The Nieman Reports is a publication from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and contains a wealth of information on journalism as an industry, what it means to be a journalist, rights and responsibilities of news organizations, and more – explore CUL’s subscription Nieman Reports issues here. Check out the current Winter issue and […]
Category: Blogs & Resources
Twitter 2010 – A Year in Review
See the 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010! Which are your favorites? […]
Sports Journalism Resources
The second week in December is big in the sports world. The NFL season is peaking. The NHL, NBA and NCAA basketball seasons are well under way, NCAA football bowl match-ups are set and a new trade or free agent signing seems to be coming out of the MLB Winter Meetings every hour or so. So there’s […]
Radical Cartography
Radical Cartography is a really cool website put together by Bill Rankin, a graduate student at Harvard University. He’s created some very interesting maps that present new ways of looking at transportation, commerce, income distribution and other topics in a variety of cities, including New York. Additionally, all of the maps, text and images on […]
NewsTrust
Online journalism has become the go-to news source for people around the world. In an effort to evaluate journalism and information for the masses, there’s a great resource called NewsTrust that helps us sort out the best from the rest. Haven’t heard of NewsTrust? You can find out the full details here, but in short […]
Welcome, Fall MS Students and Knight-Bagehot Fellows!
Welcome, new students! Just a few research tips from the Journalism Library: jump-start your electronic research with these databases scope out your beat with these resources don’t leave home without your Lexis Nexis and Factiva cheat sheet and a good place to start is always at the Journalism Library web page Also, for a copy […]
Where to begin? Start with a research consultation!
Need help jump-starting your project or thesis research? Press the Help! button to set up a research consultation with the Journalism Librarian! (or send email to: journalism@libraries.cul.columbia.edu with your topic and some suggested dates/times for a meeting). […]
Holiday Season Statistics
Need some holiday statistics for that news story? Try the U.S. Census Bureau’s Facts for Features & Special Editions – 16.6 billion = the number of cards, letters, and packages shipped through the U.S. Postal Service from December 1st to Christmas this year! And the busiest mailing day is set for…??? $410 million = the […]