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Must-reads of the week

Greenwald and Keller, shark and minnow, headlines and clicks

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Must-reads of the week

Syria, HealthCare.gov, Associated Press

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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On the NSA, the media may tilt right

An inquiry finds a pro-surveillance bias in the language

Since June 6, the world has been roiled by an ongoing series of disclosures based on Edward Snowden's document leaks,... More

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Petition protests firing of AP staffers

Three employees were fired after a story was retracted, and the union that represented two of them is organizing opposition to the terminations

A petition surfaced online Tuesday calling for the reinstatement of three journalists fired after the Associated Press retracted a story... More

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Must-reads of the week

No-winners-except-Glenn-Greenwald Edition

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Plight of the urban whore—ahem—science writer

SciAm faces internet fury for pulling a post about minorities in science

On Thursday afternoon, biologist Danielle N. Lee, who writes about ecology and diversity in science for her Scientific American blog,... More

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Must-reads of the week

Scalia and the devil, Talese and Sinatra, Gladwell and Chabris

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Must-reads of the week

Government shutdown edition

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Chris Powell doesn’t get his own industry

A small-town newspaper editor is blaming the demise of “traditional journalism” on poor people

The fact that newspapers are suffering in the digital age is old news. Media watchers have been discussing how to... More

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Must-reads of the week

RIP Horse_ebooks

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Must-reads of the week

Reuters, Margaret Mary Vojtko, Bustle, Farhad Manjoo

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Must-reads of the week

Brown exits the Beast; Putin enters the Times

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Tina Brown, back in the news cycle

Here’s how outlets covered the Wednesday announcement that she is leaving The Daily Beast

BuzzFeed's Peter Lauria, a former Daily Beast employee, scooped Daily Beast editor Tina Brown on Wednesday by announcing her plans... More

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Must-reads of the week

Back-to-School Edition

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

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Must-reads of the week

Twerking edition

Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More

On the NSA, the media may tilt right - An inquiry finds a pro-surveillance bias in the language

The AP was right to fire Bob Lewis - He needed to wait for a response from his piece’s target, and he didn’t

The failure to factcheck ‘You can keep it’ - How the media missed on coverage of Obama’s implausible healthcare promises

In Colorado, a small paper looks forward - The Coloradoan’s new, young editor has been trying to reinvent the publication for the digital age—and it’s working

Chris Hondros: How he got that picture - From CJR’s Covering Iraq oral history


‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ comes to New York

“A great portrait is proof against pathos”

Waiting for the next great technology critic

Who will come after Mossberg and Pogue?

New York Times offers a glimpse at the homepage of the future

A new nytimes.com is in the works, and the company is previewing a prototype homepage, section front, and new article page

The most quoted man in news

The story of Greg Packer, an average joe with an uncanny skill at making media appearances

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