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And that’s the way it was: March 13, 1964
By Sang Ngo Mar 13, 2013 at 06:49 AM
At 3:15am on March 13, 1964, 28-year-old Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was sexually assaulted and killed in front of her home... More
And that’s the way it was: March 12, 1933
By Sang Ngo Mar 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Sunday, March 12, 1933. Over the radio, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks to the nation for the first time. It... More
And that’s the way it was: March 11, 1702
By Sang Ngo Mar 11, 2013 at 06:49 AM
The Daily Courant was England's first national daily newspaper. It was first published on March 11, 1702 by Edward Mallet... More
Nate Thayer: freelance plagiarist?
By Sara Morrison Mar 8, 2013 at 04:00 PM
To follow up on Thursday's post about the plagiarism accusations against freelancer Nate Thayer made by author Jeremy Duns and... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Mar 8, 2013 at 02:58 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: March 8, 1978
By Sang Ngo Mar 8, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Douglas Adams's comic science fiction series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, began its life in the universe as a... More
Nate Thayer accused of plagiarism [UPDATED]
By Sara Morrison Mar 7, 2013 at 05:26 PM
Nate Thayer's post on Monday about how much TheAtlantic.com was willing (or, more accurately, not willing) to pay for a... More
Post Newtown, AP adds ‘mental illness’ entry
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 7, 2013 at 03:22 PM
After Adam Lanza killed 20 children on December 14, a host of subsequent coverage of the Newtown, CT, massacre focused... More
And that’s the way it was: March 7, 1994
By Sarah Laskow Mar 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On this day 19 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that "Pretty Woman"--2 Live Crew's parody of the classic "Oh,... More
Paying for freelance journalism
By Kira Goldenberg Mar 6, 2013 at 03:50 PM
On Monday, journalist Nate Thayer published email correspondence with an Atlantic editor. She asked if he would shorten one of... More
And that’s the way it was: March 6, 1981
By Sang Ngo Mar 6, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On Friday, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite did his last broadcast as anchorman for the CBS Evening News. During his... More
And that’s the way it was: March 5, 1957
By Sang Ngo Mar 5, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Happy birthday to Ray Suarez, one of the best known faces and voices of American public media in the last... More
Journalism startups struggle to get nonprofit designation
By Sara Morrison Mar 4, 2013 at 09:00 AM
As for-profit journalism's revenues have shrunk, nonprofit organizations have increasingly stepped up to provide local communities with the kind of... More
And that’s the way it was: March 4, 1974
By Sang Ngo Mar 4, 2013 at 06:49 AM
For those of us who didn't live through it, it's hard to intuitively grok the squalor of the 1970s. On... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Mar 1, 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
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
