The Iranian uprising of the past few weeks was a watershed moment for citizen journalism. As the regime clamped down on foreign journalists, average Iranians using Twitter, websites, blogs and ... Read More

You don’t know what you have until it’s gone. I discovered that, yet again, on a drive home this afternoon, with the radio on: “A-B-C, It’s easy as 1-2-3, as simple as do-re-mi, A-B-C, ... Read More

No doubt about it - the shocking and untimely death of Michael Jackson, the king of pop, was the biggest news story of the week. So this week's "Week in ... Read More

A woman cries on the phone as she tells a friend that Michael Jackson has died at UCLA Medical Plaza in Los Angeles. The iconic pop star, 50, was rushed ... Read More

Michael Jackson at a London press conference in March to announce plans for a summer tour. The tragic and untimely death of Michael Jackson is a reminder of how important it ... Read More

The Boston Globe reached a tentative deal last night with its biggest union. The agreement may make it easier for the Globe's owner, The New York Times Co., to find ... Read More

Iranian-American women in Los Angeles hold signs to identify with a girl known as Neda, believed to be a teenager, who was shot dead at a protest in Tehran. With ... Read More

The Iranian protests were the biggest story of the week, so this "Week in Pictures" gallery consists entirely of photos from those demonstrations. The pictures all come from the blog ... Read More

There's been an explosion of blogsposts, pictures and videos sent across the web by citizen journalists covering the anti-government protests in Iran. Here are some of the key sites: Websites & ... Read More

Protesters take to the streets of Tehran on Wednesday The Iranian government's attempts to muzzle citizen journalists who are using Twitter, blogs and websites to spread the news about the protests ... Read More

Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi run in the streets during protests in Tehran. Iranian citizens angry about the presidential election have used Twitter, websites and blogs ... Read More

Mandy Jenkins, social media editor for The Cincinnati Enquirer Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites have gotten a reputation as places where users routinely post the most mundane details ... Read More

A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds his picture outside Tehran University. With the Iranian regime cracking down on newspapers and TV in the wake of clashes over ... Read More

A journalism advocacy group that defends reporters persecuted for doing their jobs is urging the international community to not recognize the results of the Iranian presidential election "because censorship and ... Read More

As Iranians clash in the streets over the presidential elections, studies show the country has a poor record on freedom of the press, one that has only gotten worse under ... Read More

Troy Patterson wears many hats, though he'd hate that cliche. He's a book critic for NPR, TV critic at Slate.com and the film critic at Spin magazine. He also written ... Read More

Check out a new feature on my site - The Week in Pictures, a gallery of photos from the major news stories of the week, from elections in Iran and ... Read More

The news business may be awash in a sea of red ink, but recent graduates from two New York journalism schools are finding jobs, according to Daily Finance. Columbia University's Graduate ... Read More

Pundits in the news business have declared newspapers DOA. Others fret that, with papers going the way of eight-track tapes, important things - like investigative journalism, insightful analysis and crusading ... Read More

'Daily Show' correspondent Jason Jones OK, so when "The Daily Show" correspondent Jason Jones visited The New York Times this week, it was the wiseass from the funny TV show who ... Read More

The best way to get a sense of what it's like to work in a real newsroom, short of visiting one and hanging out with the reporters there, is to ... Read More

The largest union at The Boston Globe on Monday night rejected $10 million in wage and benefit cuts sought by the paper's owner, The New York Times Co. By a narrow ... Read More

Two U.S. journalists held since March in North Korea have been sentenced to 12 years in prison, The Associated Press reports. But experts say North Korea wants to use the two ... Read More

Muckrack founder Greg Galant Muckrack is a new site that collects tweets from journalists. Here's a Q&A with Gregory Galant, CEO of Brooklyn-based Sawhorse Media, the company behind Muckrack. Q: How did ... Read More

Reporter John Tedesco started his own website. Given the turmoil facing the news business, more and more reporters are starting their own websites or blogs, driven by the need not just ... Read More

Whether you're a professional reporter, citizen journalist or j-school student, it's more important than ever that you create an online presence for yourself, and the best way to do that ... Read More

Vigils were being held around the country Wednesday evening in support of two American journalists who were to stand trial in North Korea on Thursday. The New York Times reported that ... Read More

Barring a last-minute intervention, two American journalists being held in North Korea will go on trial this week. Euna Lee and Laura Ling of Al Gore's San Francisco-based Current TV are ... Read More

So do you want to cover some real stories and do some real reporting, but aren't sure what to write about? Great stories are as close as your own hometown. ... Read More