The Kicker
Must-reads of the week
Greenwald and Keller, shark and minnow, headlines and clicks
By The Editors Nov 1, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
The Audit
The NYT’s paywall overtakes digital ads
Meantime, the Globe’s drag on the Times, quantified
By Ryan Chittum Nov 1, 2013 at 12:07 PM
It was only a little more than two years ago that the conventional wisdom said The New York Times shouldn't—or... More
Magazine: Opening Shot
Opening Shot
After the end of denial
By The Editors Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Last month's Frontline documentary, League of Denial, was the emotional coda to the first phase of one of the... More
Magazine: Editorial
Off the road
Here comes the ‘mobility’ beat
By The Editors Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In 2012, carmakers and dealers spent $14.8 billion on advertising, the second most of any sector. Newspapers have cut staff... More
Magazine: Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor
Readers respond to our September/October issue
By The Editors Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Cursive While I can certainly appreciate the idea behind the cover of the September/October 2013 CJR, I do not appreciate... More
Magazine: Cover Story
The love affair is over
America’s relationship with the automobile is changing. The transportation beat has to catch up.
By Micheline Maynard Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In January 2013, more than 5,000 journalists from 62 countries poured into Cobo Convention Center in Detroit, as they... More
Magazine: Feature
Human terrain
After Paula Loyd was murdered in a bazaar near Kandahar, journalist Vanessa Gezari uncovered a story that embodies the tragic arc of US involvement in Afghanistan
By Brent Cunningham Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Vanessa Gezari's new book, The Tender Soldier, tells the story of the Human Terrain System, a controversial effort by... More
Magazine: Feature
Reform interrupted
Egypt’s most prominent state-run newspaper launched a website to shake up the status quo. Then came a revolution. And a coup. What is the future for Al Bawaba?
By Miriam Berger Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
When Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef arrived at a Cairo courthouse on March 31, Al Bawaba, the upstart website of... More
Magazine: Feature
The loud listener
Stand-up comic Marc Maron is the best celebrity interviewer working today
By Simon Liem Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
When I left Marc Maron on the concrete terrace of Montreal's Hyatt Regency, he was 40 minutes into an... More
Magazine: Feature
Witness
A dispute over press access to a neo-Nazi trial reveals the tension between Germany’s embrace of privacy and its need to confront right-wing extremism
By Jessica Camille Aguirre Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The 6th Criminal Division of the Higher Regional Court in Munich, Germany, houses one of the largest courtrooms in Bavaria,... More
Magazine: Feature
Back to Burma
Expelled in 2009, a writer returns to find a country in transition and a journalism community buzzing with possibility
By Karen Coates Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
When I left Yangon in May 2009, escorted onto a Thai Airways plane with a passport stamped "deportee," the... More
Magazine: Feature
Go west
In the quest for digital-age prosperity, legacy newsrooms are making pilgrimages to Silicon Valley
By Alison Langley Nov 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
In March 2012, the nation's public broadcasters gathered in Austin, TX, for the annual meeting of the Integrated Media Association,... 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
Daily blasts from CJR writers and editors
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ comes to New York
“A great portrait is proof against pathos”
For the first time, traffic for Gawker sites exceeded the NYT
44 million to 41million
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 story of Greg Packer, an average joe with an uncanny skill at making media appearances
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.
