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Platforms and publishers Jun 14, 2018

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On this week’s episode, we’re returning to one of our favorite topics—the relationship between platforms and publishers. Pete sat down with Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia, to better understand what Facebook and other platforms are up to. Emily recently presented at the Global Editors Network Summit in Portugal, speaking to world leaders in digital publishing about the Tow Center’s research into how the relationship between platforms and publishers is affecting the news business.

Let’s talk about class and journalism Jun 07, 2018

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Journalism has a class problem. If you aren’t independently wealthy, the path into the industry isn’t easy, especially if your professional aspirations are national in scope. Yet conversations about class and journalism are largely absent from newsrooms. On this week’s episode, we talk to Sarah Jones, staff writer at The New Republic, about this taboo topic. She wrote about class for the latest issue of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Taking the buyout Jun 01, 2018

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On this week’s episode, Peter Corbett gives a firsthand account of an experience that’s become commonplace among journalists over the past decade. The former Arizona Republic reporter spent 23 years at the regional powerhouse before taking a buyout in 2016. He’s one of several journalists in a story by Monica Potts in our new Jobs issue. On The Kicker, he tells the story of his struggle to come to terms with the decision to leave the profession to which he’s dedicated his life.

Can the marriage between Facebook and journalism be saved? May 24, 2018

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On this week’s episode, CJR board member and founder of The Information Jessica Lessin interviews Facebook executive Adam Mosseri. Their conversation was recorded at a May 17 conference co-hosted by CJR and The Information in San Francisco. Lessin presses Mosseri on Lessin presses him on Facebook’s responsibility to publishers and whether the marriage between journalism and the social media platform can be saved.

A unified campaign against Alden Global Capital May 10, 2018

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A unified campaign against Alden Global Capital by Columbia Journalism Review

Rukmini Callimachi on covering ISIS May 03, 2018

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Rukmini Callimachi’s husband unfriended her on Facebook. She doesn’t tell her New York Times colleagues where she lives. Those are just a few of the precautions she’s taken since she started reporting on terrorism and the Islamic State. On this week’s episode, Meg spoke with Callimachi about the dangerous beat and how her new podcast, Caliphate, came to be. In Caliphate, Callimachi expands on her NYT reporting and dives deeper into the mind of ISIS with help from producer Andy Mills. Then Pete joins CJR colleagues Jon Allsop and Alexandria Neason to unpack two of this week’s biggest stories: Robert Mueller’s list of questions and the latest Kanye West controversy.

A Tale of Two Tariffs Apr 26, 2018

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A Tale of Two Tariffs by Columbia Journalism Review

The Zuckerberg Chronicles Apr 12, 2018

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The Zuckerberg Chronicles by Columbia Journalism Review

CNN’s Nima Elbagir on her investigation into Libya's slave trade Apr 05, 2018

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CNN’s Nima Elbagir on her investigation into Libya's slave trade by Columbia Journalism Review

Is journalism a form of activism? Mar 29, 2018

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Is journalism a form of activism? by Columbia Journalism Review