Short Takes
Old time, real time
What if Jessica Mitford had been on Twitter?*
By Justin Peters Aug 15, 2012 at 11:08 AM
*Mitford's tweets are actual quotes. More
The Future of Magic Bullets
Cartoonist Ted Rall shows us how to save the news business
By Ted Rall Dec 14, 2011 at 06:00 AM
Click here to look through Ted Rall's cartoon series on the news industry. More
Bold Move
Gannett makes a surprising venture into the online world
By Janet Paskin Jul 2, 2010 at 03:18 PM
ast Fall, a new, city-mag-style Web site quietly planted its flag in the crowded San Francisco blogosphere. There was no... More
Is the End Nigh?
A libel reform campaign makes great strides in Great Britain
By Clint Hendler Jul 2, 2010 at 02:55 PM
ournalists have been whinging about England’s libel laws—which notoriously place the burden of proof on defendants, lack a strong defense... More
A New Start
An Iraqi journalist builds a life in New Jersey
By Vera Haller May 4, 2010 at 08:00 AM
aif Alnasseri stepped out into a winter morning, stood on the wide front porch outside his apartment in a... More
Too Much Information?
The release of battle footage sparks a controversy in Norway
By Lene Johansen Mar 2, 2010 at 08:00 AM
t is New Year’s Eve in northern Afghanistan. A small group of Norwegian soldiers is en route to meet... More
Press Crimes?
Scrutinizing whether media outlets spurred on the war in the Balkans
By Bojana Stoparic Feb 25, 2010 at 03:44 PM
n November 20, 1991, Serbia’s newspapers and TV stations picked up a startling report: forty-one Serbian children had been massacred... More
Weeklies On the Rise
The center of gravity shifts in the world of business journalism
By Chris Roush Feb 2, 2010 at 06:59 PM
n the offices of the weekly Denver Business Journal there is a bulletin board known as “The Daily Beating.” On... More
Freeze Frame
A photojournalist finds himself increasingly shut out
By James Lo Scalzo Dec 9, 2009 at 04:21 PM
I’ve encountered plenty of prohibitions on picture-making in fifteen years as a photojournalist. But the most infuriating came recently at... More
All the News Fit to Sing
An interview with the man behind Pakistan’s musical news cartoons
By Ayesha Akram Dec 9, 2009 at 04:14 PM
American coverage of Pakistan tends not to focus on its role as a media laboratory, but a sudden growth of... More
Man on the (Digital) Street
A new Web service helps reporters find the perfect quote
By Janet Paskin Dec 6, 2009 at 04:06 PM
It all began innocently enough. In fifteen years as a PR guy and serial entrepreneur, Peter Shankman had become something... More
Somalia’s Dark Days
By David Axe Oct 6, 2009 at 08:54 PM
Ahmed Omar Hashi was no stranger to death threats. As a senior producer for Mogadishu’s popular Shabelle Radio, Hashi routinely... More
All Together Now (II)
By Megan McGinley Oct 6, 2009 at 08:46 PM
When the San Diego Union-Tribune went on sale in July 2008, veteran investigative reporter Lorie Hearn worried about the future... More
All Together Now (I)
By Brent Cunningham Oct 6, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Not long ago, Kevin Murphy was simply the president of the Berks County Community Foundation in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
