Politics & Policy
6 ways reporters can cover Obamacare open enrollment
Journalists need to make sure people understand how to use the law and to point out where it falls short
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 30, 2014 at 10:46 AM
As we head into the second Obamacare open enrollment season, the media have a chance to redeem themselves from last... More
Three Social Security issues that need more discussion
As program becomes a campaign topic again, reporters need to provide context and scrutiny
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 28, 2014 at 03:33 PM
This has been an election season without a dominant theme. All of a sudden, though, Social Security, once considered an... More
Hospital infections kill more people than car crashes. Here’s how to cover them better
A database maintained by the CDC is an underused journalistic tool
By Jordan Rau Oct 28, 2014 at 02:50 PM
Ebola has killed one person in the United States, but about 75,000 people die each year from infections they picked... More
The Ebola nurse quarantined in New Jersey wrote her big first-person account on her phone
A doctor-journalist’s connections helped The Dallas Morning News get the story
By Tamar Wilner Oct 27, 2014 at 03:15 PM
When The Dallas Morning News broke the story on Saturday that a nurse quarantined in a New Jersey hospital after caring for Ebola... More
This reporter helped take down South Carolina’s most powerful lawmaker
Renee Dudley’s work is a case study on why aggressive statehouse reporting matters
By Corey Hutchins Oct 27, 2014 at 11:00 AM
On Thursday, South Carolina’s former House Speaker, Bobby Harrell, completed his journey from being one of the state’s most powerful... More
This open-source app could make the FOI process less terrible
Launched in Oakland a year ago, RecordTrac is getting noticed around the country
By Alexa Capeloto Oct 27, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Navigating government bureaucracy is painful, but filing Freedom of Information requests can be downright torturous—for journalists and members of the... More
The biggest threat to press rights may be a failure to understand them
Jeff Hermes of the Media Law Resource Center discusses the legal needs of a new generation of news organizations
By Jonathan Peters Oct 24, 2014 at 06:50 AM
It’s a cliché to say so, but we’re at a moment of transition for American journalism. The digital disruption that... More
Former Sun-Times staffers react to top reporter’s resignation
“Whereas we don’t have all the answers, we have way too many questions about what happened here”
By Deborah Douglas Oct 23, 2014 at 01:18 PM
CHICAGO — It would be hard to overstate the sense of shock and dismay among journalists here, a day after Dave... More
Top journalist quits the Sun-Times: Paper ‘no longer has the backs of reporters like me’
Dave McKinney says “a breach in the wall exists” as he steps down amid Rauner controversy
By Rui Kaneya Oct 23, 2014 at 11:54 AM
CHICAGO — Dave McKinney, Springfield bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, rocked the political and media world here yesterday—not by... More
The California Sunday Magazine sets out to win the West
Out-of-the-box distribution, all-of-the-above revenue, and a West Coast storytelling sensibility
By Tony Biasotti Oct 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
After many months of eager anticipation in media circles, The California Sunday Magazine launched Oct. 5 with a print run of... More
Why some newspapers are abandoning endorsements (Updated)
Editors see a risk to credibility, and search for different ways to foster debate
By Anna Clark Oct 17, 2014 at 06:50 AM
DETROIT, MI — The newspaper endorsement: It’s a hardy trademark of election season, a platform for editorial boards to dispense... More
Washington Post’s partnership with local papers draws encouraging early results
Post survey: Program makes readers more likely to maintain subscriptions to regional papers
By Greg Marx Oct 15, 2014 at 03:00 PM
Back in April, we asked whether a new partnership program between The Washington Post and regional papers around the country—in... More
How to find stories in the new hospital data
A healthcare correspondent suggests angles, sources, and database tips
By Jordan Rau Oct 15, 2014 at 11:08 AM
America’s hospitals traditionally have been free of financial repercussions for mediocre care. But now, hospitals have their quality evaluated annually... More
What hospital data can tell us about how communities care for the elderly
High readmission rates might be a signal of shaky social supports
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 15, 2014 at 11:08 AM
Last year, in a piece for The Nation about hunger among the elderly, I wrote this: Malnutrition is one of... More
The Tennessean is borrowing reporters from other Gannett papers
Music columnist Peter Cooper is latest journalist to part ways with Nashville paper
By Anna Clark Oct 14, 2014 at 08:27 PM
Like a number of other Gannett newspapers, The Tennessean of Nashville is asking employees to re-apply for their jobs as part of a... More
The ethics of The Guardian’s Whisper bombshell - It would have been a journalistic lapse not to have told readers
Gawker: The internet bully - Nick Denton’s media empire is an intellectual online fraternity that invites people to their parties only to make them buy the booze
The Washington Post short-sells a reporter’s integrity - Steven Pearlstein smears TheStreet’s Adam Feuerstein for criticizing a biotech firm
Former Sun-Times staffers react to top reporter’s resignation - “Whereas we don’t have all the answers, we have way too many questions about what happened here”
Stop trolling your readers - We know you’re only doing it for clicks
Email blasts from CJR writers and editors
Which news org is the most trusted? (Pew)
The answer is complicated
An American journalist on his two-year kidnapping in Syria
FBI faked an AP story, in Seattle Times style, to catch a suspect (Seattle Times)
“‘We are outraged that the FBI, with the apparent assistance of the US Attorney’s Office, misappropriated the name of The Seattle Times to secretly install spyware on the computer of a crime suspect,’ said Seattle Times Editor Kathy Best”
How one reporter copes inside the ‘Ebola bubble’ (BuzzFeed)
“Bring gloves to give nurses you meet at clinics, even if you’re there for a story. Get small change to give to the kids who have been out of school for months and are selling ground nuts for pitiful sums on the side of road. Hell, give them candy. Violate all the principles of ostensibly good aid stewardship, because the good stewardship of the developed world didn’t get help here in time, and now everyone is dying around you.”
Greg Marx discusses democracy and news with Tom Rosenstiel of the American Press Institute
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
