The Observatory
See No Evil, Report No Evil
Covering the oil spill, reporters must ensure that what’s out of sight isn’t out of mind
By Brett Norman May 28, 2010 at 03:37 PM
The gall of BP and their federal overseers in withholding the fact that the “top kill” effort was suspended for... More
Muddling On
Lukewarm media reception to comprehensive new reports on climate change
By Brett Norman May 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM
The Earth is warming thanks to the human industrial complex, we must price carbon emissions in some way and soon... More
Who’s Watching the World, Now?
Changes in media climate snuff out two in-depth environmental reporting outlets
By Brett Norman May 18, 2010 at 02:23 PM
With untold millions of gallons of crude oil spewing into the Gulf and a troubling outlook for energy legislation in... More
Go Fish
Have reporters paid sufficient attention to the Gulf spill’s impact on marine life?
By Curtis Brainard May 12, 2010 at 03:40 PM
On Tuesday morning, Agence France-Presse reported that “Louisiana's charter fishermen are slamming media coverage of the Gulf oil spill for... More
EPA Officials Demand Anonymity
“Hush-hush” conference calls anger reporters
By Curtis Brainard May 7, 2010 at 02:47 PM
Twice in the last three months, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered reporters not to name the agency officials... More
A “Slick” Numbers Game
Fixation on exact spill rate belies worrisome uncertainties
By Brett Norman May 4, 2010 at 05:36 PM
Monday night, Jon Stewart laid into coverage of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, noting the disaster... More
Crude Coverage at the Times
News analysis displays gross lack of concern about Gulf spill
By Curtis Brainard May 4, 2010 at 03:30 PM
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded on April 20, causing the massive oil spill currently unfolding in the Gulf... More
Paper or Pixels?
News Corp.’s efforts to go carbon-neutral raise questions about the future of sustainable publishing
By Thomas K. Zellers Apr 30, 2010 at 05:40 PM
Amidst the steady decline of newspaper circulation in the U.S., could industry concern for carbon emissions affect the relationship between... More
Green Like Money
Earth Day coverage shows how much the environmental movement has changed
By Brett Norman Apr 28, 2010 at 03:57 PM
Earth Day rose from a powerfully anti-corporate, grassroots movement, revved up on 1960s idealism and genuine fear inspired by books... More
The Voice of the Affected
How the media are improving humanitarian aid post-Haiti
By Curtis Brainard Apr 26, 2010 at 10:25 AM
A team of media-development experts that has been working with radio stations in earthquake-damaged Haiti to provide critical information to... More
To Inspire and Explain
With NASA’s future uncertain, press must weigh science versus exploration
By Brett Norman Apr 23, 2010 at 07:30 AM
[Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series examining recent coverage of President Obama’s plans for the future... More
Spaceballs
Fox News article about NASA’s future stokes Cold War fears with false experts
By Brett Norman Apr 21, 2010 at 01:55 AM
[Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series examining recent coverage of President Obama’s plans for the future... More
Will Collaborative Climate Coverage Work?
Mother Jones and six other outlets step into the unknown
By Thomas K. Zellers Apr 19, 2010 at 02:52 PM
With the Senate poised for an “uphill push” to pass climate and energy legislation, and numerous surveys saying that Americans’... More
Mind Games
Can neuroscience explain the crisis in news?
By Todd Gitlin Apr 15, 2010 at 10:42 AM
What Is Happening to News: The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism | By Jack Fuller | University of... More
Maternal Mortality Mix-Up
Press turns out disjointed coverage of politics, data
By Curtis Brainard Apr 14, 2010 at 04:07 PM
A slew of news articles this week have focused on two recent reports about the number of women who die... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
