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1. The Kicker

   Want the Flyover Photos? FOIA ‘Em.

   May 5, 2009 12:54 PM

   This is just plain annoying. CBS Radio’s White House correspondent Mark Knoller, a prolific twitterer, passes on word that the Obama administration has declined, without explanation, to release the images taken during last week’s Manhattan flyover photo-op by the presidential... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Transparency Interview: Jameel Jaffer

   May 4, 2009 01:37 PM

   For over five years, a team of lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union has been waging a sprawling battle seeking documents pertaining to the United States’s detainee and interrogation policies. They won a major victory on April 16, when... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Because it’s Friday

   May 1, 2009 03:56 PM

   Here's a pretty astounding "debate" between Fox Business host Stuart Varney and Robert Frank, an economist who had the temerity to point out the no-duh proposition that hard work and intelligence, without some luck, are unlikely to bring great success.... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Phew! Justice drops the AIPAC case

   May 1, 2009 11:00 AM

   No matter what you might think of the policies AIPAC espouses, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Washington Post’s news that the government will be dropping espionage charges against two former officials of the organization is very... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Not a Bad Month

   May 1, 2009 10:54 AM

   As an aside to the Souter news, a big tip of the hat to NPR’s Nina Totenberg for having the scoop yesterday—April 30. For my money, Totenberg’s the the best explainer of the court out there. And remember that... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Ninth Man Out

   May 1, 2009 10:05 AM

   The big news that Supreme Court Justice David Souter will be stepping down from the court puts a big item on the summer news budget. How should the press cover a Supreme Court appointment? In the midst of... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   Obama Speaks on State Secrets

   April 30, 2009 02:39 PM

   Last night, at his hundredth-day news conference, President Barack Obama went on the record for the first time on his administration's usage of the state secrets doctrine. Kudos to Time’s Michael Scherer (a former CJR staffer) for asking the question.... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   McCaffrey’s Poppy Eradication Conflict

   April 29, 2009 11:24 AM

   MSNBC, as part of their 100 days of Obama spectacular, invited NBC war correspondent Richard Engel to join Tamron Hall in anchoring the morning's coverage. Just after 11 AM, Engel conducted an interview with MSNBC military analyst Barry McCaffrey, the... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   On State Secrets Obama Loses, Openness Wins

   April 29, 2009 11:07 AM

   Yesterday afternoon, a federal appeals court struck down a claim—originally made by the Bush administration, but adopted and defended by Obama, and agreed to by a district court—that a civil lawsuit against a Boeing subsidiary by a five men who... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    The Dover Policy, Three Weeks Out

    April 27, 2009 04:22 PM

    Randall Chase, an Associated Press correspondent based in Delaware, has an interesting update on the Pentagon’s just three-week-old policy allowing media access to the ceremony that marks the return to American soil of the bodies of soldiers... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    The Bloomberg Way—To Transfer

    April 27, 2009 03:47 PM

    In the category of fun things you learn while being a media reporter, today I learned that Bloomberg LP prefers the word “escalate” to “transfer.” As in, when calling the main Bloomberg switchboard (212 318-2000), you might be lucky... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    NY Fed Releases Geithner’s Schedule

    April 27, 2009 03:13 PM

    Last night, on its Web site, The New York Times released a 5,000 word piece, by Gretchen Morgensen and Jo Becker, on Timothy Geithner’s close relationships with Wall Street while president of the New York Federal Reserve board.... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Because it’s Friday

    April 24, 2009 02:18 PM

    (First in the series is here) Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    NPR on recovery.gov

    April 24, 2009 11:23 AM

    Last night on All Things Considered NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook filed the first of a two part series on how technology is changing the way government works. The piece focused on recovery.gov, the website that’s... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Huffington Post’s Ken Lerer, 140 characters or less

    April 24, 2009 10:32 AM

    Last night Huffington Post CEO Ken Lerer spoke at the Columbia Journalism School. CJR's Megan Garber was on the scene, and her tweets from the night--reproduced below in chronological order--give a good flavor of his rather rosy take... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Black and White and Red All Over

    April 24, 2009 09:51 AM

    The Wall Street Journal has a nifty--in the sense of stylin'--map graphic quantifying the ramping-up of newspaper "adverse events" coast to coast. (Such events include layoffs, being put up for sale, bankruptcy, and, yes, shutting down the presses.)... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Hill Sys-Admins Want Carl to Print

    April 22, 2009 11:27 AM

    Ever since I started writing a profile of transparency advocate Carl Malamud's unorthodox campaign to head the Government Printing Office as the nation's Public Printer, I've been having a fun time following his Twitter stream. Today,... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Pulitzers! Getchyer Pulitzers here!

    April 20, 2009 02:45 PM

    In just a few minutes, the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced just upstairs from CJR world headquarters. Megan Garber will be live-tweeting the press conference--here's her Twitter feed--and we'll update this post as quickly as we can.... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Snail Mail Disclosure

    April 20, 2009 08:03 AM

    President Barack Obama ran a technology savvy presidential campaign that promised a more ethical and transparent government. The Office of Government Ethics, a small and little-known executive branch agency that’s responsible for collecting and disclosing executive branch financial disclosure forms... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    OLC Memo Release Opens the Door

    April 17, 2009 12:39 PM

    Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, one of the nation's foremost secrecy experts, has an extraordinary post up giving some must-read context to the Obama administration's decision to allow the release of four long-sought Bush era... Continue reading

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