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Seattle news site PubliCola is out of business
By Alysia Santo May 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Seattle-based political news site PubliCola is closing, despite strong readership. As founder Josh Feit describes in a post, the... More
Poynter chat: How to mine TV stations’ political files
By The Editors May 11, 2012 at 04:22 PM
CJR has been writing since late last year about a proposed FCC rule that would require local TV stations to... More
So you think you can dance?
By Erika Fry May 11, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Sarah Tressler, the Houston Chronicle society reporter who was fired in March shortly after the Houston Press exposed she also... More
OffTheBus takes a ‘breather’
By Alysia Santo May 9, 2012 at 03:10 PM
OffTheBus, The Huffington Post’s citizen journalism program for campaign coverage, hasn’t posted new content in almost a month. But the... More
9 newsroom buyouts at the Hartford Courant (updated)
By Kira Goldenberg May 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM
First, a disclosure: I have a soft spot for the Hartford Courant. It’s my hometown daily. I interned there twice... More
Who you calling ‘working-class’?
By Brent Cunningham May 8, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Attention all political reporters and editors. If you don’t know about the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State, in... More
Watch: CJR’s panel on digital press freedoms
By Kira Goldenberg May 8, 2012 at 06:55 AM
In honor of its 50th birthday, CJR’s southern presence expanded Monday beyond its one-man DC bureau, as editors and fellow... More
Thank you, Mr. Trillin …
By Brent Cunningham May 7, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Easily the smartest thing connected with The New York Times Magazine’s tedious essay contest on the ethics of eating meat... More
Beyonce’s no Girl Friday
By Kira Goldenberg May 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM
The New York Association of Black Journalists is hearing from the media (social and otherwise) about the decision to award... More
What’s Slate been up to?
By Michael Meyer May 4, 2012 at 12:32 PM
It's been more than a year since we profiled Slate for CJR's Guide to Online News Startups (then the News... More
NYT’s hockey series gets Dart Award
By Brent Cunningham May 4, 2012 at 10:16 AM
The NYT’s series on the life and death of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard won a Dart Award last night (WNYC’s... More
National Mag Awards announced
By Kira Goldenberg May 4, 2012 at 06:56 AM
The American Society of Magazine Editors announced this year's National Magazine Awards at a black-tie ceremony Thursday night. Time netted... More
Two cheers for the FCC
By Mike Hoyt Apr 27, 2012 at 03:28 PM
Update, 6 p.m.: ProPublica's Justin Elliott reports that stations in the top 50 markets will have to start posting files... More
Nikki Haley Strikes a Pose
By Erika Fry Apr 26, 2012 at 11:09 AM
The intersecting sliver of the “Tea Party”-“Vogue” Venn diagram would seem to be a razor-thin one, but the latest politician... More
Murdoch vs. Muto
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 25, 2012 at 03:53 PM
Let me get this straight: Even as Rupert Murdoch’s media empire remains under official scrutiny for an allegedly extensive phone-hacking... 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.













