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4 days ago · Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
Going Broad - Columbia Journalism Review
Dec 16, 2024 · Two years later, the Supreme Court overturned that ruling. Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged the insufficiency of the FCC’s analysis but waved it away, writing that, though “the FCC did not have perfect empirical or statistical data” to back up its rule change, that was “not unusual in day-to-day agency decision making.”
How much coverage are you worth? - Columbia Journalism Review
Nov 3, 2022 · In 2004, speaking at a panel discussion, the late Gwen Ifill characterized the media’s approach to covering people who have gone missing as “missing white woman syndrome.” “If there’s a missing white woman, you’re going to cover that, every day,” Ifill said, to little notice at the time. In the two decades since, the term […]
Onward - Columbia Journalism Review
Onward. By Kyle Pope. S ixty years ago, the Columbia Journalism Review debuted, tucked beneath a plain white cover. In an opening essay, “Why a review of journalism?,” the editors felt obliged to explain to readers what wasn’t at all obvious: the need for …
Before I go: Why journalism matters - Columbia Journalism Review
Oct 13, 2023 · It’s easy to be demoralized. Stories one would hope would land with a jolt often simmer instead. Bad actors can transform good reporting into controversy.It all adds up to an existential angst in journalism that has only grown worse in recent years, as newsrooms have shrunk and closed, and as agents of misinformation have become bolder. These jobs are hard enough when we believe that our ...
Our Mission in Trump’s Second Term - Columbia Journalism Review
Nov 8, 2024 · Sewell Chan joined the Columbia Journalism Review as executive editor in 2024. Previously, he was editor in chief of the Texas Tribune from 2021 to 2024, during which the nonprofit newsroom won its first National Magazine Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for the first time. From 2018 to 2021, he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, where he ...
Bracing for Poilievre - Columbia Journalism Review
3 days ago · But other newsrooms would have tougher fortunes—and so would the audiences they serve. “I don’t think it is a binary of state-funded media or private media—for many communities, it’s going to be a publicly funded media or nothing,” Ageson said.
Ian Bassin and Maximillian Potter - Columbia Journalism Review
Oct 8, 2024 · Ian Bassin and Maximillian Potter are contributors to CJR from the nonprofit United to Protect Democracy.Ian Bassin is the executive director of United to Protect Democracy and a former associate White House counsel.
Getting Past Newsroom Myopia - Columbia Journalism Review
Nov 12, 2024 · It helps to have a national perspective, and it helps to have local knowledge—you need both. As a local reporter in my very first job, I was sometimes on the receiving end of condescension—and story theft—from national correspondents who were sure they knew better because they came down to Tampa and Tallahassee from New York and Washington.