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Copyright for copy writers
“Work-for-hire” contracts in a digital age
By Sarah Laskow Jul 10, 2013 at 10:10 AM
As a freelance writer, I've signed some contracts that consist of a couple simple paragraphs, and others that had tangles... More
Dear News Organizations: Stop Being Deadbeats
If you’ve promised to pay your freelancers, do it
By Justin D. Martin Sep 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM
If I paid my bills as slowly as many news organizations pay their freelancers, I’d be homeless, have a deactivated... More
Must-reads of the week
Digital freelancing edition
By The Editors Mar 8, 2013 at 02:58 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Paying for freelance journalism
An email correspondence between a freelancer and an editor has ignited a widespread discussion in the business
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 6, 2013 at 03:50 PM
On Monday, journalist Nate Thayer published email correspondence with an Atlantic editor. She asked if he would shorten one of... More
Q&A: Nicholas Jackson, founder of The First Bound
New website provides an “off the record” style chat about media with writers and editors
By Alexis Sobel Fitts Aug 1, 2013 at 02:56 PM
As a young writer Pacific Standard digital director Nicholas Jackson built his career through a time-honored tradition: cold-emailing editors. "I... More
Support in the conflict zone
Freelance journalists on the front lines have limited resources—but you can help
By Alexis Sobel Fitts Jul 12, 2013 at 05:07 PM
In our July/August issue, CJR published Francesca Borri's wrenching essay about the difficulties of covering conflict as a freelancer (and... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
