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Passing Bad Checks
Boehner’s “blank check” line demands context reporters aren’t providing
By Erika Fry Jul 29, 2011 at 01:44 PM
This week, in Washington’s war of attrition over the debt ceiling, the media has had many a political soundbite tossed... More
A Headache of a Story
Bachmann’s health is in bounds, even if the scoop wasn’t
By Erika Fry Jul 20, 2011 at 04:16 PM
The story unfolded cryptically, sensationally, in the tabloid style that has chronicled so many starlet meltdowns and hospitalizations. Dziok’s departure... More
NOTW and the FCPA
Experts and pundits weigh in on a US prosecution of News Corp.
By Erika Fry Jul 19, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a formal investigation into allegations that News Corp. has violated the Foreign Corrupt... More
Israel’s Chilling New Law
The U.S. should stand for free speech no matter who’s violating it
By Erika Fry Jul 15, 2011 at 09:47 AM
“We could get in trouble for this,” begins a July 13 editorial titled “We Can’t Say This” from from The... More
Deficit Public Opinion Goes Missing
By Erika Fry Jul 13, 2011 at 03:52 PM
We’ve been reading that lots of people that matter are not happy with developments in those deficit reductions talks. But... More
Bland Brand, Bad Buzz
For Pawlenty, “the headlines are a killer”
By Erika Fry Jul 12, 2011 at 03:52 PM
In recent weeks, you may have noticed something of a Tim Pawlenty pile-on in the press. (Collectively, it sounds something... More
A Deficit of Detail
Big news and few specifics on Obama’s debt move
By Erika Fry Jul 7, 2011 at 02:33 PM
This morning’s papers all delivered big news: Obama had a bigger, bolder debt reduction plan in mind, to save $4... More
Obama’s Twitter Townhall
“Win win” for White House and Twitter, 140 characters for everyone else
By Erika Fry Jul 6, 2011 at 04:47 PM
This summer Twitter brought us Anthony Weiner in his underpants; a Fox News-imposter who briefly hacked the President to death... More
Primary School
NYT fails on why—or even if—freshmen reps will face GOP challenges
By Erika Fry Jul 6, 2011 at 09:00 AM
On its front page yesterday, The New York Times explained that freshman Republican congressmen are feeling frightened. The cause, em... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
