Journalistic training emphasizes that our societies NEED journalism, but it’s fair to ask if anyone actually NEEDS the journalism we’re currently getting. Many people worldwide are not asking ‘if’ ...

Opinion journalism is sometimes dismissed as not actually being journalism. Sometimes it’s reviled as the problem with today’s news consumption. There is fair criticism there. There certainly is a lot ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. For the past few years, journalists bemoaned the bleak state of their industry. Conferences and meetings were somber affairs ...

Even the world of words has its own language. To converted journalists now spending their days in newsrooms, or cub journalists still learning the ropes, it can be challenging to keep up with all of ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Around the turn of the twentieth century, an Irish bartender in Chicago named Martin J. Dooley described how newspapers ...

"AI systems do not need ledes, nut-graphs, or narrative flows; they need user-relevant, novel, and machine-readable content." ...

In 2026, local journalism will make substantial deposits in the trust of their communities by actually showing up, and ...