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oil spill
“Prophet of Katrina” stays put
Times-Picayune’s ace environment reporter sticks with Nola Media Group
By Curtis Brainard Jun 22, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The man The New York Times called “a prophet of Katrina’s wrath” for his prescient coverage of New Orleans’ vulnerability... More
Best of 2010: The Observatory
Curtis Brainard picks the top stories from 2010
By Curtis Brainard Dec 29, 2010 at 01:11 PM
1. “New” Media Crucial in Aftermath of Haitian Earthquake With standard telephone, radio, and television communications disabled, “new” media platforms... More
Bloomberg Examines Louisiana’s Laissez-Faire Oil Regulators
Spills go unpenalized 99 percent of the time and the state’s fines are a joke
By Ryan Chittum Feb 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Bloomberg has an excellent investigation into Louisiana's oil regulators, finding that the state fines oil companies for oil spill less... More
InsideClimate out front
Investigation of Kalamazoo oil spill calamity led the pack
By Curtis Brainard Jul 26, 2012 at 03:23 PM
In early July, the media covered a long awaited report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which blamed the... More
One Year After the Spill…
…BP campaign contributions no longer “toxic”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 22, 2011 at 09:49 AM
A year, more or less, is apparently how much time had to pass after the massive BP oil spill in... More
Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
An oil-spill book relies too heavily on cut-and-paste work
By Curtis Brainard Jul 20, 2011 at 12:30 PM
This spring, Amanda Mascarelli, a freelance journalist based in Colorado, was in the process of reviewing A Sea in Flames,... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Rolling Stone remembers Michael Hastings, dead at 33
The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los Angeles
On the journalistic value of being “a dick”
Buzzfeed’s statement on the death of its reporter
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
