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And that’s the way it was: February 26, 1909
By Sang Ngo Feb 26, 2013 at 06:49 AM
On February 26, 1909, 21 short films were shown at the Palace Theatre in London. It was the general public's... More
Exit Interview: CUNY J-School loses its Shepard
By Cyndi Stivers Feb 25, 2013 at 09:00 AM
Steve Shepard has long been one of the wisest, most reasonable men in the Fourth Estate. So it is bittersweet... More
And that’s the way it was: February 25, 1928
By The Editors Feb 25, 2013 at 12:49 AM
On February 25, 1928, Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC, became the first holder of a US television license. W3XK,... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Feb 22, 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
Composition 101: A. Lincoln, Instructor
By Kevin Coyne Feb 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM
At some point every semester, I ask the journalism students I teach a question that is meant to make them... More
And that’s the way it was: February 22, 1924
By The Editors 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 The Editors 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
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.
