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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 The Editors 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 The Editors 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
And that’s the way it was: March 1, 1995
By The Editors Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Yahoo, the Internet behemoth best known for its Web portal and search engine, incorporated on March 1, 1995. Founded by... More
Don’t judge a Bloomberg Businessweek by its cover (UPDATED)
By Sara Morrison Feb 28, 2013 at 02:24 PM
Before we all jump on the "Bloomberg Businessweek is racist" bandwagon, let's take a second to ask: Who actually drew... More
And that’s the way it was: February 28, 1967
By Sang Ngo Feb 28, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On this day in 1967, Henry Luce, perhaps the greatest magazine editor/publisher of the mid-20th century, died in Phoenix. Born... More
And that’s the way it was: February 27, 1860
By Sang Ngo Feb 27, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Having lost Illinois's election for the US senate in 1858, Abraham Lincoln was a longshot for the presidency in 1860.... 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.
