The Kicker
And that’s the way it was: April 29, 1999
By Snjezana Milivojevic Apr 29, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In the late hours of April 29, 1999, NATO bombed Avala Tower, a tall, elegant television transmitter that had been... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Apr 26, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
And that’s the way it was: April 26, 1986
By The Editors Apr 26, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On April 26, 1986, a nuclear reactor accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former Soviet Union.... More
And that’s the way it was: April 25, 1908
By The Editors Apr 25, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day 105 years ago, Edward R. Murrow, one of the forefathers of American broadcast journalism, was born. Murrow... More
And that’s the way it was: April 24, 1982
By Patrick Sloyan Apr 24, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Operation Paraquet: On April 24, 1982, after a three-day delay caused by bad weather, British forces invaded South Georgia, one... More
And that’s the way it was: April 23, 2007
By The Editors Apr 23, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day in 2007, David Halberstam, prolific author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, died in a car accident in Menlo... More
Pass the #popcorn [Updated]
By Sara Morrison Apr 22, 2013 at 01:56 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 16 percent of adults online use Twitter -- 8 percent daily. I'm pretty sure... More
And that’s the way it was: April 22, 1994
By The Editors Apr 22, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On April 22, 1994, the press really would no longer have Nixon to kick around anymore. Richard Milhous Nixon, the... More
How do you cover a story that isn’t?
By Justin Peters Apr 19, 2013 at 04:15 PM
Update, April 21, 2013: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was discovered on Friday night, hiding inside a boat in the backyard of a... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Apr 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Remembering Tim Hetherington
By Michael Meyer Apr 19, 2013 at 01:05 PM
Saturday marks the second anniversary of the deaths of the photojournalists Tim Hetheringon and Chris Hondros, friends and colleagues who... More
And that’s the way it was: April 19, 2005
By The Editors Apr 19, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day in 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, after the... More
And that’s the way it was: April 18, 1930
By The Editors Apr 18, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On April 18, 1930, during what was supposed to be the scheduled news bulletin, BBC Radio announced, simply, "Good evening.... More
The Dish’s progress, so far
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 18, 2013 at 06:35 AM
Andrew Sullivan announced in January that he was taking his blog, The Dish, from its home at The Daily Beast... More
On Tumblr abandoning in-house editorial
By Kira Goldenberg Apr 17, 2013 at 01:50 PM
Last week, Tumblr CEO David Karp announced the company was dissolving Storyboard, the editorial staff it had hired a year... 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.
