tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4 2010-03-19T17:45:59Z Columbia Journalism Review: Strong Press, Strong Democracy Movable Type 3.2 tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23330 2010-03-18T19:10:18Z 2010-03-19T17:45:59Z

By Clint Hendler This week C-SPAN launched a full searchable online video library, dating to twenty-three years ago. But let’s go a bit further back, to the earliest days of television broadcast, when the real worry was content dissemination, not preservation. Clunky kineoscopes—essentially film cameras trained on in-house televisions monitors—allowed some moments to be recorded for prosperity,... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23321 2010-03-17T17:28:54Z 2010-03-19T16:47:33Z

By Greg Marx From Jack Shafer: In a perfect world, a publication is edited for readers. In the imperfect world that we inhabit, too many publications are edited for the benefit of their staffs and their friends and associates. The particular culprit he has in mind is The Washington Post op-ed page, but the point applies more broadly. Of course, staffs... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23313 2010-03-16T19:30:31Z 2010-03-18T17:39:35Z

By Clint Hendler Here's some captivating video of what it's like to come under fire when embedded on patrol in Afghanistan from Stuart Webb and Alex Thomson, journalists with British television network Channel 4. tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23293 2010-03-12T17:37:08Z 2010-03-15T16:12:18Z

By Greg Marx I’m not going to attempt to dissect each of the arguments made by Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen in their Washington Post op-ed about why Democrats should abandon their push for comprehensive health care reform. But the headline on the piece—“If Democrats ignore health-care polls, midterms will be costly”—is simplistic to the point of being misleading. That's because... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23292 2010-03-12T16:46:43Z 2010-03-15T16:12:18Z

By Greg Marx Over at Politico, Mike Calderone reports that The Washington Post will be stepping up its Tea Party coverage. Local writers Amy Gardner and Sandhya Somashekhar will be moving to the National desk, where Gardner “will train her sights on the emerging Tea Party movement and developments inside the Republican Party,” according to a memo to Post staffers obtained... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23285 2010-03-11T16:29:05Z 2010-03-13T00:57:58Z

By Clint Hendler Florida quite famously has one of the nation's most expansive public records access laws. And it's not uncommon for such a law to butt up against some people's views of common sense and common decency. Take for example, the recent death of a trainer at the hands of a Tilikum, a SeaWorld whale. The park has turned over video of... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23282 2010-03-10T21:34:13Z 2010-03-12T19:55:04Z

By Clint Hendler The perils of relying on prepared remarks. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared before a group of insurance executives today, ready to deliver a tough camera ready sound bite. But then things changed. Here's ABC's account: According to the White House-provided excerpts, Sebelius was planning to say: "You can choose to take the millions of dollars you have stored... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23276 2010-03-10T17:15:52Z 2010-03-11T22:01:41Z

By Greg Marx Riffing off of Kevin Drum’s post about Terry McDermott’s cover story about Fox News in the latest CJR (which you should read!), Matthew Yglesias yesterday made the now-familiar point that the folks in Washington are constantly watching cable news during the day, even though almost no one else is. Then he added: By... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23270 2010-03-09T20:51:30Z 2010-03-10T21:00:39Z

By Greg Marx In an entirely unsurprising development, Charlie Crist is trying to capitalize on the Marco Rubio haircut story to claim the banner of conservative populism in Florida's Republican Senate primary. According to Politico, Crist told Fox's Greta van Susteren: “I get my haircut for $11 from a guy named Carl the barber in St. Petersburg, Florida where... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23256 2010-03-05T21:13:12Z 2010-03-08T18:09:07Z

By Alexandra Fenwick Earlier today, Clint flagged this gem of headline word-smithery. Well, here is another chuckler, noteworthy for the very lack of cleverness that made the first one so good - in fact it's a perfect candidate for our magazine's funny headline feature, The Lower Case. A prize to anyone who can figure out which... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23254 2010-03-05T19:56:39Z 2010-03-08T18:09:07Z

By Greg Marx At The Monkey Cage, John Sides flags the fascinating Above the Law item that details how those short-lived "John Roberts is stepping down" rumors got started, then comments: Meanwhile, in my American politics class next week, we’ll be discussing the presidency. If any rumors about Barack Obama’s physical well-being emerge at, say, 2:30 pm... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23253 2010-03-05T18:15:12Z 2010-03-08T18:09:07Z

By Clint Hendler Print subscribers to the Los Angeles Times awoke this morning to find this where the front page—you know, the one with the news and stuff—usually is: That's an ad promoting today's theatrical release of Disney's “Alice in Wonderland,” splashed underneath the paper's good name and masthead, and on top of dummied-up news... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23252 2010-03-05T17:05:04Z 2010-03-08T18:09:07Z

By Alexandra Fenwick For all you journalists out there who can get away with wearing T-shirts to work. tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23249 2010-03-05T14:45:49Z 2010-03-08T16:11:42Z

By Clint Hendler Here's how the the Kansas City Star's Crime Scene KC blog headlined a post about a man heading to prison for 8 years after stealing a bag of shredded cheese: Man gets hard time for soft cheese Nicely done, and clever enough that we can agree to overlook the complicating fact that soft cheeses don't really... tag:www.cjr.org,2010://4.23238 2010-03-04T20:44:46Z 2010-03-05T15:49:50Z

By Justin Peters Count on my old friends at the Onion News Network to ask the really tough questions: How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers?