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The year 2018 was a busy one for CJR. We grew our audience, released a new app, and took over a newsstand in midtown Manhattan. We also published three magazines covering threats to reporters, the struggles of working journalists, and race in media. To celebrate the end of 2018, we have compiled the most popular...
In late July, thousands took to the streets of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to protest the deaths of two students who had been run over by a bus. In a country where nearly 20 people are killed in vehicular accidents every day, this was a tipping point. For weeks, the capital was at a...
It’s been an exhausting time for news. It was the year of the endless push alerts, the Friday-night news dumps, the breaking news on Twitter. Good riddance. Instead of reprising every headline that made 2018 a maddening year for journalism, we’ve boiled it down to seven themes, big-picture trends that capture the year that was....
This was the year Facebook finally faced its reckoning, not just for its role in distributing misinformation, but also for its arrogance in refusing to confront the problematic use of its platform earlier in its history. The drumbeat started In November 2017, when the company was called before Congress to answer for its role in...
Five years ago, I came across an article in The New York Times about a spate of robberies in the Bronx. It was the kind of story that has been a staple in the metro sections of newspapers since there...
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Seventy-two years ago, I worked the paper route on the west side of Montgomery, Alabama, delivering the Alabama Journal to my neighbors, who were mostly African American. One afternoon, in 1946, I met, and would eventually befriend, the son of my...
FT has named @SpiegelPeter US managing editor, while @gilliantett shifts to become America editor-at-large and chair of US editorial board.
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) January 1, 2019
The Committee to Protect Journalists and First Look Media are raising a legal defense fund for journalists and the first recipient is @mariaressa of Rappler https://t.co/674PspnEFp
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) December 19, 2018
Ousted NPR news chief, ex-Fox News execs team up on new site https://t.co/XOp4QCQ8l9 via @politico
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) December 19, 2018
Der Spiegel says editor and reporter Claas Relotius partially or wholly fabricated at least 14 articles, including some that were nominated for or won awards (Spiegel Online)https://t.co/K1umkBvKFLhttps://t.co/738ltKiSdF
— Mediagazer (@mediagazer) December 19, 2018
CBS News has paid an undisclosed amount to settle a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs alleging that Charlie Rose harassed them and that the network was “fully aware” of his conduct. The claims against Rose as an individual are ongoing. @emrosenberg https://t.co/vU1SwyFGR9
— Amy Brittain (@AmyJBrittain) December 12, 2018