Mediabistro: CJR to investigate magazines’ online problem
The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) has received a $230,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to investigate why magazine websites are struggling to grow online traffic and audiences. Full story at...
View ArticleProject for Excellence in Journalism: The State of the Media report 2009...
Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released its State of the Media report and – unsurprisingly – the annual evaluation of the US media scene makes for particularly depressing reading this...
View ArticleFox News transcript: Bernard Goldberg accuses NYTimes journalist of...
Spotted on a few blogs via Technorati, this clip from Fox News. Here at Breitbart.tv, and the PajamaPundit, for example. See also the Columbia Journalism Review’s round-up, at this link. Fox News’ Bill...
View ArticleColumbia Journalism Review: Identity crisis at the Wall Street Journal?
Liza Featherstone takes a look at working relationships and attitudes at the Wall Street Journal, since it was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 2007, for the Columbia Journalism Review. “At the Journal’s...
View ArticleHuffPo doesn’t like being linked to… really?
“HuffPo Scolds Washingon City Paper for Linking,” says a Washington City Paper headline. You what? The HuffPo doesn’t like links? Well, one in particular: a link to the HuffingtonPost’s site from a...
View ArticleCJR: A ‘new threat’ to Middle East journalism – created in the US
A piece by Lawrence Pintak and Yosri Fouda in the Columbia Journalism Review argues that ‘well-meaning’ Western journalism rights groups undermine journalism ‘by defending Arab and Iranian online...
View ArticleCJR: The Guardian’s Washington bureau chief on US/UK news models
Our second pick from the Columbia Journalism Review today: a lengthy Q&A with the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief, Ewen MacAskill. There is lots of ground covered; MacAskill’s explanation of the...
View ArticleUpdate on Futurity.org: the science news site run by US universities
Last week Journalism.co.uk reported on Futurity.org, publicised as an online news service through which US university departments will publish their scientific findings directly online in a digestible...
View ArticleCJR takes on redundant journalists
Four laid-off journalists have been recruited by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) as part of the industry publication’s new Encore Fellowship initiative to give redundant journalists more job...
View ArticleCJR: What’s the legality of publishing hacked emails?
The Columbia Journalism Review takes a look at the [US] legality of reproducing leaked emails, following the publication of thousands of hacked emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate...
View ArticleColumbia Journalism Review: ‘Is shorter really better?’
Over at the Columbia Journalism Review, Greg Marx has written a follow-up to Michael Kinsley’s attack on the length and style of newspaper style writing. Marx questions whether shorter really is better...
View ArticleColumbia Journalism Review: Can the new non-profits last?
Columbia Journalism Review has an insightful feature up on the United States’ burgeoning non-profit journalism industry. Writer Jill Drew looks at the unusual practices that separate organisations like...
View ArticleCJR: Why we’re suing New York State
The Columbia Journalism Review has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York for refusing to release information under the state’s Freedom of Information law. [T]he records we’re seeking would...
View Article#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – eight rules for accurate journalism
The Columbia Journalism Review has a post detailing eight rules for doing accurate journalism. 1. The initial, mistaken information will be retweeted more than any subsequent correction; 2. A...
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#Tip of the day for journalists: Take a look at this recommended reading list
Columbia Journalism Review has gathered reading recommendations from eight journalism professors. Here is the list of books the eight said they wish they had read before starting out. If you have a...
View ArticleCovering media job cuts – staff facing redundancy speak online
Having set up a timeline dedicated to reporting on the sweeping job cuts affecting both senior and junior journalists alike, a trend is emerging for laid-off staff to use blogs, Twitter and other...
View ArticleCJR: The Polis financial journalism paper dissected across the pond
A take on the Polis paper from the States. The Columbia Journalism Review’s Dean Starkman says that the Polis’ ‘What is Financial Journalism For?’ report addresses ‘one of those big, “dumb” questions’...
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