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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
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By James Pedersen May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The ways teens get the news today is different than how they got it 75 years ago. Today, most teens... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Jamie Har May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Today, most teenagers only care about news that relate to them. They do not actively buy newspapers, go online to... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Julia Kwasnick May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Every day, thousands of newsworthy events occur. However, few people actually learn of said events from a reputable news source... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Maya Kandell May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Teens get news today in a variety of different forms. I don't think many teens get real "news" on Facebook... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Ariya Momeny May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Most teenagers get their news from social networking sites nowadays. Sites like Twitter, Facebook, or maybe from little news ticker... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Stephenie Zhang May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
I was once searching for news online outside of my reliable aggregate of The Economist, New Yorker, New York Times,... More
That’s incredible
How kids get their news
By Shivonne Logan May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
High schoolers get news from a wide variety of sources, and are especially vulnerable to believing less credible sources, or... More
And that’s the way it was: April 30, 1993
“WorldWideWeb” software enters the public domain
By Sarah Laskow Apr 30, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In 1993, computer users all over the world were still working out how best to share information over the Internet.... More
In the Egypt Independent’s closure, an end of a beginning
The paper was a symbol of Egypt’s new freedom of the press, which appears to be diminishing
By Vivian Salama Apr 30, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Like many things in Egypt these days, the fight to save the Egypt Independent from termination went viral almost instantly.... More
Crowdsourcing done right
Crowdsourced journalism showed its limits during the Boston bombing, but that doesn’t mean it lacks value
By Katie Akagi and Stephanie Linning Apr 29, 2013 at 03:55 PM
Crowdsourcing -- obtaining data, information, or ideas from a group of people -- can quickly bring up vast quantities of... More
When reporters are kidnapped
US journalist James Foley has been missing in Syria since Thanksgiving, and there’s no standard way to save him
By Trevor Bach Apr 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM
James Foley was supposed to arrive by 4. It was Thanksgiving, and Foley, a freelance journalist covering the war in... More
And that’s the way it was: April 29, 1999
Bombing Milosevic’s TV station: Was it a war crime, or just war?
By Snjezana Milivojevic Apr 29, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In the late hours of April 29, 1999, NATO bombed Avala Tower, a tall, elegant television transmitter that had been... More
Must-reads of the week
Boston bombing follow-ups, Jill Abramson gossip
By The Editors Apr 26, 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
A laurel to Zahira Torres and the El Paso Times
Dogged investigative work exposed a test-score scandal that harmed students
By Richard Parker Apr 26, 2013 at 11:52 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- In El Paso, the former school superintendent is now in prison, the Justice Department is investigating,... 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.
