The News Frontier
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Conflict in Afghanistan, Occupy Brooklyn, and Star Wars figurines
By Alysia Santo Apr 20, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
Online News Startups Struggle to Break Even in Western Europe
A viable business model remains as elusive overseas as it is in the U.S.
By Lauren Kirchner Apr 19, 2012 at 07:04 PM
Last year, in a research project titled “The Business of Digital Journalism,” the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism set... More
Teletext Lives On in Scandinavia
The pre-Internet digital news service shuts down in the UK, but survives in Northern Europe
By Lauren Kirchner Apr 17, 2012 at 01:09 PM
Just about every television in Europe has a “teletext” button. Push the button on your television remote and you’re digitally... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Investigating a mysterious illness, Zelda’s Christian ties, and small-town basketball
By Alysia Santo Apr 13, 2012 at 04:45 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
Unpublishing Requests Are on the Rise
As more content shifts from print to web, journalists are seeing rising requests from sources to remove stories
By Dan Watson Apr 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM
I recently encountered a sticky conundrum as editor of a student-run digital news website at the University of Southern California.... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Comics journalism, drone aircraft, and a tea partier’s personal tale
By Alysia Santo Apr 6, 2012 at 02:20 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
Seven Years of New West
Experiments in regional reporting, the pro-am model, and a multi-pronged business plan
By Alysia Santo Apr 5, 2012 at 01:58 PM
When the website New West was founded, it had grand ambitions. The digital news outlet blended local and regional reporting... More
What McClure Said: “The Story is the Thing”
Clearing space for the agenda-setting narrative in digital journalism
By Dean Starkman Apr 3, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Editor's note: CJR’s Dean Starkman was invited to give the opening keynote speech at this year’s Narrative Arc Conference, at... More
Orlando Startup Covers the Trayvon Martin Story
When the national news is local
By Alysia Santo Apr 3, 2012 at 09:42 AM
West Orlando News Online in Orange County, Florida, has, like many outlets, devoted considerable resources to covering the story of... More
The Trayvon Martin Case: How Has the Sentinel Handled It?
Orlando’s daily gets mixed marks
By Alysia Santo Mar 30, 2012 at 06:30 PM
When a big, local story breaks, regional newspapers have the opportunity to own it. The killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Open-source robots, David Lynch, and the “Eat More Kale” guy
By Alysia Santo Mar 23, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
Telling the News on Cowbird
Jonathan Harris’s storytelling platform has journalistic potential
By Alysia Santo Mar 22, 2012 at 01:29 PM
Artist and computer programmer Jonathan Harris made a name for himself with unique projects documenting feelings and experiences. We Feel... More
Q & A: New America Foundation’s Tom Glaisyer
The NAF’s Media Policy Fellow on crowdsourcing broadcasters’ public files
By Alysia Santo Mar 20, 2012 at 10:08 PM
In exchange for using the public airwaves for free, broadcast stations are required to serve their local community, a condition... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Four decades of mystery, seven deadly sins in Las Vegas, and pro-frack America
By Alysia Santo Mar 16, 2012 at 02:00 PM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... More
The Kickstarter Chronicles
Hyperlocal news, jam bands, and how to make a baby
By Alysia Santo Mar 9, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
