The Kicker
He said, she said
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 19, 2012 at 02:45 PM
Gossip, according to longtime New York Post columnist Earl Wilson, is hearing something you like about someone you don’t. I... More
Live from Tampa and Charlotte: it’s NYT and BuzzFeed
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 18, 2012 at 03:20 PM
One way to generate news during the ample down time at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions is to "frantically... More
Knight News Challenge winners announced
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 18, 2012 at 01:50 PM
Geographically organized breaking news video aggregation, natural-disaster community Web portals, and a secure service for sensitive reporter-source contact are some... More
Tucker Carlson on the virtue of interruptions
By Greg Marx Jun 15, 2012 at 04:30 PM
“Most speakers hate to be interrupted, but I enjoy it, having spent about 10 years in cable news getting interrupted... More
Sunlight’s Scout is a promising new tool
By Greg Marx Jun 15, 2012 at 12:43 PM
The busy folks at Sunlight Labs recently unveiled a nifty new feature that should be useful for advocates, policy wonks,... More
Another case of the racy emails
By Erika Fry Jun 14, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Earlier this week, I wrote about media coverage surrounding the “racy emails” that led to Des Moines, IA, school superintendent... More
Watch: Swing States Project staffer on coverage of gaffes, changes at GOOD, and Mitt’s Mormonism
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Earlier this week, Anna Clark, Michigan correspondent for CJR’s Swing States Project, appeared on bloggingheads.tv’s The Posner Show. Below, watch... More
Keeping journalism nonprofits vital
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 14, 2012 at 06:44 AM
While it didn't find one magic solution, a new study did show that nonprofit media are most likely to remain... More
Heresy on the bayou (updated)
By Brent Cunningham Jun 13, 2012 at 10:43 AM
More than the news that it would no longer publish every day; more than the rumor that those left in... More
Listen: CJR staffer on Politico and media criticism
By Kira Goldenberg Jun 12, 2012 at 04:59 PM
In his very first piece for CJR last week, intern Peter Sterne criticized Politico’s story that alleged a pro-Obama bias... More
Learning from others’ Kickstarter mistakes
By Alysia Santo Jun 12, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Journalism professionals, professors, and students are taking their reporting proposals to Kickstarter, and for the past few months I’ve rounded... More
Dumb and dumber
By Michael Massing Jun 12, 2012 at 02:50 PM
In April, CNN recorded its lowest monthly ratings in more than 10 years. In May, it recorded its lowest monthly... More
Don’t think pink
By Erika Fry Jun 12, 2012 at 01:37 PM
Hey journalists, how do you navigate the “pink ghetto”? For starters, try changing the language used to describe topics traditionally... More
Politico goes for ‘fair and balanced’
By Peter Sterne Jun 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Last week, Politico rocked the insidery world of political journalism with an article, written by executive editor Jim VandeHei and... More
How David Simon is wrong about paywalls
By Howard Owens Jun 5, 2012 at 11:36 AM
David Simon is a talented writer and storyteller, but is he qualified to give advice to publishers about how to... 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.
