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Reporting the Drug War
LAT’s commendable multimedia effort on Mexico’s drug war
By Jane Kim Dec 22, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Props to the Los Angeles Times for its ongoing series, “Mexico under Siege,” which examines the complexities of that country’s... More
Sweet Caroline
Skepticism is a journalistic golden rule. Don’t banish it now.
By Jane Kim Dec 17, 2008 at 05:08 PM
Now that Caroline Kennedy has announced her intention to seek the Senate seat expected to be vacated by Hillary Clinton,... More
Yale Endowment Drops…How Much?
By Jane Kim Dec 17, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Oh, the joy of headlines, especially when they're about shrinking endowments at Ivy League universities. The New York Times trumpets... More
The Size Tens Seen around the World
International headlines focus less on the act, more on the significance of the insult
By Jane Kim Dec 15, 2008 at 06:20 PM
President Bush’s response to having a pair of shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi during a press... More
Patrick Fitzgerald, a.k.a. Folk Hero?
By Jane Kim Dec 10, 2008 at 04:12 PM
A New York Times profile of smokin’ hot U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald proclaims in its title: “Fond Ties Have Grown... More
The Day after the Blago Arrest
Chicago media get vocal on the gubernatorial scandal
By Jane Kim Dec 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM
After yesterday’s federal court hearing in which Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris heard the... More
Don’t Leave the Energy Department Out of It
Tell readers where the auto bailout money will come from
By Jane Kim Dec 9, 2008 at 03:59 PM
Have you heard about the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program? It’s a recently created Department of Energy loan program... More
Salting the Sweets
WaPo basks in the glow of Obama’s health care mobilization effort
By Jane Kim Dec 5, 2008 at 11:31 AM
A front page Washington Post story yesterday gets excited about the fact that Obama’s incoming administration is beginning to implement... More
In Which Hillary Says Yes and Kevin Drum Eats His Hat
By Jane Kim Dec 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM
On the subject of Hillary Clinton being chosen as/agreeing to be Obama's Secretary of State, Kevin Drum, of Mother Jones,... More
More on the Mommy Stamp
WaPo columnist frets about Michelle Obama’s mom-in-chief self-label
By Jane Kim Nov 26, 2008 at 04:42 PM
Earlier today, Megan wrote about the unfortunate “momification” of Michelle Obama in the press, and focused on a Monday New... More
Election Postmortem: Technology and the Press
Don’t fetishize technology
By Jane Kim Nov 21, 2008 at 02:54 PM
The 2008 presidential campaign found the political press embracing technology and interactivity like never before. (Or, at least, attempting to... More
Today is the Day
By Jane Kim Nov 19, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Today, apparently, is World Toilet Day. And lest you forget about what that means, science writer Margaret Wertheim lays it... More
Palin As Entertainment
Don’t put stories about Palin’s recent interviews in the politics page
By Jane Kim Nov 13, 2008 at 08:30 AM
Alessandra Stanley, television critic for The New York Times, writes yesterday morning about Sarah Palin’s modus operandi during her post-election,... More
The First Lady’s Sitting Room
WaPo couches First Ladies’ meeting too delicately
By Jane Kim Nov 11, 2008 at 04:21 PM
Press and public alike watched intently as the Obamas visited the White House Monday afternoon. But unlike The New York... More
Victory Laps
Columnists unleash poetics in the service of the historic moment
By Jane Kim Nov 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM
If there was ever an extended moment to go wild as an opinion columnist, like a child with crayons and... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
