The Toledo Blade’s shocking, inevitable news.
CJRby Liz Skalka16d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On Labor Day, about a dozen current and former journalists from The Blade marched in Toledo, Ohio’s annual parade.
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top 92%Trump’s hostile environment for journalists, from American streets to the corridors of the White House.
CJRby Jem Bartholomew17d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On December 21, 2018, as part of a brutal crackdown on the press by Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s leader, police raided the offices of 100% Noticias, a cable and...
Almost no one has seen NAZA. That hasn’t stopped Israel from condemning it.
CJRby Amos Barshad17d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last week, Shin Bet, Israel’s version of the FBI, contacted the Israel Defense Forces to ask if it had begun an investigation into NAZA, a new documentary...
Laurels and Darts: Following the money, and passing along the story.
CJRby Susie Banikarim20d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 2021, state and local governments across the United States began receiving billions of dollars from settlements related to the opioid epidemic.
The Interview: Anna Holmes on saying no…and yes.
CJRby Susie Banikarim22d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 2015, Anna Holmes was asked to give the commencement address at Emma Willard, an all-girls boarding school in Troy, New York.
How the New York Times lost a defamation trial.
CJRby Bill Grueskin22d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. It is rarely a good sign when the New York Times standards editor fires off an email to you at the end of the day.
Keeping journalism in Russia’s orbit.
CJRby Ivan L. Nagy23d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. This weekend, Russia will hold its first parliamentary elections since its forces invaded Ukraine, in February of 2022.
Maria Bartiromo and the Fox-Trump tightrope.
CJRby Jem Bartholomew24d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. There’s trouble in MAGA-media land. On September 3, Fox News released a terse statement: “Effective today, Maria Bartiromo”—one of the network’s most prominent...
The Knowing’s premium inbox glossy.
CJRby Feven Merid24d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Geneva S. Thomas was letting her gel manicure dry when she had an idea. “It just dropped into my lap like a feather,” Thomas, a veteran of digital media, said.
Laurels and Darts: The newsroom that conducted its own cancer study.
CJRby Susie Banikarim27d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In February, Rusty Morris began to suspect there might be a cancer cluster in Keyport, New Jersey, where he grew up.
My 9/11 job interview.
CJRby Nicholas Boston28d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On the morning of September 11, 2001, I laced up my black chukka boots, stepped from my apartment in Upper Manhattan, and headed out for a job interview.
The future of visual investigations, if we can’t trust our eyes.
CJRby Emily Goligoski28d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On the evening of October 17, 2023, an explosion struck Gaza City’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital complex.
Rozina Ali: Continuing furies.
CJRby Aida Alami29d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. “Don’t tell anyone you’re Muslim,” Rozina Ali’s father told her in the aftermath of 9/11.
Lux goes to college.
CJRby Riddhi Setty29d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last spring, Sarah Leonard, the editor in chief of Lux, a socialist magazine covering politics and culture, hit the road with a handful of colleagues to talk...
What happened in Lancaster?
CJRby Carolina Abbott Galvão8 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In the spring of 2023, Rachel McDevitt, a journalist in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was on vacation when she learned that life at her radio station, WITF, was...
Should I throw my laptop into the sea?
CJRby Anika Collier Navaroli3 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Welcome back to Ask Anika, a column for addressing questions about the ethics, legal considerations, and best practices of adopting new technologies in...
Why ABC self-censored.
CJRby Joel Simon2 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A cardinal rule of journalism: never back down in the face of intimidation.
The Michigan Chronicle’s Sam Robinson on covering a closely watched election cycle from within.
CJRby Ivan L. Nagy2 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. As Abdul El-Sayed’s star rose, Michigan ascended as a national story about the future of the Democratic Party.
Notes from the non-league.
CJRby Amos Barshad1 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In January of 2026, just seconds into an FA Cup match between Macclesfield FC and Crystal Palace, Paul Dawson, a Macclesfield midfielder, collided with an...
Mamdani’s new NYC ecosystem of friendly influencers and public messaging.
CJRby Dr. Anya Schiffrin31 Aug 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Whether he’s sitting with kids to promote pre-K, putting on a hard hat and holding a shovel to announce a new infrastructure project, riding a bicycle in...