American Journalism Review is a USA magazine covering Media Business.

The American Journalism Review was founded in 1977 as the Washington Journalism Review. The magazine examines how the media cover specific stories and broader coverage trends. AJR analyzes ethical dilemmas in the field and monitors the impact of technology on how journalism is practiced and on the final product. 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.

This magazine is owned by University System of Maryland Foundation.

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Rem Rieder is the editor of American Journalism Review.

 Mailing address: University of Maryland, 1117 Journalism Building, College Park, MD 20742-7111

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Newspapers Ask Readers to Pay to Play
-- As cash-strapped newspapers struggle to adapt to the Internet age, more and more are asking readers to pay for digital content. On February 23, the American Journalism Review reported on how that strategy appears to...

Controversy Surrounds Patch, AOL’s Hyperlocal News Venture
-- The American Journalism Review reported on troubles surrounding Patch, the new local news service from AOL, on December 6, 2010: "When is a company hiring 500 journalists in a year a bad thing for journalism? According to some, it's...

Millenial Generation Represents 'Huge Opportunity for News Organizations'
-- The American Journalism Review reported in the June/July 2010 issue: "Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are getting old. Seriously, by the end of next year, they'll both be 30. That's when, according to the now-threadbare and mostly abandoned hopes of...

The Glory Days of Writing for a Newspaper
-- In the December/January 2010 issue of the American Journalism Review, Carl Sessions Stepp wrote a fond remembrance of the glory days of writing for a newspaper, titled "A Eulogy for Old-School Newsrooms:" "Newsrooms...

American Journalism Review Switches from Bimonthly to Quarterly Publication
-- American Journalism Review, which had published bimonthly in 2009, will go to quarterly publication in 2010, Businessjournalism.org reported on December 10, 2009: "AJR.org lists the publication's qualified circulation as 25,000 and its total readership...

Voters Ignore The Facts, Says American Journalism Review Editor and Publisher Rieder
-- Facts are lazy and facts are late, or so people are inclined to believe, writes AJR editor and publisher Rem Rieder in the article "Daydream Believers," published on August 18, 2009: "Chico Marx once famously asked, "Who you gonna believe, me or your own...

Stop Giving Journalism Away For Free, Says Brill
-- In the February/March 2009 issue of AJR, Lee Thornton interviewed Steven Brill about the newspaper business: "If I were to give the same speech today," he says, "I would say the press has to stop committing suicide by giving...

Over 15,000 Newspaper Jobs Cut in 2008
-- In the December/January 2009 issue, American Journalism Review writer Robert Hodierne wondered if there is life after newspapers: "(Erica) Smith tallied 15,554 newspaper job cuts for 2008, and she was still updating...