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And that’s the way it was: February 22, 1924
By Sang Ngo Feb 22, 2013 at 06:50 AM
If Barack Obama is our first social-media president, then Calvin Coolidge rightly deserves to be called the first wireless-telegraphy president.... More
And that’s the way it was: February 21, 1925
By Sang Ngo Feb 21, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On February 21, 1925, The New Yorker debuted. It was founded by Harold Ross, one of the original members of... More
The AP’s (digital) news standards
By Kira Goldenberg Feb 20, 2013 at 03:48 PM
On Tuesday night, at the Associated Press headquarters on far West 33rd Street, Muck Rack and the AP hosted a... More
And that’s the way it was: February 20, 1943
By Sang Ngo Feb 20, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt enumerated four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech,... More
Sharing is caring
By Sara Morrison Feb 19, 2013 at 06:50 AM
After Muck Rack co-founder Gregory Galant wrote a guest column for Fortune last November, he wanted to see how it... More
And that’s the way it was: February 19, 1945
By Sara Morrison Feb 19, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Japanese island of Iwo Jima, just 650 miles from Tokyo, was strategically important to both sides of WWII. The... More
‘47 percent’ story wins a Polk Award
By Hazel Sheffield Feb 18, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Mother Jones is one of the winners at this year's George Polk Awards, Long Island University announced Monday. Mother Jones... More
What’s new @Twitter?
By Hazel Sheffield Feb 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM
It's maybe not how most people would choose to spend their birthday, but Twitter's manager of journalism and news, Mark... More
How to use social media in investigations
By Hazel Sheffield Feb 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Investigative reporting used to be a secretive business--think Woodward and Bernstein meeting anonymous sources in parking garages. But according to... More
And that’s the way it was: February 18, 1922
By Sang Ngo Feb 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Helen Gurley Brown was born Helen Marie Gurley in Green Forest, AR. After college, Brown began her career in advertising... More
Pass the #popcorn
By Sara Morrison Feb 15, 2013 at 04:30 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 16 percent of adults online use Twitter -- 8 percent daily. I'm pretty sure... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Feb 15, 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: February 15, 1898
By Sang Ngo Feb 15, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On the evening of February 15, 1898, the US Navy battleship Maine exploded suddenly and without warning, sinking into the... More
And that’s the way it was: February 14, 1929
By Sang Ngo Feb 14, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Chicago Tribune "These murders went out of the comprehension of a civilized city," the Chicago Tribune editorialized, after seven... More
UN celebrates World Radio Day
By Peter Sterne Feb 13, 2013 at 04:40 PM
Wednesday, World Radio Day, marked the 67th anniversary of the United Nations's first broadcast--"This is the United Nations calling the... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
