The Kicker
RIP: Jonathan “Jack” Idema, Media Con Man
By Mike Hoyt Jan 27, 2012 at 04:32 PM
In April 2004, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier named Jonathan Keith Idema started shopping a sizzling story to the... More
Julian Assange’s New Platform: RT
By Ann Cooper Jan 26, 2012 at 04:12 PM
So here’s a partnership we might have seen coming: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will host a TV talk show that... More
About that Univision debate boycott …
By Erika Fry Jan 25, 2012 at 02:14 PM
Remember that ugly incident back in October when Republican candidates Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum pledged to boycott... More
The State endorses Huntsman … for the day
By Erika Fry Jan 16, 2012 at 02:38 PM
Yesterday, under the headline, "Huntsman could bring us back together," The State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper, endorsed Jon Huntsman: We... More
An Image Reconsidered
By Mike Hoyt Jan 13, 2012 at 02:23 PM
The story, "The Times and the Jews" in our January/February issue is a fascinating, nuanced, and important read. We’re proud... More
A.G. Sulzberger is getting chewed up
By Erika Fry Jan 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM
It’s beginning to look a lot like a Stephen Bloom reprise. Not even a month after Bloom, a New Jersey... More
North Korean Newspaper Goes English on Web
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Last month, on the occasion of the passing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, I reviewed the 1983 Pyongyang-published book,... More
“Firing” your insurance in Romney’s Massachusetts
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 11, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Romney’s remark Monday about firing your insurance company apparently harmed him little yesterday in the New Hampshire primary. But as... More
Rick’s Relevant Now
By Greg Marx Jan 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM
How far has Rick Santorum come to his place in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney at the Iowa Republican... More
New Investment Company Buys Chicago Sun Times
By Alysia Santo Dec 22, 2011 at 01:01 PM
A digitally focused company has purchased an old media standard. Sun-Times Media Holdings, owner of The Chicago Sun-Times and over... More
Hints of Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed Move?
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 12, 2011 at 03:53 PM
Early today, Politico's Ben Smith announced that he will be "giving up this blog" (the recently renamed and relaunched "Ben... More
Anti-Romney voters’ top concern
By Erika Fry Dec 9, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Perhaps last month's front-page, fact-packed, 1000-word story about Mitt Romney’s hair, from The New York Times’s Michael Barbaro and Ashley... More
It’s Good to be the Former First Daughter
By Greg Marx Nov 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Bill Carter of The New York Times writes this morning that Chelsea Clinton will be joining NBC News, effective immediately,... More
Over-aggregation, Under-attribution, and Poynter
By Clint Hendler Nov 10, 2011 at 01:13 PM
You may have seen Poynter editor Julie Moos’s quick and thoughtful response to questions posed by CJR assistant editor Erika... More
More Than One Way to ‘Keep it Sparse’
By Greg Marx Nov 10, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Among the write-ups of last night’s GOP debate is an entry from Politico that is notable because it is just... 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.
