Tag: Columbia Journalism Review Books

November 18, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Best Business Writing, Coney Island, and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles now available: The Best Business Writing 2014 Edited by Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, and Ryan Chittum A Coney Island Reader: Through Dizzy Gates of Illusion Edited by Louis J. Parascandola and John Parascandola...

September 5, 2014

Dean Starkman: Wrecking an Economy Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

“We know the banks are eager to put the scandal of the financial crisis behind them. What’s disturbing is that, in the name of deference, convenience, or something darker, the Justice Department is letting them do just that.”—Dean Starkman In...

January 22, 2014

Interview with Dean Starkman, author of "The Watchdog That Didn't Bark"

“Journalism can be the antidote to corruption…. It gives the public a fighting chance to understand complex problems when powerful institutions betray their trust and act against the public interest. It can be a clarifying force, without which democracy in...

June 12, 2012

Dean Starkman on the Importance of Business Journalism for Democracy

“It’s not going overboard to say that great business writing is the vital link between the public and the institutions that shape our economic lives.”—Dean Starkman, The Best Business Writing 2012 The following is an excerpt from Dean Starkman’s introduction...

June 11, 2012

Book Giveaway! The Best Business Writing 2012

This week’s featured book is The Best Business Writing 2012, edited by Edited by Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, Ryan Chittum, and Felix Salmon. The book is part of our exciting new series from Columbia Journalism Review Books. Contributors include...

January 10, 2012

Dean Starkman on the "CNBC-ization" of Business News

In the most recent issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, Dean Starkman, co-editor of the forthcoming The Best Business Writing 2012, writes about the development and the recent history of the business press In the article, A Narrowed Gaze: How...

December 14, 2011

Dean Starkman on the Limited Vision of News Gurus

Longform recently selected Dean Starkman’s Confidence Game: The Limited Vision of News Gurus, as one of the best articles for 2011 in media. Starkman’s article, which was published in the Columbia Journalism Review, and is now available as a digital...

November 15, 2011

Columbia Journalism Review Books

A recent article in Publishers Weekly highlighted the launch of our new series Columbia Journalism Review Books, which coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the Columbia Journalism Review. The series will be edited by Victor Navasky, Evan Cornog, Mike Hoyt,...