Culture
Showdown over the future of independent documentaries at PBS
Proposal to move POV and Independent Lens to secondary station puts PBS and WNET in a bind
By Chris Ip Feb 26, 2015 at 11:40 AM
POV executive producer Simon Kilmurry, filmmaker Dawn Porter and WNET VP for programming Stephen Segaller at PBS' New York... More
Why we ‘stave off’ colds
It all started with wine
By Merrill Perlman Feb 23, 2015 at 12:40 PM
"I'm trying to stave off a cold," a friend said. Another responded, "Wine will work for that." Neither probably realized... More
Reporters rely on anonymous sources in heightened NBA coverage
Rumors fuel fans before the trading deadline
By Christopher Massie Feb 20, 2015 at 12:40 PM
Thursday at 3pm marked the NBA trade deadline, teams' last chance to make major roster upgrades before the playoffs. Reporters... More
Warm up with words
Tropical differences
By Merrill Perlman Feb 16, 2015 at 02:55 PM
On a frigid day in the Northeast, let's turn our thoughts to the tropics. Wouldn't you rather be on a... More
Covering teams in untraditional ways pays off
Innovative sports blogs give die-hard fans an outlet
By Christopher Massie Feb 11, 2015 at 06:50 AM
Among the 309 blogs on the SB Nation sports blog network, "Sonics Rising" is unusual in that it's dedicated to... More
Meet the first two African American women in the White House press corps
Excerpts from Alice Dunnigan’s Alone atop the Hill and James McGrath Morris’ Eye on the Struggle about Ethel Payne
By The Editors Feb 10, 2015 at 10:50 AM
Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne were the first two African American women to hold White House press passes. They... More
Confused on conflated?
When Brian Williams uttered the word in his on-air apology, people flocked to online dictionaries for answers
By Merrill Perlman Feb 9, 2015 at 02:50 PM
When Brian Williams said he had "conflated" his memories of what happened with his helicopter in Iraq in 2003, it... More
Journalism and clichés
These kinds of expressions are trite, overused and hackneyed
By Merrill Perlman Feb 2, 2015 at 02:50 PM
We did a Twitter chat last week in which the most spirited discussion, started by Samantha Grossman, was about which... More
Marshawn Lynch, Media Day, and the reality of Super Bowl coverage
How do you write about a star athlete who won’t talk to you?
By Christopher Massie Jan 30, 2015 at 04:35 PM
Last summer, determined to write a profile of press-shy Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, freelance reporter Kevin Fixler showed up... More
Covering the Knicks? Good luck
The team’s public relations staff appears to restrict access
By Christopher Massie Jan 28, 2015 at 11:10 AM
"The only thing worse than being a bad team is being a boring team," Frank Isola of The New York... More
In between ‘before’ and ‘after’
Think before you speak
By Merrill Perlman Jan 27, 2015 at 02:50 PM
Today, we're going to discuss "prior to" and "following," in the hopes that some people will realize they are not... More
Is it now-defunct or now defunct?
Examining whether or not you should use a hyphen for this journalism mannerism
By Merrill Perlman Jan 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM
The new general manager of the New York Jets "was a league scout in the American offices of the now-defunct... More
The history of ‘nightmare’
The ‘mare’ has many meanings
By Merrill Perlman Jan 12, 2015 at 02:50 PM
People awakening from a "nightmare" often have the sensation that they can't breathe. Not surprising: That's where the word "nightmare"... More
A glut of spates and slews
The New York Times might want to invest in a thesaurus
By Merrill Perlman Jan 6, 2015 at 02:50 PM
In just a week, The New York Times discussed how "Indonesia has seen a spate of deadly attacks by Muslim... More
Entree, entry, or entrée?
If you’re going to use it, say it right
By Merrill Perlman Dec 22, 2014 at 12:30 PM
Pronunciation sometimes makes the word. If someone has taken a bit part in a movie, one might say she got... More
New survey reveals everything you think about freelancing is true - Data from Project Word quantifies challenges of freelance investigative reporting
Why one editor won’t run any more op-eds by the Heritage Foundation’s top economist - A reply to Paul Krugman on state taxes and job growth made some incorrect claims
Why we ‘stave off’ colds - It all started with wine
The New Republic, then and now - Tallying the staff turnover at the overhauled magazine
Why serious journalism can coexist with audience-pleasing content - Legacy media organizations should experiment with digital platforms while continuing to publish hard news
Email blasts from CJR writers and editors
The rise of feelings journalism (TNR)
“Bloom engaged in an increasingly popular style of writing, which I’ve discussed on my blog before, which I call “feelings journalism.” It involves a writer making an argument based on what they imagine someone else is thinking, what they feel may be another person’s feelings. The realm of fact, of reporting, has been left behind.”
Things a war correspondent should never say (WSJ)
“The correspondent retelling war stories surely knows that fellow correspondents had faced the same dangers or worse”
The joyful, bloody media circus of bringing down Brian Williams (Bloomberg)
“In the media, we eat our own for sport”
On WaPo trying to interview a cow (National Journal)
“‘I wasn’t milked on the White House lawn by a strange man,’ The Washington Post—the venerable institution that would later come to break the Watergate scandal and win 48 Pulitzers—quoted her, a farm animal, as saying”
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.
