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The Last Word
Advice for aggrieved writers: zip it
By Gregory Beyer Apr 17, 2008 at 09:00 AM
There is a place in readers’ memories, if not on the musty shelf of literature, for an author’s published rebuttal... More
House of Games
A spirited defense of the “digital dollhouse”
By Gregory Beyer Jun 17, 2010 at 02:43 PM
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter | By Tom Bissell | Pantheon | 240 pages, $22.95 Tom Bissell may be... More
Out of Africa
The raw and redemptive odyssey of a Burundian refugee
By Gregory Beyer Sep 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Strength in What Remains | By Tracy Kidder | Random House | 304 pages, $26 “The world is full of... More
Numbers Game
The long, unsavory, and amusing history of the American lottery
By Gregory Beyer Mar 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM
The Lottery Wars: Long Odds, Fast Money, and the Battle Over an American Institution | By Matthew Sweeney | Bloomsbury... More
Wising Up
An “investigative humorist” learns from his elders
By Gregory Beyer Jan 28, 2009 at 09:00 AM
How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on this Earth) By Henry Alford... 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”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
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.
