Columbia Journalism Review

Today, we’re introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue, looking at where the wind is blowing the media industry and habits of news consumption. cjr.org/the-journalism…

New York’s nonprofit news outlets are lobbying Albany for the same boost available to their for-profit peers, writes @carolabbottg. cjr.org/analysis/fair-…

To believe in journalism is inherently to be pro-democracy. @HeatherChaplin cohosts Journalism 2050 with @emilybell. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Erroneous AI: Rage-inducing machines, gambling slop, and big bad kids’ hockey. Read this week's Laurels and Darts by @banikarim and @RiddhiKSetty. cjr.org/laurels-and-da…

AI Agents are coming for news. Can publishers reclaim control? Read Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia Jaźwińska of the @towcenter. cjr.org/tow_center/ai-…

How has the nature of political influence changed? What are the implications for journalism? And what, if anything, can the left learn from the right’s success? Kim Phillips-Fein and Samuel Earle join @emilybell and @heatherchaplin on Journalism 2050. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

How did Boston journos get so tough? For starters, they survived the Statue of Gloria. @emilysweeney joins @megreenwell on The Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

‘A Press Conference Would Be Nice.’ @HelenBranswell on the difficulty of reaching public health officials and credible experts amid the hantavirus outbreak, with @ivanlnagy. cjr.org/the-interview/…

The Anderson Valley Advertiser has attracted a cult following by collapsing the walls between neighborhood news and outsider fascination, writer and commenter, fact and fiction. Read Lucy Schiller. cjr.org/feature/anders…

A recent wave of coverage has drawn attention to settler violence—and forced the Israeli government to talk about it, by Amos Barshad. cjr.org/feature/the-we…

The Trump administration is helping a white, male editor sue the New York Times for discrimination. Read Jem Bartholomew and @RiddhiKSetty. cjr.org/the_media_toda…

A satellite company popular among journalists has issued an indefinite blackout in the Middle East. @pasternack reports on what that means for open-source investigators:  cjr.org/feature/blind-…

The accent's legit, we've got the tape. Eight-year-old @emilysweeney, you're on the air. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

What's a major that will fit with hockey? @emilysweeney on the lucky twist of fate (and ice time) that led her to journalism, with Kicker host @megreenwell. youtu.be/d7AOYpeNezU

A documentary that resonates, why the press needs to pay more attention to Truth Social madness, and an impressive investigation from the Post and Courier. Read Laurels and Darts by @banikarim. cjr.org/laurels-and-da…

El Faro's journalists have been targeted with spyware and forced into exile; now, the government of Nayib Bukele has reportedly frozen some of their assets in what the outlet says in an attempt to silence it. Read the definitive backstory of El Faro:  cjr.org/special_report…

Whether the FBI has probed a reporter for The Atlantic or not, the content of Patel’s lawsuit is dystopian enough, writes Jem Bartholomew. cjr.org/analysis/with-…

Prediction markets have evolved drastically since 2024. New from me in @CJR looking at how--and if--journalists should cover these markets in the upcoming election cycle. cjr.org/tow_center/a-b…

Polymarket and Kalshi offer to predict the future. Journalists should be wary, especially during elections, writes CJ Robinson. cjr.org/tow_center/a-b…

On the Kicker, @emilysweeney on thinking she couldn’t be on camera because she didn’t have the right look, her obsession with her hometown’s history, and what she’s learned about building relationships with readers. With @megreenwell. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

What ‘NPC,’ Elon Musk’s favorite term of abuse, reveals about his worldview. Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian talk Muskism on Journalism 2050 with @emilybell and @heatherchaplin. youtu.be/9jCT8RyrgLY .