The Industry
Center for Investigative Reporting simplifies FOIA
A Kickstarter project aims to fund a website that makes the FOIA process easier
By Edirin Oputu Jul 19, 2013 at 03:05 PM
A team of investigative reporters and data journalists are building FOIA Machine, a website to help people navigate the complexities... More
Must-reads of the week
Heat-Wave Edition
By The Editors Jul 19, 2013 at 02:52 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
The right way to write about rape
A panel offers tips for navigating the charged terrain of reporting on sexual assault and domestic violence
By Alexis Sobel Fitts Jul 18, 2013 at 02:50 PM
When Claudia Garcia-Rojas, an activist and advocate from Chicago, began assembling her toolkit for journalists covering sexual assault, she surveyed... More
Chasing New Jersey news
Whether or not a new show on WWOR in NJ is news is a concern of folks from congressmen to the FCC
By Abraham Moussako Jul 18, 2013 at 02:50 PM
There is a media battle brewing in New Jersey. WWOR-TV, a channel licensed to the city of Secaucus, has found... More
New ‘injection secrecy’ law threatens First Amendment rights in Georgia
It deems information about lethal injections state secrets
By Andrew Cohen Jul 17, 2013 at 02:55 PM
Update: On Thursday afternoon, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail S. Tusan granted a stay of Hill's execution, concluding, among... More
Much ado at Maariv
Israel’s overcrowded media market has left many of the nation’s newspapers, including daily paper Maariv, struggling
By Edirin Oputu Jul 17, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Maariv, one of Israel's oldest mainstream newspapers, is floundering. Last week, reporters resorted to a "reverse strike" to keep the... More
Support in the conflict zone
Freelance journalists on the front lines have limited resources—but you can help
By Alexis Sobel Fitts Jul 12, 2013 at 05:07 PM
In our July/August issue, CJR published Francesca Borri's wrenching essay about the difficulties of covering conflict as a freelancer (and... More
Must-reads of the week
Sharknado week
By The Editors Jul 12, 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
Who will bear witness?
Photojournalists share their experiences of covering the Iraq War
By Abraham Moussako Jul 11, 2013 at 02:55 PM
Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Brewery, Steve Hindy, former war correspondent for the Associated Press and founder of the microbrewery,... More
Roll Call goes native
With Boeing-backed defense blog, Beltway outlet makes a foray into sponsored content
By Christopher Massie Jul 11, 2013 at 01:13 PM
For the past year, Roll Call, a newspaper and website that focuses on Capitol Hill politics, has been in a... More
Your first salary negotiation
Yeah, the industry is struggling. But you should still ask for more money
By Ann Friedman Jul 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
So you just managed to land a journalism job in what has become a seriously tough market. Congratulations! Now it's... More
Forward pushes a reparations investigation
The paper won’t let a group that gives money to needy Holocaust survivors hide past fraud
By Abby Ohlheiser Jul 10, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Paul Berger discovered his latest investigation for The Forward almost by chance, sitting in a nearly empty courtroom in New... More
Stories I’d like to see
Teflon Tim Geithner, and profiling the Center for Responsive Politics
By Steven Brill Jul 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
HuffPost Germany slated for autumn
It’s a licensing partnership between the Huffington Post and a German media company
By Alison Langley Jul 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Times are hard for Germany's newspapers. Last year, they laid off a record number of journalists, and this year, many... More
Stories I’d like to see
Selling artificial knees, analyzing the Trayvon Martin trial, and Random House cancels Paula Deen’s cookbook
By Steven Brill Jul 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM
In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
