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Crisis at Columbia: A Conversation with Jelani Cobb
Season 9 Episode 3
Jelani Cobb is the Dean of the Columbia Journalism School. He is also a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine. For much of the past few weeks, he h…
2 years ago
'Inside Wagner': Video journalism unmasks Russia’s secretive mercenary group
Season 9 Episode 2
This week, host Josh Hersh dives into the world of documentary news. Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers just won the Polk Award for Inside Wagner, their…
2 years ago
Josh Fine: How to Revive Investigative Sports Reporting in the Age of the Athlete
In recent years, numerous beloved sports news institutions have been shut down, or dramatically reduced their operations, while digital shows hosted …
2 years, 1 month ago
Josh Fine: How to Revive Investigative Sports Reporting in the Age of the Athlete
Season 9 Episode 1
In recent years, numerous beloved sports news institutions have been shut down, or dramatically reduced their operations, while digital shows hosted …
2 years, 1 month ago
Alissa Quart: on reimagining reporting on a recession
News of stubborn inflation, increasing unemployment, and the housing crisis dominate headlines of late. Alissa Quart is trying to improve that report…
2 years, 11 months ago
Svitlana Oslavska: On Documenting a War on Her Home Front
Before Russia invaded her home country, Ukrainian journalist Svitlana Oslavska was reviewing books for Krytyka, a Ukrainian magazine, and writing non…
2 years, 11 months ago
How Authoritarians Erase the Past
The Columbia Journalism Review recently invited journalists, academics, and experts to convene at a conference called "FaultLines: Democracy." In thi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Hearts and Minds Media
For decades, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty have broadcast into countries all over, in dozens of languages. Yet in some places …
3 years ago
Feven Merid: On Jacaranda Nigeria Limited
In 1982, about twenty Black journalists quit their jobs at American networks, banded together under the name Jacaranda Nigeria Limited, and flew to N…
3 years, 1 month ago
Jeff Gerth on the press versus the president
Last week, the Columbia Journalism Review published a four-part investigation into the media’s fraught relationship with Donald Trump. In this episod…
3 years, 3 months ago