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The Herman Cain Method
The press hints his campaign isn’t serious. Doesn’t its success suggest otherwise?
By Erika Fry Oct 18, 2011 at 04:24 PM
Herman Cain, are you running for president? Or are you just busing around the country, dropping into debates and Sunday... More
A Sextee’s Story
By Erika Fry Oct 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM
It was nearly one year ago—to the day!—that Traci Nobles, a cheerleading coach from Athens, Georgia, “made a few provocative... More
Watch Out For ‘Walmart Moms’
They hold the key to the 2012 election—according to Walmart
By Erika Fry Oct 11, 2011 at 05:02 PM
You’ve heard of Soccer Moms and Nascar Dads, but how about Walmart Moms? If you haven’t, you will, judging from... More
Who’s A Journalist? (Take II)
Um, not Patrick Howley
By Erika Fry Oct 10, 2011 at 02:55 PM
I wrote Friday about how the arrests of reporters at the Occupy Wall Street protests raised questions about the NYPD... More
Who’s A Journalist? (Take II)
Um, not Patrick Howley
By Erika Fry Oct 10, 2011 at 02:55 PM
I wrote Friday about how the arrests of reporters at the Occupy Wall Street protests raised questions about the NYPD... More
Tom Friedman Needs A Factchecker
By Erika Fry Oct 7, 2011 at 04:33 PM
We’ve called out Tom Friedman in recent months for being “radically wrong” in the past. And then for being “still... More
Who’s A Journalist?
Arrest of reporters at Occupy Wall Street protest raise questions about NYPD press credential process
By Erika Fry Oct 7, 2011 at 12:19 PM
John Farley, a reporter with WNET/Thirteen’s MetroFocus, was standing on the sidewalk interviewing two women who had been pepper sprayed... More
Who’s A Journalist?
Arrest of reporters at Occupy Wall Street protest raise questions about NYPD press credential process
By Erika Fry Oct 7, 2011 at 12:19 PM
John Farley, a reporter with WNET’s MetroFocus, was standing on the sidewalk interviewing two women who had been pepper sprayed... More
With Perry, it pays to look under the rock
By Erika Fry Oct 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM
While many reporters in Texas might be racing down dusty roads to find that rock, Brenda Bell of the Austin... More
Q&A: Columnist Charles Stile on Chris Christie
“Now he’s standing in the center of the political universe”
By Erika Fry Sep 30, 2011 at 03:40 PM
For a man who’s not running for president, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has gotten a whole lot of attention... More
Is Occupy Wall Street Getting Its Fair Share of Press?
What would Charles Tilly say?
By Erika Fry Sep 29, 2011 at 04:46 PM
#Occupy Wall Street. To cover or not to cover? That is of course the question that, 13 days into the... More
60 Minutes, Meet the AP
Scott Pelley’s paean to Ray Kelly’s anti-terrorism juggernaut ignores the wire’s good work
By Erika Fry Sep 27, 2011 at 01:46 PM
On Sunday, 60 Minutes broadcast this fifteen-minute report, “Fighting terrorism in New York City,” in which CBS’s Scott Pelley delivers... More
NYTimes Misleads on Pace of Flood Relief
FEMA’s disaster delays are structural, not Congressional
By Erika Fry Sep 26, 2011 at 02:04 PM
Congress: dysfunctional, broken, mad, maybe even the worst. Ever. But The New York Times went one too far today in... More
After the Google/Fox Debate, Five Annoyances
Dog poop jokes and that blasted chat chime at GOP debate suggest Google’s not that smart
By Erika Fry Sep 23, 2011 at 04:09 PM
Some things irritated us about last night’s debate and the post-debate wrap-up. Some were small—say, the use of the Gmail... More
Darts and Laurels
Telling the whole story about Thailand
By Erika Fry Sep 22, 2011 at 06:00 AM
For much of his career, the British journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall has covered Southeast Asia for Thomson Reuters. During that... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
