Culled from CJR’s own stories, plus the frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week:
The upside of yesterday’s New York Times news (CJR) – The Grey Lady might be trimming its newsroom staff by 100, “and you’d get the impression from the reaction that it’s about to turn off the lights.” But given a hiring spree earlier this year, the Times newsroom is still near a record size.
Former Vice Media editor says company killed stories over ‘brand partner’ concerns (Capital New York) – A former Vice associate editor sounds off on his onetime employer’s policy for reporting on advertisers and “brand partners.” The ex-employee’s emails, first obtained by Gawker, shows that the wall between church and state might be especially thin at the media giant.
Colorado’s elections seem boring, but they shouldn’t (CJR) – “If you’ve been paying attention at all to American politics and the 2014 midterms, you know that for a political journalist, Colorado is — or, at least, should be — the place to be.”
Maybe the Internet isn’t killing newspapers after all (Chicago) – “Newspaper readership has been falling for decades — long before today’s online journalists were born, and even before some of their parents were born.”
This is how the Tehran Bureau covers Iran (CJR) – Its reporting model, using undercover journalists and distant editors, is one way to cover closed societies.
The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.