As the staff of CJR looked back on this year, we wanted to share the most-read stories. Much of this year’s traffic was thanks to social media, so we also wanted to include comments from Twitter (collected using Muck Rack’s handy Who Shared My Link tool). Below are magazine pieces, interviews, and quick posts that gained the most traction this year.
Evgeny vs. the internet
Evgeny Morozov wants to convince us that digital technology can’t save the world, and he’s willing to burn every bridge from Cambridge to Silicon Valley to do it.
For my fellow tech/Silicon Valley watchers: @cjr on @morozov & the Web – spoiled child? or intellectual hit man? http://t.co/AAOs4QpSKc
— Elmira Bayrasli (@endeavoringE) January 5, 2014
Burning every bridge from Cambridge to Silicon Valley, Evgeny Morozov on digital technology http://t.co/AH9Ai0sBry via @cjr
— Linda Thomas (@TheNewsChick) January 3, 2014
Brick by brick
After years of shrinking ambition at The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos has the paper thinking global domination.
On the "think small" newspaper strategy http://t.co/yODKGYC6Uz
— Taylor Buley (@taylorbuley) July 14, 2014
Brick by brick: All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you’re Woolworth’s http://t.co/IZ4HC3Y3j2
— Mario Cruz (@mariocruz) September 6, 2014
Serial creators don’t know what will happen to Adnan Syed
New developments in his legal case suggest that the outcome is wide open.
Whoa. #Serial listeners suggested a new suspect to the Innocence Proj; they added that name to the DNA-testing motion http://t.co/CD6CvmetUy
— Lauren Kirchner (@lkirchner) November 19, 2014
The buried lede in this CJR story is that there might be a non-Jay, non-Adnan suspect in the Serial case. http://t.co/PtLVpAFtVR
— PJ Vogt (@PJVogt) November 19, 2014
Why one editor won’t run any more op-eds by the Heritage Foundation’s top economist
A reply to Paul Krugman on state taxes and job growth made some incorrect claims.
Who is Miriam Pepper and why we need to clone her. http://t.co/DhxlIEyPp3
— arnie arnesen (@pchowder) August 14, 2014
The Kansas City Star thinks Heritage chief economist Stephen Moore is too sloppy to print http://t.co/8x6vFLNGld
— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) July 31, 2014
Q&A: An Apple critic with plenty to say
John Siracusa’s legendary–and lengthy–Apple reviews reach their 15th year.
Where is the 45,000 word interview of @siracusa ? We'll take what we can get: http://t.co/v4Oou7f4Li
— Mike Bass (@mikebass) August 27, 2014
2 things I love — journalism and tech — together. @CJR interviews @siracusa re his influential criticism of #Apple http://t.co/PMlVybMJZh
— Kevin Gepford (@abetterworkflow) September 8, 2014
Sarah Grieco is CJR’s digital media editor. Follow her on Twitter at @sarahgrieco.
