on full display during last... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
