Two CJR online editors quit over budget cut

Steve Safran August 11th, 2006

The managing editor and assistant managing editor of CJRdaily.org, the web component of the Columbia Journalism Review, have resigned, protesting the school’s decision to cut the site’s budget in half. From the NY Times: “(Columbia J-school Dean Nicholas) Lemann said he was faced with the same quandary confronting most news organizations today — how to pay for an online staff when the site is free to readers.” Suggestion, courtesy of the consulting arm: Kill the magazine and invest in the website. (Free reg. req)