The Kicker
About That Low-Flying Plane “Photo-Op”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2009 at 09:55 AM
From the (print only) New York Times today, byline A.G. Sulzberger and Matthew L. Wald: Neither the White House nor... More
Douthat’s Eye-Grabbing Debut NYT Column
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2009 at 09:24 AM
"Cheney For President" is the attention-grabbing headline of Ross Douthat's inaugural New York Times column today (web only). Once Douthat... More
The Dover Policy, Three Weeks Out
By Clint Hendler Apr 27, 2009 at 04:22 PM
Randall Chase, an Associated Press correspondent based in Delaware, has an interesting update on the Pentagon’s just three-week-old policy allowing... More
Fox Won’t Air Presidential News Conference
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2009 at 04:21 PM
From the AP: The Fox network is sticking with its regular schedule over President Barack Obama this week. The network... More
The Bloomberg Way—To Transfer
By Clint Hendler Apr 27, 2009 at 03:47 PM
In the category of fun things you learn while being a media reporter, today I learned that Bloomberg LP prefers... More
“From Terrifying Tweet to News Report— In 4 Minutes”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2009 at 02:44 PM
Nieman Lab's Zachary M. Seward explains. Also: at the White House press briefing just now, MSNBC's Chuck Todd asked Robert... More
Irony of the Day
By Megan Garber Apr 27, 2009 at 02:40 PM
See if you can spot this delightful little entry into the annals of ironic errata, on the masthead of the... More
“100-Day Milestone” Falls Victim to Swine Flu?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2009 at 01:48 PM
From the Washington Post: "Swine Flu Crisis May Overshadow 100-Day Milestone." After all, "swine flu has dominated headlines for the... More
A (Professional) Journalist by Any Other Name…
By Megan Garber Apr 27, 2009 at 01:40 PM
The Society of Professional Journalists now includes within its ranks...citizen journalists. The 100-year-old journalism organization is partnering with Helium, the... More
AP on Michelle’s 100 Days “Transformation”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2009 at 01:03 PM
CJR's Jane Kim to political reporters gearing up for Wednesday (you know, President Obama's 100th Day? Report card day?): "Let’s... More
Does CNN Need To “Make It Sexy?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Reports Bill Carter of the New York Times: In March, CNN averaged 328,000 viewers in prime time among the audience... More
Condé Nast Closes Portfolio
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Condé Nast is ceasing publication of Portfolio, the glossy business magazine (and 2008 National Magazine Award winner). A brief post... More
NPR on recovery.gov
By Clint Hendler Apr 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Last night on All Things Considered NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook filed the first of a two part series on how... More
Huffington Post’s Ken Lerer, 140 characters or less
By Clint Hendler Apr 24, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Last night Huffington Post CEO Ken Lerer spoke at the Columbia Journalism School. CJR's Megan Garber was on the scene,... 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.
