The Industry
CPJ’s Impunity Index updates
Iraq tops the list of countries where murders of journalists have gone unsolved
By Sara Morrison May 6, 2013 at 03:30 PM
The Committee to Protect Journalists updated its Impunity Index last week. The Index calculates the number of unsolved murders of... More
And that’s the way it was: May 6, 1937
The Hindenburg disaster
By Sang Ngo May 6, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day in 1937, the German passenger zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire, crashed, and burned down to nothing but its... More
Finding James Foley
GlobalPost tracked down its missing reporter in Syria—now to bring him home
By Curtis Brainard May 3, 2013 at 06:00 PM
After 162 days with no information about his whereabouts, GlobalPost announced Friday that James Foley, an American journalist who went... More
Inside the Indonesian Newsroom:
the good, the bad, the hopeful
A survey provides a new snapshot
By Lawrence Pintak May 3, 2013 at 02:52 PM
Indonesia remains a nation in flux. So, too, its journalism. Fifteen years after the country's long-time strongman and president,... More
Must-reads of the week
Stuffed Banana with Dreadlocks Edition
By The Editors May 3, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
How not to report on a transgender victim
Cemia Acoff identified as a woman in life and should have been in death, too
By Jennifer Vanasco May 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Sometime between the end of March and the end of April, an Ohio transgender woman was brutally murdered--she was stabbed... More
And that’s the way it was: May 3, 1978
The first piece of email spam is sent
By Sang Ngo May 3, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On an evil day, 35 years ago today, a sinister pair of hands typed and sent out the first ever... More
Branded but ‘independent’ media
The pros and cons of trying to do real journalism at a non-media company
By Ann Friedman May 2, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Jessica Bennett worked for seven years at journalistic stalwarts like The Boston Globe, the Village Voice, and Newsweek. But after... More
And that’s the way it was: May 2, 1885
Good Housekeeping magazine is first published
By Sang Ngo May 2, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Founded in 1885 by Clark W. Bryan, Good Housekeeping was purchased in 1911 by the Heart Corporation, which still owns... More
Local reporting at its grandest
When the weather warms up, oddities emerge
By Kira Goldenberg May 1, 2013 at 04:00 PM
The local news in Florida is likely full of "truth is stranger than fiction" tales all year round because it's... More
More of Jessica Lum’s work
Jessica Lum’s life and career were cut short, but she left a lot behind
By Sara Morrison May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Jessica Lum's life and career were cut short, but she left a lot behind. Here's a sampling of some of... More
Darts & Laurels
The Phoenix’s ashes, Weil’s catch, the WSJ’s ‘experts,’ etc.
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Laurel to In These Times, for exposing how, in the face of tough economic times, state legislatures are slashing budgets... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Angela Stern May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Not uncommonly, as a teenager in today's society, I spend a great deal of time every day on my cell... More
That’s incredible
How kids gets their news
By Heather Strathearn May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Like many of my fellow students, I get my news from a variety of sources, including my cell phone, the... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Nikhil Rajaram May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Most teenagers nowadays are out of touch with world news, even though they are very involved in media. I would... 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.
