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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
And that’s the way it was: February 13, 1935
By Sang Ngo Feb 13, 2013 at 06:50 AM
February 13, 1935. Bruno Hauptmann, an ex-convict from Germany, is sentenced to death by electric chair for the abduction and... More
And that’s the way it was: February 12, 2000
By Sang Ngo Feb 12, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On this date 13 years ago, cartoonist Charles Monroe Schulz died of a heart attack at his home in Santa... More
Pew identifies four profitable newspapers
By Hazel Sheffield Feb 11, 2013 at 03:51 PM
Contrary to prevailing trends, it's not all doom and gloom in the newspaper industry -- at least, not for the... More
Public Radio Player relaunches
By Hazel Sheffield Feb 11, 2013 at 09:00 AM
A new public radio streaming app relaunches this week, giving listeners mobile access to hundreds of public radio stations and... More
And that’s the way it was: February 11, 1990
By Sang Ngo Feb 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
If it had happened today, it would break the Internet a little. On February 11, 1990, after having served 27... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Feb 8, 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
NYRB celebrates its 50th
By Kira Goldenberg Feb 6, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan Joan Didion looked tiny and frail on Tuesday night, swimming in her loose, gray top... More
Fashion Week pregaming
By Kira Goldenberg Feb 5, 2013 at 01:45 PM
New York Fashion Week, which kicks off Wednesday night, is the big game for style magazines and fashion critics. As... More
Must-reads of the week
By The Editors Feb 1, 2013 at 02:55 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Poynter’s fuzzy numbers
By Sara Morrison Jan 29, 2013 at 02:23 PM
Current journalism majors probably thought they had reason to celebrate when Poynter's Andrew Beaujon elaborated on the latest survey by... 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.














