American Journalism Review

Infobox Magazine
title = American Journalism Review


editor = Rem Rieder
frequency = Six per year
category =
company = University of Maryland, College Park
firstdate = 1977
country = flag|United States
language = English
website = [http://www.ajr.org/ AJR.org]
issn =

The "American Journalism Review" is a U.S. magazine covering topics in journalism. It is published six times a year by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. The AJR has been owned since the late 1980s by a foundation of the university. It was begun in 1977 as the Washington Journalism Review.

In August 2007, the "Washington Post" reported that the AJR could shut down by the end of 2007 if it could not reduce its operating deficit, then running at about $200,000 per year (with a total budget of about $800,000). Donors provide at least a third of the budget; the remainder is from advertising. Donations to the AJR in the past three years have included about $1.25 million from a group of news veterans headed by former Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor Eugene Roberts. Joe Strupp, [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003628948 "AJR Facing Major Debt -- But CJR Says It's In The Black"] , "Editor & Publisher", August 22, 2007]

As of mid-2007, the AJR had only one full-time editorial employee, editor Rem Rieder, with the design and artwork of the magazine contracted out. Most of the content of the AJR is from outside contributors (freelancers).

In January 1999, the Gannett Company pulled all its advertising, a few weeks after AJR published an article that contained negative comments about several Gannett leaders. [Felicity Barringer, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE4DE103FF93BA35750C0A96F958260 "Gannett Withdraws Ads From Journalism Review"] , "New York Times", March 8, 1999]

In its December 2006 issue, the AJR printed an article about the Santa Barbara News-Press and its owner, Wendy P. McCaw. [http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4226] Later that month, McCaw sued Susan Paterno, the writer of the article, accusing her of libel and product disparagement. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/19/business/NA_FIN_US_Newsroom_Turmoil.php "Publisher of California paper sues journalist over story in American Journalism Review"] , "Associated Press", December 19, 2006] The AJR was not named as a defendant, but agreed to pay Paterno's legal bills and indemnify her against any judgment. Paterno, as a freelancer, had written for the AJR for about ten years.

See also

*Santa Barbara News-Press controversy
*Columbia Journalism Review

References

External links

* [http://www.ajr.org AJR official site]
* Howard Kurtz, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101898.html "Journal's Pains Reflect Media's Malaise"] , "Washington Post", August 22, 2007
* Matt Kettmann, [http://independent.com/news/2006/dec/19/details-of-mccaws-ajr-suit/ "Details of McCaw's "AJR" Suit"] , "Santa Barbara Independent", December 19, 2006