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Beijing’s blinding pollution
The press should not ignore dirty air in other cities
By Shiwani Neupane Feb 22, 2013 at 02:30 PM
As resources become scarcer and cutbacks in foreign bureaus more common, international reporting is becoming geographically biased. This trend was... More
Calling Dr. Crowd
News outlets rely on the masses for public health stories
By Alysia Santo Dec 14, 2011 at 03:47 PM
When we feel ourselves coming down with something, we look it up. If you type the words “I think I’m... More
Mad cow, sane coverage
Most media treat BSE discovery with appropriate concern
By Curtis Brainard May 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM
A few days after the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement last month that it had discovered a case of... 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
Soda Scare
Association, causation confused in news about pop and violence
By David Ropeik Oct 26, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Here we go again. A study finds an association between A and B, but some news reports say that A... More
The bird-flu blues
Short notice that research will resume leads to thin coverage
By Curtis Brainard Jan 30, 2013 at 05:15 PM
Reporters didn't have much time to react to the news that scientists in some countries will soon resume research on... 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.
