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Best of 2008: Clint Hendler
Hendler picks his top stories from 2008
By Clint Hendler Dec 29, 2008 at 12:17 PM
1) The Edwards Slog Long, long ago, when John Edwards was just another Democratic candidate with an even shot to... More
Minnesota Nice—streaming (and tweeting) live!
By Clint Hendler Dec 16, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Today The Uptake, a Minnesota based cit-jo initiative, is offering a multimedia powerhouse live from the state canvassing board meeting.... More
A Reporter at Sea
By Clint Hendler Dec 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM
There are times when being a foreign correspondent is anything but the childhood dream that lured many a dime store... More
A Worthwhile Canadian Article
By Clint Hendler Dec 11, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Americans could be forgiven for being a little preoccupied. After all, in the last several weeks, we've had a presidential... More
An outfit for radio
By Clint Hendler Dec 11, 2008 at 10:27 AM
On Tuesday morning, Chicago's reporters had no idea what sort of day they'd be facing. Not surprisingly, some were caught... More
On the List
By Clint Hendler Dec 10, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Liz's list of Time's lists sent me down a rabbit hole of empty, soulless, clicks. Of course that's the point--each... More
Some Questions for Tribune (and Sam Zell)
CJR’s roadmap to the Blagojevich complaint
By Clint Hendler Dec 10, 2008 at 06:00 AM
On Monday, Tribune Company, the jobs-shedding media conglomerate, filed for bankruptcy, casting a heavy cloud over its future. But then... More
What didn’t we know, and when did we know it?
By Clint Hendler Nov 19, 2008 at 01:54 PM
Wow. See if you can make it more than halfway through this excellent piece from the New York Observer's John... More
Election Tigers
By Clint Hendler Nov 19, 2008 at 01:46 PM
Per Liz's earlier post, here's an entirely different way in which to see CNN's hologram "in context." In reality, it's... More
Only Yesterday
By Clint Hendler Nov 10, 2008 at 11:05 AM
If your post-election life has a campaign shaped hole, there are at least two retrospectives that could plug the gap.... More
Ninety Minutes of What?
Last night’s calling kabuki
By Clint Hendler Nov 5, 2008 at 12:57 PM
In 2000 and 2004, through flukish intersections of electoral demographics and the electoral college, the fate of the presidency rested,... More
Lipstick on a Pig
By Clint Hendler Nov 4, 2008 at 05:34 PM
Marc Ambinder offered this "thought" at around 8:30 this morning: In order of likelihood: 1. Obama wins the popular vote... More
Does Calling Count?
By Clint Hendler Nov 4, 2008 at 04:40 PM
As poll close draws near, and Obama seems positioned to win in enough early-closing states to block McCain's path to... More
“Thanks, but no thanks”
By Clint Hendler Nov 4, 2008 at 03:51 PM
From CNN's report on Palin's time in Wasilla this morning. Asked if she had any regrets about the campaign, Palin... More
Last Dance
By Clint Hendler Nov 4, 2008 at 02:54 PM
McCain's closing campaign song seems to be "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake, the 80's power-balladeers. I can't embed the... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
