Behind the News
Questioning the CBC’s decision to remove Jian Ghomeshi’s interviews
Erasing the past, Q-ing the future?
By Allison Griner Dec 19, 2014 at 11:50 AM
In a year full of stories about sexual assault, Jian Ghomeshi's stood out. He was no anonymous abuser, like the... More
United States Project
A Florida paper’s aggressive coverage of pension problems shapes reform
Times-Union fights for public involvement in overhaul of Jacksonville police, fire plans
By Susannah Nesmith Dec 19, 2014 at 11:10 AM
MIAMI — The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville’s daily paper, continues to see results from its work holding city officials accountable to... More
News Literacy
5 Questions for the future of news literacy
Here’s what’s worth exploring within and beyond the field
By Jihii Jolly Dec 19, 2014 at 06:50 AM
News literacy as a field is officially about eight years old. For four of those eight years, it has been... More
Magazine: Opening Shot
Why podcasts make sense
Serial’s popularity brings mass attention to the medium
By The Editors Dec 18, 2014 at 01:20 PM
Two-thousand fourteen was a very good year for the podcast. It saw the creation of five podcast networks; an... More
Behind the News
What the Sony hacks reveal about the news industry
Writers gave consumers exactly what they wanted
By David Uberti Dec 18, 2014 at 11:20 AM
Along with employee salaries, Channing Tatum’s penchant for all-caps, and executives’ racially charged jokes about President Obama, the Sony... More
Behind the News
An old media scoop on pro-ISIS tweeter Shami Witness leads to a new media dox
When anonymity is taken out of the media’s hands
By Chris Ip Dec 18, 2014 at 06:50 AM
While the UK’s Channel 4 didn’t release the full name of Shami Witness, one of the most prolific tweeters of... More
Full-Court Press
Why sportswriters are questioning football
It’s getting harder to cover the NFL without noting criticism
By Christopher Massie Dec 17, 2014 at 01:10 PM
Photo credit: Associated Press A few days before Thanksgiving, Grantland's Bill Barnwell wrote a column that, at first glance,... More
United States Project
Billionaire’s support for Pittsburgh paper is at issue in court case
Scaife children seek accounting of trust fund drained in part to back Tribune-Review
By Dave Warner Dec 17, 2014 at 11:00 AM
A conservative billionaire, heir to one of the country’s great fortunes. His wealthy children, with whom he had sometimes-strained relationships.... More
The Second Opinion
Reporters fail to capture implications of pension provision
A ‘big shift’ tucked into the spending bill goes under-examined
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 17, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Thanks in part to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the rollback of banking regulations woven into the recently-passed, so-called "crominbus" spending bill... More
United States Project
Reporter won’t be forced to reveal source
Patch’s Joseph Hosey wins appeal as court preserves principles of Illinois shield law
By Rui Kaneya Dec 16, 2014 at 03:44 PM
CHICAGO, IL — An Illinois appellate court sided Monday with Patch.com editor Joseph Hosey in his fight to conceal the... More
Cloud Control
The problem with sharing uncredited photos
“Just because you put something on the internet does not give people the right to steal it”
By Gabe Friedman Dec 16, 2014 at 02:50 PM
In October 2011, two men wearing George W. Bush masks robbed a bank in Seattle. Christopher Boffoli grabbed a camera... More
United States Project
An Ohio court urges lawmakers to defend freedom of the press
In ruling against Murray Energy, appeals panel calls for an anti-SLAPP statute
By Jonathan Peters Dec 16, 2014 at 11:05 AM
Robert E. Murray, the Ohio coal baron who is perhaps best known nationally for suing meddlesome journalists, lost his latest... More
Behind the News
How to improve the reporter-editor relationship
The New Republic’s downfall can be a lesson for how bosses treat their employees
By Jill Geisler Dec 16, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Liz Spayd: The implosion at The New Republic left many of us in wide-eyed amazement. It's rare that you... More
United States Project
The public-records fight behind the battle over James Brown’s will (UPDATED)
Journalist Sue Summer will get to make her case for documents before state Supreme Court
By Corey Hutchins Dec 15, 2014 at 03:55 PM
Updated Dec. 18 to reflect the state Supreme Court's decision. On Sunday, the front page of The New York Times... More
Language Corner
The Oxford English Dictionary adds words
Read up on the December updates
By Merrill Perlman Dec 15, 2014 at 03:00 PM
Four times a year, the venerable Oxford English Dictionary releases a list of words it has added, revised, or otherwise... More
United States Project
#FergusonNext asks readers: What now?
Guardian, Post-Dispatch, and other outlets team up for a “solution-based” collaboration
By Deron Lee Dec 15, 2014 at 11:20 AM
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS -- Late last month, a few days before the news broke that there would be no indictment... More
Behind the News
The New Republic: A public trust or a business?
How Chris Hughes turned a 100-year-old publication into a “product”
By John B. Judis Dec 15, 2014 at 06:50 AM
On Thursday, December 4, Frank Foer resigned as editor of The New Republic, having learned from a gossip site... More
The Kicker
Must-reads of the week
How to handle story corrections, a possible newspaper revival in Denver, and a message to journalism’s Silicon Valley owners.
By The Editors Dec 12, 2014 at 05:10 PM
Culled from CJR’s own stories, plus the frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best... More
Behind the News
FOIA reform dies while the press looked the other way
RIP Improvement Act of 2014
By Kelly J O'Brien Dec 12, 2014 at 01:44 PM
More than two years of work by open government advocates collapsed on Thursday night when House Speaker John Boehner closed... More
United States Project
Laid-off Metro Pulse editors plan a new publication in Knoxville
After rejecting severance to start a competitor, journalists seek funding for Knoxville Mercury
By Tamar Wilner Dec 12, 2014 at 10:29 AM
Three former editors for Metro Pulse, the Knoxville, TN, alt-weekly recently shuttered by E.W. Scripps, have rejected their severance payments... More
News Literacy
News roundups can be part of a smart media diet
What you should know about ‘everything you need to know’
By Jihii Jolly Dec 12, 2014 at 06:50 AM
Each morning around 3:30am, Adeel Hassan and Victoria Shannon start reading and summarizing the day's top news. By 5am, they... More
Behind the News
Price hike at UC Berkeley’s journalism school
Governing body approves additional fee of $7,500 starting 2016
By Chris Ip Dec 11, 2014 at 11:00 AM
The price of a two-year graduate journalism degree at UC Berkeley is set to rise to $46,600 for in-state students,... More
United States Project
Ohio lawmakers are about to decide on a big execution secrecy bill (UPDATED)
Media organizations join with unlikely bedfellows to oppose the measure
By Corey Hutchins Dec 11, 2014 at 07:40 AM
Update, 12/15: The state Senate last week approved the measure after adding a two-year expiration date to the bill and sent it... More
Hey millionaire tech bros: Have patience with the editorial process - Chris Hughes probably wanted to enable great journalism at first. Then the dust settled and before you know it, he’s shaking everything up again
Serial creators don’t know what will happen to Adnan Syed - New developments in his legal case suggest that the outcome is wide open
Price hike at UC Berkeley’s journalism school - Governing body approves additional fee of $7,500 starting 2016
Will Denver really have a newspaper war? - As a billionaire floats reviving the Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post might buckle its chin strap
FOIA reform dies while the press looked the other way - RIP Improvement Act of 2014
Email blasts from CJR writers and editors
The traffic lure of outrage (Slate)
“I didn’t become a journalist to peddle indignation on Facebook. But it sells—the page views don’t lie.”
NBC news producer’s sons were in the besieged school in Peshawar (NBCnews.com)
“I remained silent and didn’t know what to say — I know how such attacks on schools usually end”
Hero mom calls into CSPAN to berate her arguing pundit sons (WaPo)
“This was not planned. She called in on the normal line.”
Dick Cheney doesn’t want to call it torture but the media doesn’t have to follow (Vox)
“People deserve to know that the American government (proudly!) did things that in any other context are called torture”
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.
