The Kicker
Behold, the Ur-Twitter
By Megan Garber Jun 25, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Before there was Twitter, there was...the "Notificator." Seriously. See the description of the world's pre-digital Twitter, below, culled from the... More
Crazy Like a Fox
By Megan Garber Jun 25, 2009 at 03:13 PM
More evidence that offering fair, balanced, and intellectually rigorous programming can be good for business: Fox News is on track... More
By: “A Time Reporter in Tehran”
By Megan Garber Jun 25, 2009 at 02:59 PM
An apt sign of the Time(s): an article about propaganda in Iran, its author tellingly bylined. More
The Washington Post’s Priorities, Chintzy Smoking Jacket Edition
By Megan Garber Jun 25, 2009 at 02:22 PM
They let Froomkin go. This is what they kept. [h/t, Glenn Greenwald] More
You’ve Got E-Mail
By Megan Garber Jun 25, 2009 at 01:02 PM
One obvious drawback of the otherwise admirable exercise of journalistic restraint: it can cause outlets to lose scoops. To wit,... More
Oh, The Irony
By Katia Bachko Jun 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Just to think, yesterday started out so well for the GOP. Politico's lead story, posted at 5:05 a.m. yesterday was... More
What Happens In Vegas…
By Clint Hendler Jun 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM
A federal court case raises the question of if what happens in a Vegas newspaper’s website stays in a Vegas... More
Just Too Perfect?
By Clint Hendler Jun 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Somehow I bet the White House is not all that worried about this "problem," as diagnosed by Politico's Eamon Javers.... More
Thanks for the Memo
By Clint Hendler Jun 25, 2009 at 09:38 AM
Today, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Janet Robinson, respectively the New York Times's publisher and the President/CEO of The New York... More
Tomorrow’s Sanford Headlines Today
By Clint Hendler Jun 24, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Over a year ago, when (then) New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught in a prostitution scandal, CJR's staff threw... More
St. Pete Times tackles Scientology leader
By Clint Hendler Jun 24, 2009 at 01:40 PM
The St. Petersburg Times, which in 1980 won a national reporting Pulitzer for a series on the Church of Scientology,... More
Freely Quoting
By Clint Hendler Jun 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson is in the opening rounds of a depressingly familiar plagiarism scandal, kicked off after... More
NewsAyatollahs, The Ayatollahist
By Katia Bachko Jun 23, 2009 at 01:45 PM
On the occasion of Newsweek's Ayatollah-centric cover, The New Yorker's Cartoon Lounge blog imagines what other magazines might look like... More
Raggedy Ann Arbor?
By Megan Garber Jun 23, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Poynter's Rick Edmonds offers up a detailed look at the media scene in Ann Arbor, Michigan--on the premise that the... More
Bumps in the Rohde Story
By Megan Garber Jun 23, 2009 at 12:40 PM
The story of the escape of New York Times reporter David Rohde from his Taliban captors is "a tale out... 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 New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
