“What is a journalist?” is a contemporary equivalent of the ancient question, “What is truth?” The U.S. government’s prosecution of Julian Assange hinges on the assertion that he is not a journalist ...

This is the third of four detailed sections in a report on Americans’ views about the role of journalists in the digital age. The report also includes an overview of the key findings. In both the ...

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 ...

This is the fourth of four detailed sections in a report on Americans’ views about the role of journalists in the digital age. The report also includes an overview of the key findings. This section ...

The future does not belong to those who merely observe it—it belongs to those who can see it coming and help others prepare.