The Observatory
Wish He Was a Baller
Friedman fumbles with last-minute call for a carbon tax
By Daniel Luzer Apr 16, 2009 at 08:39 AM
As virtually all of America knows by now, Tom Friedman is a big environmentalist. He loves nature, green things, responsible... More
The Man with the Van
Early reports failed to check Italian earthquake researcher’s science, qualifications
By Katherine Bagley Apr 13, 2009 at 08:45 AM
In early March, in a mountainous, quake-prone patch of central Italy, the readings on Gioacchino Giuliani’s patented radon detector suddenly... More
Holdren’s First Interviews
Obama’s new science advisor causes a media stir
By Curtis Brainard Apr 10, 2009 at 05:20 PM
President Barack Obama’s new science advisor, physicist John Holdren, met the press this week, with mixed results for the ensuing... More
Post vs. Post
News article, blog entry criticize Will’s account of warming (one fails)
By Curtis Brainard Apr 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM
On Tuesday, an article and a blog entry at The Washington Post both took the unusual step of rebutting one... More
Class Dismissed
The ‘populist’ case against cap-and-trade is absurd
By Daniel Luzer Apr 9, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Historian John Steele Gordon, writing on Barack Obama’s economic policies in the April issue of Commentary, says that the president's... More
Looking Past Red Flags
Coverage of MS stem-cell transplant research lacks caution
By Katherine Bagley Apr 7, 2009 at 02:04 PM
In late January, clinical immunologist Richard Burt and his Northwestern University colleagues published the results of a study which found... More
Making Space for Skeptics
Post, Times draw criticism for coverage questioning global warming
By Curtis Brainard Apr 3, 2009 at 03:35 PM
Washington Post columnist George Will was at it again on Thursday with his third column disparaging the scientific consensus behind... More
For the Birds?
Local outlets miss an opportunity for regional conservation coverage
By Katherine Bagley Mar 31, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Earlier this month, the United States Department of the Interior released the results of a large-scale, collaborative report on the... More
Post-Intelligent
Before its collapse, the P-I had a history of strong science reporting
By Curtis Brainard Mar 25, 2009 at 12:43 PM
When the last print issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer rolled off the presses last Tuesday, it was another blow to... More
Catastrophe in Context
Coverage of Copenhagen climate summit offers a teaching moment
By Mason Inman Mar 23, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Climate scientists gathered for a major summit in Copenhagen a bit more than a week ago, but you might not... More
Nature’s Artificial Divide
The best hope for science journalism is a marriage of new and old media
By Curtis Brainard Mar 20, 2009 at 07:28 PM
The illustration is excellent. As Charlie Petit described it: “a crumbling monument topped by a stack of ossified newspapers, overwhelmed... More
Obama on Stem Cells
Journalists debate the new mix of science, politics, and ideology
By Curtis Brainard Mar 18, 2009 at 09:00 AM
President Obama's decision to allow federally funded scientists to work with hundreds of new embryonic stem cell lines continued to... More
Gallup: Many Americans Think Media Exaggerate Global Warming
Latest poll also finds waning concern about climate change
By Curtis Brainard Mar 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM
On Wednesday, the Gallup polling organization released its annual survey of environmental issues. Among the key findings: Although a majority... More
Ménage à Green Blogs
Three new science and environment blogs get experimental
By Katherine Bagley Mar 11, 2009 at 05:14 PM
News outlets across the country are cutting staff, sections, and print editions, but science and environment blogs continue to multiply,... More
Columbia Presents 2008 Oakes Award
Journal-Sentinel, AP honored for exposing lax oversight of chemical exposure
By Curtis Brainard Mar 6, 2009 at 01:09 PM
Writing about environmental toxicology—the ambient chemical exposure of our daily lives—has it all: public health threats, a nascent body of... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
