United States Project
The Ad Wars: Obama’s special message in Spanish
A review of Obama’s and Romney’s Spanish-language TV ads finds contrasts in style, strategy, and sophistication
By Sasha Chavkin Oct 23, 2012 at 04:35 PM
Barack Obama gazes directly into the camera and speaks in his warmest baritone. “In the young people known as the... More
Let Detroit do what?
New interest in an old Op-Ed
By Mike Hoyt Oct 23, 2012 at 12:50 PM
What is the most viewed story on The New York Times website right now? It's an Op-Ed piece from nearly... More
Ask Obama and Romney this: Where is Africa?
An enormous opportunity for the US could slip past
By Howard W. French Oct 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Covering the search for noncitizen voters
AP’s Ivan Moreno won well-deserved praise for staying on the (incredible shrinking) story in Colorado
By Mary Winter Oct 22, 2012 at 04:45 PM
COLORADO — A young Associated Press reporter has won accolades for staying on the story of the search for noncitizen... More
Ask Obama and Romney This: What if China squares off with Japan?
An emerging, and little discussed, dilemma
By Howard W. French Oct 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Over the final days of the campaign, CJR is running a series of pieces under the headline “Ask Obama This”... More
Scare-mongering from CBS
Bad reporting on Social Security—again
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 19, 2012 at 02:51 PM
The other night CBS Evening News brought forth another gloom and doom story about Social Security. Like others from the... More
How could voters still be undecided? Try asking them
Plus, why this veteran campaign correspondent is focused on swing-state polls
By Walter Shapiro Oct 19, 2012 at 01:23 PM
They may be the most publicly maligned minority group in America, a subset of the electorate that is ridiculed with... More
In Florida, debate night isn’t front-page news
Editors at Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post defend decision on Senate race coverage
By Brian E. Crowley Oct 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM
FLORIDA — One of the shameful things about Florida’s US Senate race is that the two candidates, Democratic incumbent Bill... More
Awash in ads in Roanoke
At WDBJ, welcome transparency and a commitment to coverage—but room for improvement, too
By Tharon Giddens Oct 19, 2012 at 07:00 AM
VIRGINIA — Much is always expected of those graced with favor. And when you consider that Virginia television stations this... More
The ‘Man in the Middle’ hits a healthcare Catch-22
Å family falls through a gap in Obamacare
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 18, 2012 at 03:12 PM
Ever since the Great Health Reform Debate, we have kept in touch with Jeremy Devor, an engineering assistant in the... More
Laurels to Politico and National Journal
For exposing the shady side of the campaign-industrial complex
By Greg Marx Oct 18, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Back in April, an excellent column by Walter Shapiro here at CJR urged reporters on the money-in-politics beat to... More
In MI-11, a candidate ducks, but can’t avoid coverage
Detroit Free Press digs in to Bentivolio’s background, though local outlets can do more on the money beat
By Anna Clark Oct 17, 2012 at 03:00 PM
MICHIGAN — Reporters covering the US congressional campaign for Michigan’s 11th district have a truly unusual story on their hands.... More
Hey, big spender
Virginia’s Senate race is drawing major outside spending—Bob Perry’s million bucks included. Reporters here have more to do
By Tharon Giddens Oct 17, 2012 at 12:10 PM
VIRGINIA — A millionaire homebuilder and frequent conservative political donor from Texas has contributed $1 million to the Virginia Senate... More
When factchecking goes ‘gray’
Two Denver news outlets made similar dissections of an attack ad but arrived at not-so-similar conclusions
By Mary Winter Oct 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
COLORADO — Denver’s two dominant media outlets—The Denver Post and 9NEWS KUSA television—recently conducted factchecks on a 6th Congressional District... More
The Ad Wars: Is the IRS throwing in the towel on political nonprofits?
Politico identifies thirteen “social welfare” groups misleading the IRS
By Sasha Chavkin Oct 16, 2012 at 03:00 PM
On Monday, Politico published a powerful investigation of so-called “social welfare” groups that mislead the Internal Revenue Service about their... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
