“For those who have paid for the privilege of being a journalist with their own blood”

By Clint Hendler   Nov 30, 2009 at 03:51 PM

The New Yorker's George Packer has a clear-eyed report from a recent fundraising dinner hosted by the Committee to Protect... More

A Clean Start at the NewsHour

By Clint Hendler   Nov 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM

It seems that no news organization, no matter how long they’ve been using their tried and true formula, is immune... More

Rudy FAIL

By Clint Hendler   Nov 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Read along as The New York Observer’s Steve Kornacki applies a little egg to the Daily News’s face over... More

Newsom stays on the record

By Clint Hendler   Nov 24, 2009 at 01:42 PM

I have a lot of respect for local television reporters who can go in and conduct a really tight and... More

Sudokubomber Caught

By Clint Hendler   Nov 24, 2009 at 12:44 PM

In case you’ve missed it, The Philadelphia Inquirer has been in the middle of a scandal for the last three... More

Greg Craig and Transparency

By Clint Hendler   Nov 20, 2009 at 04:43 PM

Time’s Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf have a months long tick-tock chronicling the steps and missteps of soon-to-be-former White House... More

Senate Judiciary Considers Shield Bill, Live!

By Clint Hendler   Nov 19, 2009 at 10:18 AM

Click the play button below to see my live tweets as the Senate considers the Free Flow of Information Act.... More

CJR on The Radio

By Clint Hendler   Nov 17, 2009 at 02:04 PM

This morning, I was a guest on The Exchange, a New Hampshire Public Radio talk show. Up for discussion was... More

The Blade’s Last Cut

By Clint Hendler   Nov 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Via @jackshafer, I came across this moving, photo-heavy blog post from the Washington City Paper recording the sudden and unexpected... More

Journalism’s Valhalla?

By Clint Hendler   Nov 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM

The Chronicle of Higher Education has invited Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie to follow-up on one of the recommendations their... More

Meacham’s Minds

By Clint Hendler   Nov 16, 2009 at 09:50 AM

Today's otherwise wholly unremarkable New York Times write-up on Newsweek's editorial and financial health does contain the seeds of an... More

Another Deficit

By Clint Hendler   Nov 13, 2009 at 02:52 PM

A short note, coming off of Greg’s earlier post on some federal deficit confusion over at Politico. To summarize, the... More

It’s all about perspective…

By Clint Hendler   Nov 13, 2009 at 12:02 PM

...and Sarah Palin has, inevitably, a unique take on her impossible-to-overhype-the-importance-of campaign interview with CBS's Katie Couric, as summarized by... More

Bomb Squad

The explosive rise (and final fizzle) of Ramparts

By Clint Hendler   Nov 12, 2009 at 03:13 PM

A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America | By Peter Richardson |... More

A Shield for Bloggers?

Just who is a journalist today?

By Clint Hendler   Nov 12, 2009 at 09:28 AM

It’s been a long, winding journey for the shield law. But the bill, which would provide journalists with some protection... More