The Second Opinion
An Obamacare reality check from reporters on the ground
The Bergen Record and Cleveland Plain Dealer serve up some fresh coverage
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 29, 2013 at 02:50 PM
The deeply troubled state of Healthcare.gov has been the big healthcare story of the month. It's also a lesson in... More
Reality Check
The Square resists the usual characters
A new documentary on the Egyptian revolution makes the uprising, rather than the uprising’s participants, its centerpiece
By Jina Moore Oct 29, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Over the years, I've had occasion to spend enough time with people who get reported about to hear this complaint:... More
The Audit
A Celebrity Journal fiasco
Quack-loving Suzanne Somers, WSJ “expert” on health care
By Ryan Chittum Oct 29, 2013 at 07:22 AM
What could go wrong when your august publication asks Chrissy from "Three's Company"—a notorious peddler of quack medical advice—to offer... More
Language Corner
Aggressive passive
Why active voice is not always better
By Merrill Perlman Oct 29, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Strunk & White hated it. George Orwell did, too. Nearly every grammar text and English teacher say it: The passive... More
Behind the News
The AP was right to fire Bob Lewis
He needed to wait for a response from his piece’s target, and he didn’t
By Alicia Shepard Oct 28, 2013 at 03:05 PM
Many journalists are outraged the AP would fire its longtime Virginia capitol reporter over one serious mistake that was retracted... More
Minority Reports
In the land of ladyblogs
A panel of prominent bloggers discussed their niche
By Edirin Oputu Oct 28, 2013 at 02:58 PM
On Friday night, a group of editors of websites for women met at the Housing Works Bookstore, in Manhattan, to... More
Behind the News
Kickstarting coverage of middle America
An NPR veteran hopes to crowdfund coverage of the heartland
By Naomi Sharp Oct 28, 2013 at 10:35 AM
"Please God, open the government and start paying people," Celeste Headlee half-joked in a phone conversation earlier this month. Headlee,... More
Behind the News
Las Vegas newspaperman tilts at windmills
A publisher is fighting his siblings over ending a joint operating agreement with the city’s other paper
By Alicia Shepard Oct 28, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Las Vegas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists held a contentious panel mid-month to examine the latest flap... More
The Kicker
Must-reads of the week
Syria, HealthCare.gov, Associated Press
By The Editors Oct 25, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
United States Project
How do you cover a bankrupt city?
Reporters from Detroit’s two dailies on chasing a “life-altering, precedent-setting” story
By Anna Clark Oct 25, 2013 at 07:00 AM
DETROIT, MI -- Is Detroit the newsiest city in America? You could make a case for it. Between the largest... More
Reality Check
Invoking ‘reporter’s privilege’ for documentary footage
Making sense of recent rulings, and considering best practices
By Lauren Kirchner Oct 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Documentary filmmakers can spend hundreds, if not thousands, of hours with their subjects--often leaving the camera running the whole time.... More
The Audit
Audit Notes: Zombie lies and regular old lies
How misinformation spreads
By Ryan Chittum Oct 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
PolitiFact gives CNBC's Maria Bartiromo a "false" rating for saying that Obamacare "is turning us into a part-time employment country."... More
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
On the NSA, the media may tilt right - An inquiry finds a pro-surveillance bias in the language
How do you cover a bankrupt city? - Reporters from Detroit’s two dailies on chasing a “life-altering, precedent-setting” story
Victor Davis Hanson’s Silicon Valley caricatures - The National Review columnist’s fact-free screed
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Daily blasts from CJR writers and editors
The myth of the War of the Worlds panic
Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio program did not touch off nationwide hysteria. Why does the legend persist?
Turning Hurricane Sandy’s scars into badges of survival
One year after the superstorm
Here are Obama’s favorite columnists
The president uses an iPad to feed his “voracious” reading habit, former top advisers say. But he reads the New York Times in print.
20th century headlines rewritten to get more clicks
“12 Nip Slips Potentially Visible To Sputnik”
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.
