The Observatory
National Geographic Launches New Energy Team
Reaffirms editorial, educational commitment to environmental issues
By Megan McGinley Feb 5, 2009 at 09:00 AM
Last week, National Geographic magazine announced the formation of a new, specialized editorial team that will focus on “deepening” and... More
Global vs. Regional Trends
A common problem in climate coverage
By Curtis Brainard Feb 4, 2009 at 07:00 AM
On January 1, the Daily Tech, an online magazine, published a somewhat misleading blog post about the “rapid recovery” of... More
The Language and Culture of Climate
New book seeks to improve communication between journalists, scientists
By Curtis Brainard Jan 29, 2009 at 12:45 PM
One of the things that history will remember about the coverage of climate change is that, not unlike the Iraq... More
Lead Pipes vs. Crack Pipes
What to do when data supports easy explanations for difficult problems
By Lester Feder Jan 28, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Yesterday, The New York Times brought readers the best kind of health story: a crisis that failed to show up.... More
“The Epidemic That Wasn’t” (Even If We Said It Was)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 27, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Maybe you're old enough to remember the media coverage of "crack babies" back in the '80s and '90s? Allow the... More
The Price is Right, Energy Edition
Obama, journalists tie efficiency and environmental protection to the economy
By Curtis Brainard Jan 26, 2009 at 03:53 PM
Monday morning, President Barack Obama signed two executive orders to spur an economic recovery plan founded upon clean energy and... More
Prez Talks Energy Independence; CNN Cues SUV Ad
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 10:53 AM
If you tuned in to CNN just now to watch President Obama take some first steps to reverse Bush administration... More
Environmental S.W.A.T. Team
New York Times’s new ‘pod’ gathers talent from multiple beats
By Curtis Brainard Jan 13, 2009 at 09:12 AM
On Thursday, The New York Times will launch a new, crack environmental reporting unit that will pull in eight specialized... More
Gupta for Surgeon General
Obama asks CNN journalist, neurosurgeon to be top doc
By Curtis Brainard Jan 6, 2009 at 05:22 PM
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz broke the story today that President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general... 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?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
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
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.
