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A Tight Deadline, 4,000 Words, Then Ten Years of Waiting
A Q&A with Kate Zernike, Osama bin Laden’s obituarist for the NYT
By Lauren Kirchner May 5, 2011 at 10:26 AM
When the news of Osama bin Laden’s death broke on Sunday night, every night editor’s dream—or nightmare—came true at The... More
Anthony Shadid: ‘A Gatherer, An Observer, A Listener’
One of his former editors remembers the greatest foreign correspondent of his generation
By David E. Hoffman Feb 17, 2012 at 03:37 PM
For many readers and listeners of the news, the work of foreign correspondents is surrounded by legend and yet strangely... More
Audit Notes: Steve Jobs
By Ryan Chittum Oct 6, 2011 at 02:08 AM
Here's Wired's striking homepage reporting the death of Steve Jobs: Scroll down and you get gray text with obituary comments... More
Cathryn Cronin Cranston
An obituary for CJR’s publisher
By The Editors Jun 7, 2011 at 04:52 PM
The staff of the Columbia Journalism Review is deeply sorry to report the death of our publisher, Cathryn Cranston, who... More
Class, warfare
Remembering Paul Fussell
By Daniel Luzer May 31, 2012 at 03:44 PM
Paul Fussell, historian and cultural critic, died last week at 88. With his death, America lost a steady voice for... More
Coming out posthumously
Sally Ride and questions of how to memorialize semi-closeted public figures
By Jennifer Vanasco Jul 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. In the first obituaries about... More
Norman Corwin, 1910-2011
Remembering a recently deceased broadcast pioneer
By Michael Antonoff Oct 19, 2011 at 04:42 PM
It was only fitting that I learned of Norman Corwin's death from the CBS Radio World News Roundup, a program... More
Osama bin Laden, 54, Public Enemy No. 1
A review of the obits
By Lauren Kirchner May 2, 2011 at 05:10 PM
Osama bin Laden was the world’s most powerful terrorist. He was also, undeniably, the most famous. And as befits any... 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)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
