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American Journalism Review To Cease Online Publication
Although no longer publishing original content, the AJR website and its archives will remain available online.
Interactive Agency Focuses on Visuals, Data
For its clients, Switchyard Media operates like a newsroom, creating infographics, data visualizations and narrative stories.
Journalism Career Paths: From a Degree to...
A degree in journalism isn't the only route to a good media job today. Four millennials...
Covering Cannabis: Building a News Wire Beyond...
Two young reporters are creating a news portal to cover the economic, criminal and health facets...
Inside the Star Tribune with Editor Rene...
The Star Tribune is pushing hard into digital storytelling, newsletters and video -- and recently refocused...
6 Strategies for Choosing Your Next Tech...
For journalists trying to learn new technology, it pays to have a strategy for deciding which...
Inside Delmarva Broadcasting with News Director Chris...
The key to survival in medium-sized radio markets is digital engagement, WDEL's Chris Carl says.
Inside CBS Radio Philly with VP Steve...
Philly's KYW Newsradio moved into a newsroom with the CBS TV station in March 2014. ...
Inside Baltimore Business Journal with Managing Editor...
Baltimore Business Journal editor Ryan Sharrow explains how the staff is "still learning to adapt" to...
All Together Now: News Partnerships Increase in...
Journalism is growing more collaborative as news outlets increasingly partner, helping them tell more stories on...
Inside Billy Penn with CEO Jim Brady
Creative mobile-first approaches to covering Philadelphia include news-and-music lists and emojis.
Inside Washington Business Journal with Managing Editor...
Greater Washington's leading business team studies analytics to deliver the content its audience wants.
How to Get a Leg Up in...
Mentor Kevin Blackistone tells an aspiring sportswriter that opportunities for the impassioned hustlers lie on the...
Inside Bloomberg Digital with Editor Joshua Topolsky
Breaking news is fertile ground for Bloomberg, when it comes to experimentation.
How Using Adblock Plus Surprised Me
A test of ad blocking software shows it removes all kinds of commercial messages, not just...
Ad Blocking Poses a Growing Challenge to...
Millennial readers increasingly use ad-blocking software, creating headaches for news services that rely on ad revenue.
Inside U.S. News and World Report with...
Data journalism is a major focus in the U.S. News and World Report newsroom.
Law Street Media Takes Millennials Deeper Into...
Driving young audiences to legal and policy news is the core strategy of Law Street, a...
News Outlets Ramp Up Breaking News Alerts
News services are increasing their focus on mobile alerts, sparked partly by new technology.
Inside Digiday with Brian Braiker, Executive Editor
Digiday covers the publishing world with mobile readers in mind; it's also big on events and...
Grasswire: the Future of Crowdsourcing News?
Grasswire helps people discover verified first-hand information from social media in real time.
How the Media Covered the Baltimore Riots
Journalists covering the Baltimore riots became part of the story. Here’s a look at the wide-ranging...
Publishers Test Messaging Apps for News
Rapid growth in messaging apps has sparked a flurry of experimentation in the news industry.
Personalizing News, Bringing Readers into the Story
Three interactive news projects show how news sites are pushing more deeply into personalized storytelling.
Getting it Right: Fact-Checking in the Digital...
The American Press Institute is working to improve best practices in news fact-checking.
Happily, News Orgs Find Success With Humorous...
Many news sites are making short, humorous videos to grab readers with a funny bone.
Incubate: Time-Delayed ‘Messages with Meaning’
Incubate Messenger lets people send messages up to 25 years into the future. Think about the...
‘Behind the Bloodshed’: Behind USA Today’s Data-Rich...
A deep dive into a grim subject -- mass killings in the U.S. -- delivers big...
Beacon: A Journey in Crowdfunding Journalism
Beacon is exploring ways to use crowdfunding to support journalists, including an unusual subscription model that...
All Together Now: 21 Cloud-Based Tools for...
From team chat rooms like Slack to group editing platforms like Draft, the Internet abounds with...
Live, from the Internet, It’s The HuffPost...
The mission of the Friday webcast is to "cover everything from serious news to...let's just...
Making the Leap Into Freelance Copy Editing
After leaving newspapers, these copy editors are thriving as freelancers. Here's how they did it---and tips...
And You Thought All Girl Scout Cookies...
The Los Angeles Times spent three months creating an interactive tool for exploring -- yes, really...
Newspapers Hunt for New Readers on Instagram
Newspapers are using Instagram to introduce themselves to new readers more than to drive traffic to...
Even News Sites Fall for Fake News
News services aren't immune from hoaxes, but you'd think they'd know fake news when they see...
All the News That’s Fit for Your...
The New York Times says is crafting "a new form of storytelling" for people to read...
How Fusion Brought Stories of Street Harassment...
Fusion turned a public street art project in Mexico City into an interactive story about street...
Turning an Avalanche of Ferguson Stories into...
Six months after Ferguson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch rolled out an interactive compilation of its extensive...
The Huffington Post’s Deep Look at Heroin...
The HuffPo combined in-depth reporting with a multimedia presentation to raise awareness of issues surrounding abstinence-based...
7 Self-Editing Tips for Reporters Without Copy...
On National Grammar Day 2015, AJR shares self-editing tips from copy editors.
Here’s One Way to Tell Stories About...
USA Today recently experimented with a storytelling format that gives users the power to design the...
New ‘Podcast’ App Tells Stories Based on...
Detour is a new audio app that tells location-based stories on people's smartphones.
The New York Times on Social Media:...
A behind-the-scenes look at the social media strategy at The New York Times.
Meet the Reporter Who Used Data to...
Punxsutawney Phil comes under the scrutiny of one determined data reporter.
What One Young Journalist Thinks of #AdviceForYoungJournalists
When big-name journalists in the limelight come under scrutiny for errors, everyone likes to pile on...
Sun-Times Layoffs of Video Staff Come Amid...
The layoffs came as news organizations across the country are investing more in originally-produced video.
How Journalism Professors Used Legos to Teach...
Concerned that he wasn't spending enough time on the "mental tools" behind data visualization, one professor...
Mayor De Blasio Embraces Satirical Self
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had fun with an Onion story satirizing him, by reading...
The Creative and Offbeat Ways Journalists Are...
Several news organizations are experimenting with how to bring news to Snapchat users.
Newsrooms Grapple With How to Avoid Twitter...
While newsrooms often require reporters to use Twitter to interact with readers, they continue to grapple...
Meet Vice News’s Jason Leopold, the ‘FOIA...
Jason Leopold offers this advice to reporters: They should file a few FOIA requests per month...
The Growing Power of Tumblr — For...
Social media managers said Tumblr has helped their news organizations engage with readers, connect with a...
Journalism Schools Add Courses in Sports, Emerging...
A survey of journalism schools shows sports, data reporting and audience analytics are the latest hotspots...
11 Holiday Gifts for Journalists and Geeks
AJR editors and reporters scoured the web to find out what journalists really want from Santa...
‘Experiential Journalism:’ How Virtual Reality Could Depict...
A small number of news organizations are testing out how virtual reality can bring the news...
CNET’s Plunge into Print
A successful tech website decides to make the move into print, saying it's still a relevant...
2015: The Year of the Smartwatch?
News industry professionals speculate on whether the watch could pull more mobile eyeballs to headlines.
Internet Freedom Declines Globally, Report Says
Internet freedom has suffered setbacks in dozens of countries around the world this year, a report...
Journo Prof: Stop Debating About Technology and...
An assistant professor launching a new master's program at Ball State University said debates about technology...
Funny or Die News Seeks Balance of...
The brains behind the Funny or Die viral video website are branching into comedic news with...
Vice, and the Trend of First-Person Journalism
Vice writers tell first-person accounts of newsworthy events, as well as their own harrowing life experiences.
Inside the Office Space: What New Media...
AJR takes a look at the office spaces of several news startups located in Washington, D.C.
Off the Record, But Online
As Uber executives found out, off the record interactions aren't as simple as they might sound....
Rumors, Lies and the Internet: 7 Questions...
Silverman discusses how rumors spread quickly on the Internet, how to spot them and how to...
4 Skills Newsroom Recruiters Wish More Job...
Simply being a really good reporter is no longer enough. Job recruiters said they are looking...
Front Pages after the Ferguson ‘No Indictment’...
Newspapers all over the country led with Monday night's grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo. But...
Q&A: How to Break into the Magazine...
AJR chats with Elle.com’s Alyssa Bailey about edit tests, networking and dressing for the job.
Freelance War Photographers: On Their Own in...
As American news organizations have slashed their budgets for foreign news, freelance photographers have picked up...
Are Professional Music Critics an Endangered Species?
The role of professional music critics is changing as digital music and social media transform...
2 Amusing Corrections and a Confession on...
These comical corrections illustrate the challenges news outlets face in trying to explain their errors to...
Glass Still ‘Shattered,’ 16 Years Later
The New Republic celebrates its 100 year anniversary with a story revisiting the scandal that rocked...
Sputnik: Russian Propaganda With Some Fluff
Russia is building a new global propaganda media platform it calls Sputnik.
3 Reactions to the FBI Impersonation of...
Should cops pretend they are reporters to nab suspects? Journalists say this practice is dangerous.
NPR’s Morning Edition: Showing That Radio is...
Morning Edition reflects on how the lengthy radio news program sustained its audience in an overwhelmingly...
Inside the Mind of a Weed Journalist
Abdullah “T. Kid” Saeed, writer of the “Weediquette” column for VICE, participated in a Reddit AMA...
Holding Back on Ebola: One Newspaper’s Tale...
Editors at The Dallas Morning News said telling the stories of Ebola's outbreak required an abundance...
What Journalists Tweet While Waiting Around...
What are reporters really thinking about while they are waiting for news on Election Day? We...
That Awkward Moment When Journalists Must Write...
Bloomberg News is rare in its policy forbidding coverage of itself. Other news organizations said they...
My Torturous Week of Writing Only on...
To peek into journalism's past, I found a 1940's-era typewriter and used it for one week.
Let’s Start Talking About a Radically Different...
A senior vice president of the Newseum offers up a vision for a news media overhaul.
Live Blog: Computation + Journalism Symposium 2014
The two day conference convenes academics and practitioners from journalism, computer science and data science .
Using Drones to Make 3D Models on...
The real creative frontier in drone journalism is in data journalism.
Robot Reporters or Human Journalists: Who Do...
Most readers consider machine-generated news to be as credible as what humans write, but journalists see...
Where Journalism Meets Computer Science: Charting a...
Drones, bots, sensors and robot journalism are among the new methods being pioneered to tell stories....
What Journalists Worry About in the Middle...
They worry about keeping the powerful accountable, about opportunities for both young reporters and experienced journalists....
The Not-So-Secret Side of Anonymous Confession Apps
Journalists are digging for news tips on anonymous, secret-sharing apps.
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly of...
Investigative journalist Mark Feldstein used the Freedom of Information Act to get information about an alleged...
How The Talkhouse is Turning Music Criticism...
Music critics need not apply: Music reviews on The Talkhouse are written by other artists.
The Big Conundrum: Should Journalists Learn Code?
A growing number of J-schools are pushing more deeply into teaching computer programming to aspiring reporters,...
What a Bunch of ‘Geezers’ Taught Me...
The laughter, the cursing, the urgent drive to work all night to get the big story...
Must Reads: A New Home for Happy...
AJR editors and writers share their favorite reads of the week.
Restraint vs. Slow-Mo Replay: Rice Video Coverage...
AJR reviewed how 18 news sites covered the video of Ray Rice assaulting his fiancée and...
The Careful Calculations Behind Covering ISIS Execution...
A former foreign correspondent probes how media outlets depicted the ISIS killings of journalists, finding that...
Must Reads: TMZ’s Scoops and a New...
AJR editors and writers share their favorite reads of the week.
5 Ways Reporters Can Capitalize on the...
Do selfies have a place in news coverage? Yes they do.
‘It Was a Total Bloodbath:’ USA Today...
The USAT layoffs were abrupt and included many senior staffers.
Must Reads: Adorably Awesome Typewriter App and...
AJR editors share their favorite reads of the week.
6 Twitter Bots That Do What Journalists...
They write funny headlines, are crusty grammarians, are able to document natural disasters and even write...
Must Reads: ‘Keep Your Soul’ and the...
Must reads include: A study on trolls and female journalists, a new app that could drive...
The Yo App: Ridiculous or Revolutionary?
Can a simple app drive traffic to news stories? Several news organizations are trying to find...
News Wrap: Questions over Twitter’s Editorial Judgment...
AJR editors and writers share their favorite reads of the week.
Reporting on Ferguson ‘Without Hysteria,’ but ‘With...
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has honed its digital strategy amid record amounts of traffic to its...
News Wrap: Are You a Journalist or...
All the news on the news you need to know: AJR editors share their favorite reads...
Interns Say the Darndest Things and You...
Failures. Aspirations. What they really think of their editors. Summer 2014 newsroom interns tell their stories.
Point/Counterpoint: Do the Media Hurt or Help...
Do members of the media commodify tragedy? A journalist and student journalist/activist from Isla Vista, the...
Women Managers and the F-word (Feminism) in...
Women news managers are having a "moment" as the industry takes note of changing leadership styles....
Twitter Glitter: 5 Who Shine and How...
What's it like to be a Twitter powerbroker? Five journalists and pulse-takers share some of their...
Putin, Lies, and Videotape: Why Russians Listen...
How could Russians actually believe all of these conflicting, often ludicrous stories on Malaysia Flight 17?
How I Became a Kinja Star for,...
The task was simple enough. In one week, I was to become a “star” on Gawker’s...
Am I Giving Up Being Jamaican for...
An aspiring broadcast journalist has a difficult decision to make.
‘The Hill is Home': It’s All in...
The Hill is Home is published out of love for the community of Capitol Hill.
News Wrap: Turns Out Journalists Do Need...
American Journalism Review rounds up the top media news of the week, everything from tips for...
Lessons for Journalists in How Storyful Verifies...
Going with unverified information on social media is risky, even during breaking news. More news organizations...
Journalism Enrollments Fell Two Years in a...
Journalism enrollment fell nationally for two years in a row recently, raising questions about the future...
SCOTUSblog Brings the Gavel Down on Trolls
The publisher of SCOTUSblog explains why he called out people on Twitter who wrongly blamed his...
Telling the Story of a Culture Through...
Roads & Kingdoms eschews traditional hard news at the international level and focuses instead on the...
News Wrap: Some Great Advice About Twitter...
AJR editors and contributors share digital media news this week that will make you smarter, better-looking...
WaPo Job Ad: Explain Social Media to...
The Washington Post has pulled a portion of a job advertisement that lists, among its job...
News Wrap: You’re Lying When You Say...
In digital media news this week: A foul-mouthed Swedish man makes big money on YouTube and...
9 Jubilant, Haunting, Boozy, Soothsaying, Interactive, Teary-eyed...
Reliving the emotion of the World Cup 2014 through the most creative journalism out there. ...
How a Reporter Broke the Target Security...
“Working with Brian was like a daily dose of paranoia. He would always do the scariest...
NYT: Executive Editor ‘Plans to Start Tweeting...
NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet has sent out zero tweets, according to his account.
College Isn’t Just About the Food, It’s...
Food is important to college students but when they leave the dining hall behind, they often...
Some Newspapers to Staff: Social Media Isn’t...
American Journalism Review interviewed a random selection of 18 newspapers across the country and found that...
The Baltimore Sun’s Matt Bracken on the...
Bracken talks about the surprises, the mistakes and the connections he makes with readers in the...
AJR News Wrap: Tweetable Typos and Sad...
In the news this week: The hazards of spreading snark about someone else's typo and a...
The Future of Comment Sections: Moderated and...
Various publications and websites are devising new ways to improve the conversations under the content they...
TV Networks Command Double-Digit Web Traffic Growth...
Networks said they are breaking down the walls that once separated TV and digital to produce...
NYT Innovation Report: Deja Vu All Over...
The New York Times' innovation report shows that newspapers have made less progress in the digital...
Copy Editors Carve Niche in Digital Media...
As red pens and page reads fold to search engine optimization and tweets, members of a...
Book Excerpt: Saving Community Journalism
Community newspapers can survive digital disruption if they shed legacy printing costs while quickly developing online...
6 Ways to Use Twitter in the...
When Steve Buttry learned he was going to lose his job, he didn't log on to...
How Reporter Salaries Compare with Other Jobs
In 2013, the average reporter salary was lower than the average for firefighters, police officers and...
Reporter Pay Falls Below U.S. Average Wage
The typical reporter earned more than the average U.S. wage 10 years ago, but that's...
AJR News Wrap: Drone Drama in Arkansas...
In the news this week: The FAA investigates the use of a drone to document tornado...
No More Daily Newspaper for Columbia; Staff...
The student run college newspaper at Columbia University will cease its daily edition in favor of...
Accelerator Provides Community for Media Startups
Media Camp is an accelerator for media startups created jointly by Turner Broadcasting and Warner Bros....
Leaving Old Habits Behind: A Guide to...
Want to be a better journalist? Opportunities to learn data visualization, coding, programming and the basics,...
AJR News Wrap: New Approaches for GIFs,...
In the news this week: Now, more sources than ever to find explanatory journalism and trending...
12 Hilarious (And Unbelievable) Journalism Job Resume...
"My favorite application typo is from someone who is 'detial oriented.' -- Joe Grimm, Michigan State...
How Recruiters Judge Journalism Job Resumes
Answer: They judge your typos (there shouldn't be any), your use of buzzwords (avoid them), your...
Q & A With NABJ President: ‘Twice...
NABJ's Bob Butler: "We’re used to having to be twice as good to get half the...
Waite: Drone Journalism Will be Common in...
Drone Journalism Lab creator discusses the ethics, legality and safety of drones for news gathering at...
Will Automated Copy Editors Replace Human Ones?
Copy editors may face an existential crisis as newsrooms staffs shrink and automated editing programs like...
Memorable Quotes from 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners
'People crave to be understood, and they want to know what they’re doing matters, and I...
Tough Career Choice: Legacy Media or Startup
Working for legacy publications and startups have different pros and cons. Experts weigh in on both.
AJR News Wrap: The GIFs of the...
In headlines this week, Heartbleed threatens the Internet, including media companies, and the Washington Post executive...
How Journalism Professors Are Bringing Google Glass...
"What we're teaching when we're teaching first-person perspective is how to see life through a source's...
Savannah Morning News Reporters Get Bonuses for...
Steve Yelvington, vice president of audience at the Savannah Morning News, confirmed at the Journalism Interactive...
Right (and Wrong Ways) To Use Analytics...
Good idea: Use analytics to help set goals. Bad idea: Use low story performance numbers to...
How Tech-Savvy Journalists See the Future
They see Geotagging, Photosynth, Google Glass and a handful of other tools that will dramatically change...
A New Code: SPJ Struggles to Define...
The first new draft of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics in 18 years...
Secrets from Snow Fall: Rough Sketches, Best...
How can journalists make their data sets beautiful? Experts convened at the 2014 Journalism Interactive Conference...
Dealing With Data: Be Very, Very Skeptical
'Act on the assumption from the minute you look at data that there’s something wrong.' --...
Scared of Technology? Try This: ‘Pick One...
'Stop trying to figure it all out – it’s impossible, no one can do it.' -...
10 Ways to Teach Mobile Journalism
Example: Find a non-news app each week and explain what lesson it has for journalistic applications...
ONA Announces 12 Winners of $35,000 Challenge...
Twelve universities won $35,000 grants Friday in the inaugural year of the $1 million Challenge Fund...
Webb: J-Schools Need to Make the ‘Degree...
Digital Media Strategist Amy Webb said journalism schools are at fault for not making the degree...
23 Ideas That Could Change The Way...
'I choose to fight back. I choose to rise, not fall.' - Hernandez, on the future...
Watch Your Language: Swearing in News Stories
Using four-letter words in a guide meant to provide “standards” for news writing might make some...
AJR News Wrap: The End of ‘Derp’...
Everyone was talking about style guides this week, including Gawker, which has new rules on the...
Q&A With Andrew Meyer, ‘Don’t Tase Me...
Andrew Meyer, who was arrested in 2007 for asking a question at a John Kerry forum,...
The Pay-Per-Visit Debate: Is Chasing Traffic Hurting...
'There's only one way to find out.' -- Gawker Media Editorial Director Joel Johnson.
Colleges Monitor, Restrict Athletes on Social Media
University of Maryland journalism students' research uncovers legally questionable policies.
Pew: Digital Ventures Bring Jobs and Money...
New digital news jobs and money bring hope to journalism, even as traditional news outlets...
AJR News Wrap: Meet QuakeBot and Newsbeat
In the headlines this week: Robots broke news, journalists debated the value of pageviews and copy...
Reassembling Ukraine’s Secrets, Piece by Shredded Piece
Journalists and citizens are making history in Kiev as they collaborate to find evidence of corruption...
Confessions of a Clickbait Victim
'As an 18-year-old journalism student, I was surprised at the lack of hard news I clicked...
No Analytics for You: News Sites Grapple...
Publications vary in how much information they share with reporters on how their stories perform on...
The Pageview is Passé: New Metrics...
Ever heard of "attention minutes?" Or "engaged time?" Expect to hear more terms like these as...
iTunes for Journalism? Dutch Experiment With Universal...
Dutch journalism startup Blendle cofounders have convinced all of the country’s major publishers to place their...
Washington Professional Sports Teams Expand to Self...
Working for the company that owns the teams gives Monumental Network reporters increased access to athletes,...
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AJR News Wrap: Looking for a Journalism...
In the news this week: Startups are hiring journalists, mobile editors are in high demand and...
Life After Patch: Former Editors Start Their...
They make their own rules now. Former Patch editors are now entrepreneurs. They've launched their own...
New Grads Enter Changing Journalism Landscape
Student journalists and their advisors around the country talk about looking for jobs following several rounds...
The Big Shift in Newspaper Revenue
Newspapers aren't losing as much money as a few years ago, thanks to a small uptick...
10 Tools for Entrepreneurial Journalists
Want to learn to code? Make a graphic? Make money from ads? Copy edit your story?...
Media Shooting Coverage: Is it Fair?
“It places a different value on different lives based on where the homicide occurs." —Kelly McBride,...
Sochi Streaming: More Viewers Are Watching Live
Sochi has continued a transition from primetime TV coverage of the games to constant, multi-platform presentation...
Moles, Marinara and #POTUS: the Dangers of...
Many social media managers said they are starting to pay more attention to how and when...
AJR News Wrap Feb. 14: Storm Blogging...
A look around the web at the week’s headlines on news media developments, ranging from press...
6 Live Weather Blogs for #SnOMG
Looking for inspiration on how to cover the next big weather event? Here are six outlets...
Solving the Mystery of Who Sent That...
A look inside Craig Silverman's Verification Handbook, a guide for reporting crowdsourced information accurately.
Surveillance in Sochi: Journalists Warned To Be...
The official snooping in Sochi appears to be a multi-pronged effort involving electronic surveillance, Internet communication...
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‘Ramen: Learn How to Cook It’ And...
If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, just about to embark...
Tweets From Sochi Document Yellow Tap Water,...
Journalists arriving in Sochi for the Winter Olympics have been tweeting a litany of complaints about...
The UCLA App Lab Experiment
UCLA Student Media is charting new territory with its app lab, which has generated $35,000 in...
What We Can Learn from Grantland’s Coverage...
Three journalists discuss the impact of a controversial Grantland story about a transgender woman who invented...
Ezra Klein Promises ‘Context’ With New Publication
Ezra Klein, the 'Prince of D.C. Media,' is starting a new publication with Vox Media, which...
New Media Pioneer Rethinks How We ‘Pin’...
Newspeg, a website launched in January allows people to pin — or rather, to “peg” —...
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How The Baltimore Sun ‘Finds the Drama’...
Chris Assaf, multimedia editor and video/photojournalist at the Baltimore Sun, spoke recently about the secrets behind...
5 Video Trends to Watch in 2014
Last year was a big year for streaming video. From YouTube to Google Glass, this year...
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Using Animation in Journalism to Tell the...
"Jennifer" was a young woman who was sexually assaulted. The person who assaulted her was never...
Loneliness, Life-Threatening Cold and the New Longform...
A Grantland writer followed the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska and collaborated with ESPN's...
Chasing the Truth on Guns
Washington Post reporter David Fallis talks about the information battle behind getting data on guns: "The...
Pinterest a Growing Option for News Outlets
Some news organizations say they plan to use Pinterest more this year as part of their...
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Inside the WTOP Traffic Center
Reporting on traffic is its "own animal," say the journalists who cover crashes and more at...
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Pushing the Boundaries of Storytelling Through the...
Journalist Peter Savodnik has created the concept of a “shortreal,” an 11-minute film that he said...
BuzzFeed’s Secret Weapon: Ky Harlin
Ky Harlin is the data scientist behind the secret formulas that predict which stories at BuzzFeed...
Is Upworthy Worthy of Your Attention?
Upworthy is a fast-growing online curation service designed to promote news stories "that really matter" through...
‘Lots of Ways to Tell a Story’
Atavist co-founder Evan Ratliff talks about trends he's seeing in narrative storytelling as authors and publishers...
Beyond the ‘Web’: NowThisNews Puts Social Media...
NowThisNews has become known for its social-media-first strategy, posting its short and punchy videos narrated by...
5 Great Christmas Longreads
Have some extra time this holiday to curl up with a good story? We pick five...
The Age of iPhone Reporting: Q &...
Mobile journalism pioneer Neil Augenstein talks about evolving from using a 15-pound "bag-phone" to where he...
Risen’s Case Could Alter Journalism’s Future
New York Times reporter James Risen explains why his long-running legal battle with the federal government...
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‘I Am A Google Glass Explorer’
Robert Hernandez, who teaches journalism at USC Annenberg, asks: "When have we as a journalism industry...
Google Glass: A New Frontier for Journalism?
How will journalists use Google Glass? Early adopters say Glass works particularly well for first-person video...
‘The Information’ Website Launches; Access is Subscription-Only
By being a subscription business, we could focus solely on the question, ‘Is our audience going...
Will a Generation of Paywall-Jumpers Pay for...
The generation that paid for iTunes might just pay for news, some say.
Beyond Paywalls, New Ways to Charge for...
There is no one-size-fits-all way to charge for news, experts say. After trying paywalls, news outlets...
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3 Great Mobile Journalism Tools
Jeremy Caplan, from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, points to some of the hottest gadgets...
The Man Behind the Mobile, at CNN
CNN mobile editor Etan Horowitz describes his job overseeing the editorial strategy for CNN's mobile news...
9 Holiday Gifts for Journalists and Geeks
Many journalists crave gadgets. Here are ideas for high-tech holiday gifts and stocking stuffers.
Breathing New Life into Old Stories
Longform’s curse is that you don’t have to read it now. And yet its beauty stems...
Google Consumer Surveys Bring Revenue to News
News organizations not ready to commit to a paywall are asking readers to answer a survey...
How Will An Online-Only Onion Make Money?
Has The Onion found the magic sauce for making money online? Turns out, the company is...
Could Drones Help Journalists?
University of Nebraska professor Matt Waite runs a Drone Journalism Lab and he is studying how...
Publisher’s Launch Note
Welcome to the new AJR, a digital platform that is fearless in its quest to create...
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VIDEO: Welcome to the New AJR
While continuing the award-winning media criticism for which AJR has long been known, we have a...
Freelancers: There is Work for You
A wave of freelance marketplaces has cropped up to satisfy the growing demand for professional...
Anne Savage: ‘Visual Journalists Are As Important...
Photojournalist Anne Savage says "Visual journalists are as important as ever, if not more so, in...
‘Identity Crisis’ in Photojournalism
This advent of the new Super Journalist, the photographer who writes and the writer who takes...
Robot Writers and the Digital Age
"Tens of Millions" of stories are generated by computers every year. The ability of software robots...
Are the Rules Different When Tweeting Under...
In 129 tweets, a Fox Sports columnist documented the fear, confusion and profound longing he felt...
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Google drew 2,300 applications for its new Google Journalism Fellowship Program in 2013. Here's a look...
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A new sports social networking site is working hard to woo users away from general interest...
A Web Site Powered by Passion
Philahoops, a startup covering college basketball in Philadelphia, has passion but struggles to find advertisers and...
Learning to Do It All
What makes a multiplatform journalist? In an age when newspapers are producing video and radio stations...
All About the Participation
User participation is the key to new media and this exhibit at the Newseum.
Going Long About Sports
Narrative sportswriting is finding homes in the digital world at sites like Grantland and ChicagoSide.
A Marathon Freedom of Information Fight
Journallst Seth Rosenfeld fought for decades to obtain hundreds of thousands of pages of FBI documents...
A Perfect Marriage?
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Making Yahoo News Stand Out
Yahoo politics and national editor aims for "distinctive" coverage.
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As newspapers shrink editorial cartoon staffs, the Internet offers new hope for digital cartoonists.
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News outlets suffer, sometimes fatally, due to a long backlog of applications for tax-exempt status from...
Staying Alive
Nonprofit journalism startups are playing an important role as news organizations downsize. From Pulitzer winning...
The E-Mail Interview Debate
Veteran reporters who benefit from e-mail every day think too many of their colleagues are relying...
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As local TV news operations struggle to fill more hours of programming, syndicated stories are showing...
Blogging about the Mob
A longtime organized crime reporter leaves the Philadelphia Inquirer and blogs for a Web site that...
Shedding Light on U.S. Companies
Roddy Boyd has launched the online Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation, a nonprofit news outlet focused on...
The Supreme Venue for Supreme Court Junkies
SCOTUSblog reporter Lyle Denniston calls his blog "an online clearinghouse for news about the Supreme Court."
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"There’s no reason that a 16-year-old on his skateboard Snapchatting shouldn’t be able to understand what...
The Life and Times of AJR
The history of the American Journalism Review has been full of editorial triumphs and financial challenges.
American Journalism Review To Become Online Only...
The American Journalism Review will end production of its print edition and launch a redesigned website...
Memories of Iraq war coverage
War correspondents recall their favorite reporting moments in Iraq.
End of an Era: Coverage in Iraq
News organizations have downsized their reporting staffs covering the war in Iraq. Ten years after the...
The Naked Retweet Dilemma
Retweeting without adding comments or context-should journalists do it? OR are "naked" retweets bad for journalism?
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