SPOTLIGHT: The Nieman Reports

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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). […]

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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 […]

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