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And that’s the way it was: May 7, 1945
By The Editors May 7, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed the terms for unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, thus putting an... More
CPJ’s Impunity Index updates
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
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
Must-reads of the week
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
And that’s the way it was: May 3, 1978
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
And that’s the way it was: May 2, 1885
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
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
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
That’s incredible
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
