The Observatory
Dumb Blonde Story
Sunday Times botches the science in piece on the “princess effect”
By Craig Silverman Feb 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Dr. Aaron Sell, a researcher at the Center for Evolutionary Psychology at the University of California, has been hearing from... More
USA Today Wins Oakes Award
“Smokestack Effect” garners another prize for outstanding reporting
By Curtis Brainard Feb 4, 2010 at 07:00 PM
A USA Today investigation which found that the air outside thousands of schools across the country could be at least... More
WSJ Cancels Energy/Environment Blog
Two years after launch, popular site mysteriously dumped
By Curtis Brainard Feb 3, 2010 at 03:55 PM
After a mere two-year run, The Wall Street Journal has, for some inexplicable reason—or, rather, for some reason it refuses... More
Criticism of IPCC Continues
American media still missing in action
By Curtis Brainard Feb 2, 2010 at 07:08 PM
American media are still missing in action on the controversy currently embroiling the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In addition... More
MIA on the IPCC
American press largely ignores latest controversies
By Curtis Brainard Jan 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Almost two weeks ago, the Sunday Times, a British newspaper, “broke” the story that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change... More
Looking for Haiti’s Lost, Online
How information technology can streamline Web searches
By Chris Csikszentmihályi Jan 26, 2010 at 10:51 AM
As the dust was settling over Haiti, journalists were boarding planes, a response center at the State Department was manning... More
Reporters Doubling as Docs in Haiti
Dual roles raise concerns about journalistic ethics
By Curtis Brainard Jan 20, 2010 at 05:15 PM
Prominent television journalists who are also certified doctors have been treating injured patients amidst the recovery and relief efforts in... More
Repairing Haitian Radio
Internews sends team of specialists, technicians to restore local broadcasting
By Curtis Brainard Jan 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM
With radio and television news outlets crippled by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last week, Internews, an international media... More
BBC Trust to Review Science Coverage
Outlet’s “accuracy and impartiality” to be scrutinized following criticism
By Curtis Brainard Jan 14, 2010 at 02:25 PM
The BBC Trust—the governing body of the BBC—announced last week that it will review the accuracy and impartiality of the... More
“New” Media Crucial in Aftermath of Haitian Earthquake
Newspapers, television scramble to reach the scene
By Curtis Brainard Jan 13, 2010 at 12:22 PM
“New” media platforms were critical to delivering early information about damage and relief efforts in the aftermath of a 7.0... More
Flatlining Despite Healthcare Overhaul
CUNY, Univ. of Minnesota suspend health/medical journalism programs
By Curtis Brainard Jan 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM
With one of the most significant and expensive overhauls of the American health care system about to begin, the City... More
Just in Time for Winter
Homans on weathermen as climate skeptics
By Curtis Brainard Jan 7, 2010 at 03:53 PM
The cover story in the current issue of CJR, about why climate skepticism is so common among television weather forecasters,... More
Best of 2009: The Observatory
Brainard picks The Observatory’s top stories from 2009
By Curtis Brainard Dec 31, 2009 at 09:10 PM
Jan. 13 — Environmental S.W.A.T. Team: 2009 began on a seemingly positive note, with The New York Times pulling a... More
Good COP, Bad COP
Reflections on covering the Copenhagen climate summit
By Betwa Sharma Dec 22, 2009 at 05:35 PM
COPENHAGEN—Political deadlock and convoluted information came with the territory for journalists covering the climate change summit in Copenhagen, where world... More
Covering Copenhagen: A Day in the Life
A reporter acclimates to the climate summit
By Andrew Freedman Dec 17, 2009 at 03:52 PM
COPENHAGEN—I arrived at the United Nations climate summit last Friday, near the end of the first week of negotiations, just... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
