The Kicker
When watchdog meets lapdog
By Michael Massing Jun 4, 2012 at 02:50 PM
The New York Times's report last week on the Obama administration's secret "kill list" of Al Qaeda suspects and the... More
In Thailand, moderate comments or go to jail
By Erika Fry Jun 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For 20 days in the 2010, a user comment, later deemed by Thai officials as offensive to the king, was... More
Election 2012 coverage: another gender gap
By Erika Fry May 31, 2012 at 04:04 PM
Earlier this week, I wrote about the persisting gender gap in opinion media. Women’s voices were especially lacking in legacy... More
Class, warfare
By Daniel Luzer May 31, 2012 at 03:44 PM
Paul Fussell, historian and cultural critic, died last week at 88. With his death, America lost a steady voice for... More
Talking back to Alan Simpson
By Trudy Lieberman May 31, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, as followers of the entitlements debate know, is, shall we say, tart-tongued and gutsy. Or,... More
Turning users into supporters
By Alysia Santo May 30, 2012 at 05:30 PM
Building an actively involved audience ranks high on the priority list for news organizations, but as outlets around the country... More
Welcome to the blogosphere, Mischiefs of Faction
By Greg Marx May 30, 2012 at 12:29 PM
The rise of ideologically coherent, well-disciplined political parties is probably the key fact to focus on if you want to... More
David Simon, creator of The Wire and Treme, on the Times-Picayune cuts
By David Simon May 25, 2012 at 11:09 AM
It's grievous what is happening to regional newspapers, especially. But the whole industry will continue to collapse until everyone swallows... More
The Times-Picayune cuts staff and print runs
By Kira Goldenberg May 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM
The news hit late Wednesday night that the storied New Orleans Times-Picayune, the newspaper that served as a community rock... More
Broadcasters sue to keep political ad buy data offline
By Liz Cox Barrett May 22, 2012 at 04:51 PM
The National Association of Broadcasters—which represents parent companies of NBC, CBS, and Fox, among others—yesterday moved to halt the Federal... More
The Pulitzer Prize luncheon, storified
By Kira Goldenberg May 21, 2012 at 03:17 PM
The Pulitzer Prizes were officially presented to recipients on Monday afternoon at Columbia University's Low Library rotunda. See attendee reactions... More
A game of telephone fools the Times
By Ryan Chittum May 18, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The New York Times posts a nasty correction on its Sunday op-ed by William Deresiewicz, who asserted that a study... More
What Warren Buffett sees in local newspapers
By Justin Peters May 18, 2012 at 01:26 PM
On Thursday, Warren Buffett announced he will spend $142 million to purchase 63 local and regional newspapers from the Richmond,... More
Don’t take my traditional Internet away!
By Greg Marx May 17, 2012 at 07:10 PM
Over at Nieman Lab, Adrienne LaFrance has an interesting interview with Talking Points Memo publisher Josh Marshall about his efforts... More
Why China ejected Melissa Chan
By Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi May 17, 2012 at 01:15 PM
Is this the kind of reporting that got Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chan expelled from China last week? The foreign... 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.
