The Observatory
Q&A: UFO Journalist Leslie Kean
Is the truth out there?
By Clint Hendler Oct 31, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Leslie Kean has written an unusual book on an unusual subject: Unidentified flying objects. But this Halloween weekend, Kean would... More
Paint it Green
Why it’s been left to reporters to bring up environmental issues on the campaign trail
By Curtis Brainard Oct 28, 2010 at 02:37 PM
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, “In much of the nation, ‘cap and trade’ has... More
How to Use ProPublica’s “Dollars for Docs” Database
Tips for reporters and editors
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 22, 2010 at 01:50 PM
Investigative innovator ProPublica launched a new project this week, a national database of doctors and the money they have received... More
Red, White, and Blue, but Not Green
Energy and environment issues lacking in mid-term election coverage
By Curtis Brainard Oct 21, 2010 at 02:26 PM
Remember the 2008 presidential campaign, when candidates and voters alike couldn’t seem to get enough of energy and climate issues... More
The Web Grows Wider
Gates Foundation partnerships with the Guardian and ABC News further complicate global health coverage
By Robert Fortner Oct 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series about the implications of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s... More
How Ray Suarez Really Caught the Global Health Bug
The Gates Foundation, global health, and the media
By Robert Fortner Oct 7, 2010 at 02:24 PM
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on the author’s personal blog in July. With a few updates, we are... More
Q&A: Miles O’Brien, Back in Action
Ex-CNN correspondent talks about the NewsHour’s new Science News Unit
By Curtis Brainard Oct 4, 2010 at 04:35 PM
Bucking the trend in science journalism, the PBS NewsHour announced last Tuesday that it has created a new Science News... More
Tweeting a Wildfire
Social media in an emergency, and what it means for the press
By Lauren Kirchner Sep 30, 2010 at 06:00 AM
Around ten in the morning this past Labor Day, the sky above Boulder, Colorado turned a dusty orange. A fire... More
“This is Our Beat”
Breaking news and the big picture in Audubon’s special report on the oil spill
By Curtis Brainard Sep 16, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon sank and oil began erupting into the Gulf of Mexico in late April, the 105-year-old... More
Q&A: Covering the IPCC
Perlman award-winner Pallava Bagla talks about courage and tough questions
By Curtis Brainard Sep 14, 2010 at 10:45 AM
[Editor’s Note: The American Geophysical Union recently awarded this year’s David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism to Indian... More
Eschew the Scientific Sound Bite
A response to the oil plume paradox
By Richard Camilli Sep 10, 2010 at 01:12 PM
As the lead author on a recent paper published in Science Express, describing subsurface plumes from the Deepwater Horizon disaster,... More
The Oil Plume Paradox
Coverage of various studies engenders frustration
By Curtis Brainard Aug 26, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Pinpointing the amount of oil lingering in the Gulf of Mexico continues to be a source of frustration for journalists... More
Gulf Coast Guessing Game
Fresh wave of articles highlight uncertainty about lingering oil
By Curtis Brainard Aug 19, 2010 at 05:15 PM
More scientific criticism of a government report that attempted to calculate the amount oil left in the Gulf of Mexico... More
More on Extreme Weather
Day Two stories go a step farther in drawing connection to climate change
By Curtis Brainard Aug 17, 2010 at 01:40 PM
Stories exploring a possible connection between climate change and extreme weather around the world continued over the weekend, with some... More
Temperate Coverage of Extreme Weather
Media put heat, floods in proper climatic context
By Curtis Brainard Aug 12, 2010 at 03:56 PM
More and more, reporters have been asking whether or not climate change could be responsible for this summer’s extreme weather.... 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.
