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BW Oversells Its Story on Americans and Dirty Jobs
By Ryan Chittum Nov 21, 2011 at 08:20 PM
This Bloomberg BusinessWork cover story from last week on "Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs" takes an uneven look at... More
The Washington Times takes a giant step—backwards
Wes Pruden rides again. Watch his words
By Mariah Blake Feb 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Since their recent electoral drubbing, many Republicans are rethinking their party's relationship (or lack of one) to blacks and... More
Amazon’s German labor fiasco
A subcontractor employed neo-Nazi guards to patrol immigrant workers
By Ryan Chittum Feb 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The story of Amazon's treatment of workers took a sensational turn last week when German public television revealed that temporary... More
Audit Notes: Farm labor fight, government debt, dumb-question headlines
Americans sue to get farm jobs from Mexican guest workers
By Ryan Chittum May 9, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times is good to go page one with a story on a fascinating lawsuit in Georgia that... More
Immigration reform and private prison cash
Key lawmakers in the immigration debate are among the top recipients of campaign contributions from the prison industry
By Sasha Chavkin Feb 20, 2013 at 02:20 PM
As immigration reform picks up steam in Congress, conventional wisdom holds that a handful of key players are shaping the... More
More than just marriage
A guide to covering other issues that affect the LGBT community
By Jennifer Vanasco May 24, 2013 at 06:50 AM
There's been a diversity of gay news this month covered in the major media, from the rash of NYC hate... More
Stories I’d Like to See
Super PAC cash, immigration rules, and Businessweek’s revival
By Steven Brill Feb 28, 2012 at 12:07 PM
In his weekly “Stories I’d Like to See” column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion,... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
