Betsy Morais

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Managing Editor and Interim Editor-in-Chief at Columbia Journalism Review

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Articles

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery

1 month ago | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. Wesley Loweryâthe winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award, and whose work in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, chronicled the organizing power of Black Lives Matterâis, at thirty-four, one of the most recognized journalists in America. He has reported for the Washington Post and CBS News.
The PSAi

1 month ago | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

Sign up for The Media Today, CJRās daily newsletter. AI has already begun to transform the environment for news and information. Several months ago, CJR embarked on a project with TBWA\Chiat\Day, the ad agency, to use AI as a tool to spot AI visuals as fakesāand to highlight the role everyone plays in making them go viral. Since 1961, CJR has advocated for best practices in the journalism community, and we believe in strong standards for verification, transparency, and media literacy.
Wesley Lowery Exits Investigative Reporting Workshop and American University Following Student Complaints

Mar 12, 2025 | cjr.org | Sewell Chan |Betsy Morais

Sign up for The Media Today, CJRâs daily newsletter. Wesley J. Lowery, a Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter and one of the most influential journalists of his generation, has left his positions as the executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and as an associate professor of journalism at American University in Washington, DC, after less than two years there.
The Flurry at CNN

Jan 24, 2025 | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

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Old News

Jul 10, 2024 | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

âThe press seems relentlessly focused on the status of the elderly,â Lucy Schiller wrote for CJR last year. She was referring to Joe Biden, the oldest president the United States has ever had; Donald Trump, his predecessor and rival; and the record-breaking age of the Senate.
Many people say they avoid the news. The news doesn’t avoid them.

Jun 12, 2024 | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

In our new election-focused issue, Josh Hersh contends with the problem of news avoidance.
The Election Issue

Jun 10, 2024 | cjr.org | Josh Hersh |Betsy Morais |Susie Banikarim |Maddy Crowell

It’s another election season, and we’re in reruns. Donald Trump, the first convicted-felon former president, is carrying on at rallies as ever, repeating the word “rigged.” Joe Biden, America’s oldest president, is mostly staying home, also as before. The world rages with war; stateside, democracy feels imperiled. “We’re just kind of over it,” Noemi Peña, a twenty-year-old from Tucson, told the Wall Street Journal in March.
Repeating Ourselves

Jun 9, 2024 | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In April, the Donald Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced the “most extensive and monumental election integrity program in the nation’s history.” The plan involved more than a hundred thousand attorneys and volunteers posted in competitive states, plus an “Election Integrity Hotline” ready to take your call.
Columbia Daily Spectator at the center - Editor and Publisher

Apr 29, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Betsy Morais

Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2024 9:44 am Last week, the congressional spotlight fell on Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, who followed the acts of Claudine Gay (formerly Harvard’s president) and Elizabeth Magill (formerly Penn’s).
Spectator at the center

Apr 23, 2024 | cjr.org | Betsy Morais

Last week, the congressional spotlight fell on Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, who followed the acts of Claudine Gay (formerly Harvard’s president) and Elizabeth Magill (formerly Penn’s). Gay and Magill were asked to speak in December to a House committee about their schools’ climates since October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel and Israel launched a siege on Gaza; both presidents’ tenures unraveled shortly after.