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Keystone fatigue? Get over it
Many in media are saying enough already on pipeline debate, but the story is far from over
By Deron Lee Jul 22, 2013 at 03:00 PM
FAIRWAY, KS -- A palpable exhaustion seems to have set in this year among some journalists when it comes to... More
How Postville changed Iowa’s reporters
As reform debate unfolds, Hawkeye State journalists have taken the initiative—and kept immigrants’ stories front and center
By Deron Lee Jun 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM
FAIRWAY, KS -- On June 13, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) made headlines in his characteristic fashion--with an outraged, outrageous tweet.... More
Creeping Sharia legislation
Journalists often dismiss red-state Islamic law bans as a joke. But the story isn’t going away.
By Deron Lee Jun 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
FAIRWAY, KS -- For more than three years, lawmakers in Kansas, Missouri, and a host of other states have been... More
Who’s filibustering Medicaid expansion in Nebraska?
A group of lawmakers is blocking a key healthcare bill, but reporters are not naming names
By Deron Lee May 23, 2013 at 03:00 PM
FAIRWAY, KS -- On May 15, hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the state Capitol in Lincoln, NE, to protest the... More
Just passing through
As major tax-cut plans zoom through Midwest statehouses, reporters scramble to stay ahead of the story
By Deron Lee May 10, 2013 at 11:00 AM
FAIRWAY, KS -- In late 2012 and early 2013, reporters in Kansas began to take note of an oddity in... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
