Trouble At The American Journalism Review

Sad news for a long time standardbearer in journalism commentary: The American Journalism Review is facing nearly $200,000 in debt and the risk of liability thanks to a lawsuit the paper is involved in. Santa Barbara News-Press owner Wendy McCaw sued the AJR for libel over an article about her paper that covered alleged interference in stories by McCaw. Unfortunately, the AJR‘s libel insurance won’t cover any potential damages from articles written by freelancers. The story of troubles at the AJR was broken by the Washington Post‘s Howard Kurtz.