United States Project
A few bad apples
Texas and the NRA’s proposal to arm teachers
By Richard Parker Feb 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM
William Hardy Gest co-reported and co-wrote this piece. Holly Regan contributed research. AUSTIN, Texas -- As the country debates gun... More
The third party fever dream
Why do some journalists keep predicting a major challenge to the two-party system?
By Brendan Nyhan Feb 15, 2013 at 03:30 PM
National Journal editorial director Ron Fournier is a respected journalist with years of distinguished service as an Associated Press correspondent... More
Caveat emptor: You’re on your own with those vitamins
In absence of oversight, journalists should warn consumers of risks as well as benefits
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Feb 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
The popular health story of the past week, picked up from ABC News to Yahoo and across the gamut of... More
Nate Silver defends contested post
His decision to omit outside spending still leads to an incomplete analysis
By Sasha Chavkin Feb 14, 2013 at 04:00 PM
On Tuesday, I wrote a post that raised questions about New York Times statistical ace Nate Silver's recent analysis of... More
Medicare Uncovered: What the president said, and didn’t say
The search for hidden meanings in the reform rhetoric
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 14, 2013 at 10:59 AM
The president's State of the Union message may have sort of resolved the question: "Will he or won't he... More
What’s on the chopping block?
The great sequestration guessing game: What will Democrats surrender?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 12, 2013 at 03:01 PM
The fiscal cliff negotiations belong to the Dark Ages, the inaugural address has come and gone, the State of... More
State of the Union media prebuttal II
What reporters should do instead of overhyping the SOTU
By Brendan Nyhan Feb 12, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Early each year, I brace myself for an onslaught of poorly informed commentary and polling about the effects of the... More
Nate Silver’s odd omission (Updated)
A data-driven argument about an outside political spending group doesn’t include outside spending
By Sasha Chavkin Feb 12, 2013 at 10:50 AM
On Monday, The New York Times's resident oracle, Nate Silver, weighed in on an issue that CJR has been following... More
Here comes the National Nurse (maybe)
A new bill seeks to elevate nursing, which could lift healthcare. Reporters might take note
By Sibyl Shalo Wilmont Feb 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM
A few days ago, the unlikely congressional team of Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, and Peter King,... More
The Washington Times takes a giant step—backwards
Wes Pruden rides again. Watch his words
By Mariah Blake Feb 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Since their recent electoral drubbing, many Republicans are rethinking their party's relationship (or lack of one) to blacks and... More
At The Plain Dealer, a shrinking staff delivers some solid work
But how will statehouse and politics coverage hold up once layoffs take effect?
By Anna Clark Feb 8, 2013 at 02:47 PM
DETROIT, MI -- There will be many rich politics stories to follow in Ohio in 2013. But when the subject... More
One document, many interpretations
Varied takes on CBO report show “the media” is a competitive market, not a monolith
By David Cay Johnston Feb 7, 2013 at 02:30 PM
What a difference reporters and editors can make in choosing from the same report what is news and where and... More
In Virginia, voter ID coverage disappoints
Reporting on Tuesday’s voter ID bills fed into—rather than clarified—the partisan debate
By Corey Hutchins Feb 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
COLUMBIA, SC -- In the run-up to the November presidential elections, skirmishes over voter ID requirements, among other voting rules,... More
Medicare Uncovered: parsing Senator Corker’s big bill
A primer for reporters on a significant bill
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 5, 2013 at 02:50 PM
This is the third of a series of occasional "Medicare Uncovered" posts that will look at how the media are... More
The money fight for the Republican Party
The launch of the Conservative Victory Fund signals a big outside spending battle—and story—is underway
By Sasha Chavkin Feb 5, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Last week, we wrote about how hard-right groups like the Club for Growth dominated outside spending in the last Republican... 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?
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
Elizabeth Spiers on launching media brands
What do news publications need to do to adapt to digital? Any publication you see doing it really well?
Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters
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.
