The News Frontier

“SUPPORT THE JOURNALIST”

Paige Williams reported a story. She financed it herself. She’d love to be paid back.

By Megan Garber   Jan 11, 2010 at 02:48 PM

In 1978, when she was eighteen years old and living, with the rest of the country, through an economic crisis... More

Mission: Quality Control

If you’re going to upend the old editorial process, you need to create a new one

By Craig Silverman   Jan 8, 2010 at 11:43 AM

At this time last year, I made a few wishes for corrections and accuracy-related developments in 2009. For the most... More

Pyramid Schemes

Newspapers should feel free to go long

By Megan Garber   Jan 6, 2010 at 05:40 PM

We are, as a culture, growing ever more informal with each other. Traditional social hierarchies are compressing, and one effect... More

“Obama Overexposed?”: Upon Us Yet Again

Carr puts a new spin on the old question

By Megan Garber   Dec 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Three words sum up, I think, the current state of our generally scenic but sometimes arid Media Landscape—three words manage... More

Copenhagen’s “Climate Pool”

Eleven international news agencies launch Facebook blog

By Curtis Brainard   Dec 4, 2009 at 03:35 PM

The Associated Press and ten other international news agencies have launched “The Climate Pool,” a Facebook page that they hope... More

Live Blogging “Starting Your Own Media Company” with Fred Wilson

By Diana Dellamere   Dec 1, 2009 at 03:58 PM

CJR staffers will be live blogging this program at the Columbia Journalism School with influential venture capitalist, Fred Wilson. The... More

The FTC to the Rescue!

By Diana Dellamere   Dec 1, 2009 at 01:36 PM

The Federal Trade Commission is holding a meeting today and tomorrow on the future of journalism. (No need to re-check... More

Going Mobile: An Interview with Rob Durst

Thinking about print products as interfaces to online information

By David Baird   Nov 18, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Rob Durst is a Boston-based business and technology consultant who believes that newspapers can remain viable—if they move quickly and... More

Sad Stats from Seattle

By Diana Dellamere   Nov 12, 2009 at 02:15 PM

Ruth Teichroeb, former Post-Intelligencer writer and current blogger, catches up with her colleagues to see where they are now--7 months... More

Trash Compactor

The NYT’s “Pacific garbage patch” story: a Spot.us “deliverable” that doesn’t quite deliver

By Megan Garber   Nov 10, 2009 at 05:45 PM

Today’s New York Times features an article about a patch of garbage, estimated to be two times the area of... More

Citizen Journalism vs. “Tragi-porn”

In defense—kind of—of Paul Carr’s attempted takedown of citizen journalism

By Megan Garber   Nov 9, 2009 at 05:48 PM

There’s a fine line, apparently, between citizen journalism and “tragi-porn.” If you believe TechCruch’s Paul Carr, the two might as... More

MinnPost Turns Two

A brief conversation with Joel Kramer

By Jill Drew   Nov 9, 2009 at 03:02 PM

Those agonizing over the future of local news may take heart at the success of MinnPost.com, the online news site... More

Fort Hood: A First Test for Twitter Lists

In the aftermath of violence, lists suggest the benefits of collaboration

By Megan Garber   Nov 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Journalism and curation—it’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine where the one ends and the other begins. The chicken/egg relationship between... More

Twitter: Rea-list/Idea-list

Twitter lists are upon us. How will they affect the platform’s culture?

By Megan Garber   Nov 3, 2009 at 09:00 AM

Twitter is listless no longer. Following in the footsteps of Facebook, the increasingly popular platform has given its users the... More

FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media”

Beliefnet founder to make policy recommendations to ensure “a vibrant media landscape”

By Megan Garber   Oct 29, 2009 at 04:14 PM

Steven Waldman, veteran journalist and co-founder of Beliefnet, has been tapped by the FCC to lead an agency-wide initiative designed... More