The Observatory
Green drones?
Unmanned aerial vehicles poised to enhance environmental coverage
By Curtis Brainard Mar 6, 2013 at 04:56 PM
As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prepares to allow the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for a wide array of... More
Eilperin leaving the green beat
Washington Post reporter joins the paper’s new “Digital Strike Force”
By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell Mar 4, 2013 at 07:30 PM
Juliet Eilperin, one of the country's leading environment reporters, is switching beats at The Washington Post, moving to a newly... More
NYT cancels Green blog
No explanation from editors following surprise announcement
By Curtis Brainard Mar 1, 2013 at 07:00 PM
At 5pm on Friday afternoon, The New York Times posted the following announcement: The Times is discontinuing the Green blog,... More
Brain mapping
NYT raises questions about federal project, science press provides answers
By Curtis Brainard Feb 28, 2013 at 03:00 PM
On February 17, The New York Times touched off an anxious debate in the neuroscience community with a front-page article... More
Policing the food police (part 1):
the assault on salt
Covering government efforts to improve the nation’s eating habits is more complicated than it seems
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Feb 28, 2013 at 12:11 PM
This is the first installment in an occasional series that will examine media coverage of public initiatives aimed at ending... More
Open access and the press
Two ways the new eLife could improve media coverage
By Elizabeth Robinson Feb 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM
After a decade of growth, the open-access movement in scientific publishing still hasn't overthrown the traditional model of paid content... More
Beijing’s blinding pollution
The press should not ignore dirty air in other cities
By Shiwani Neupane Feb 22, 2013 at 02:30 PM
As resources become scarcer and cutbacks in foreign bureaus more common, international reporting is becoming geographically biased. This trend was... More
Drones and transparency
White House criticized for secrecy, PBS’s NOVA for conflict
By Curtis Brainard Feb 20, 2013 at 03:45 PM
It's no secret that journalists, especially those on the science beat, don't think that President Obama has lived up his... More
Digging for dark money
Guardian, CPI expose secretive climate-denial funding network
By Curtis Brainard Feb 19, 2013 at 03:20 PM
Just over a year ago, Peter Gleick, a scientist and climate-change activist, obtained a cache of internal documents from The... More
Meteorite steals asteroid’s thunder
Russian ‘dash cams’ fill web with amateur video
By Curtis Brainard Feb 15, 2013 at 10:45 AM
For the last week, stargazers around the world have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of a 150-meter asteroid that will... More
UPDATED: All charged up
Elon Musk says NYT review of a Tesla sedan was dishonest; Broder, Sullivan fire back
By Curtis Brainard Feb 14, 2013 at 05:30 PM
[Original column posted February 12, 12:00 p.m.] Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is all charged up over a The New... More
‘I need rules’
Jonah Lehrer says he still intends to pursue writing
By Curtis Brainard Feb 12, 2013 at 06:00 PM
In his first public appearance since revelations of fabrication and plagiarism derailed his career last year, science writer Jonah Lehrer... More
Captain Nemo
‘Behemoth blizzard’ dominates weekend news
By Cristine Russell Feb 10, 2013 at 10:45 PM
It was all about "The Big Dig" this weekend in snow-blanketed communities from Long Island to Maine that faced a... More
Momentum becomes Ensia
Univ. of Minnesota expands its environmental magazine
By Curtis Brainard Feb 8, 2013 at 03:00 PM
A nonprofit environmental magazine published by the University of Minnesota that's been quietly racking up awards for three years is... More
Journalism’s circuit board
Computer literacy on the rise, but technology transfer lags
By Brad Stenger Feb 6, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Journalists and computers have gotten through the awkward, get-to-know-ya phase of their relationship, but they still have intimacy problems, sometimes... 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.
