Let’s Talk About Sex(ism)

How the media handled gender during the campaign

By Jane Kim   Nov 10, 2008 at 09:00 AM

It’s by now understood that sexism, in some form, lodged itself into the gears of this election cycle from the... More

How We Talked About It, Part II

The Boston Globe asks the wrong question about racism in America

By Jane Kim   Nov 6, 2008 at 04:00 PM

The front page of today’s Boston Globe has an inexplicably simplistic article innocuously titled, “Checking racism’s postelection pulse.” In it,... More

On EBay, Print Runs and (Good) Old News

By Jane Kim   Nov 6, 2008 at 10:36 AM

A tidbit from this Editor & Publisher article about papers ordering extra print runs of Wednesday's editions: Other papers are... More

Prop 8 by the Numbers

Strong previous reporting let the numbers speak for themselves

By Jane Kim   Nov 6, 2008 at 09:15 AM

The California press has done a pretty good job covering the fierce battle over Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban,... More

More For Everyone

By Jane Kim   Nov 5, 2008 at 05:18 PM

You've probably read (or seen) the newspaper scarcity reports. (Who says print's dead?) From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Due to... More

How We Talked About It

Commentators report the symbolism of Obama’s victory

By Jane Kim   Nov 5, 2008 at 02:04 PM

In his concession speech last night, John McCain emphasized the significance of his opponent’s presidential victory by invoking a different... More

Wordtrain, Daisychain

By Jane Kim   Nov 4, 2008 at 05:11 PM

"What One Word Describes Your Current State of Mind?" The New York Times asks, via an Election Wordtrain that operates... More

Crowd Counts

For better or for worse, numbers evoke as well as inform. Beware.

By Jane Kim   Oct 31, 2008 at 04:52 PM

Discussing the Obama campaign’s proclivity for announcing the crowd counts at its rallies, The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank today says... More

Sarah Palin’s Conditional Future

Speculation runs rampant, but reporters shouldn’t buy in

By Jane Kim   Oct 29, 2008 at 04:51 PM

Of late, Sarah Palin has been showing a more independent mind on the stump. She’s been at odds with the... More

Going Ideological

McCain’s “most liberal” claim should be unpacked

By Jane Kim   Oct 28, 2008 at 03:53 PM

The Boston Globe runs an article today entitled: “McCain calls liberals a threat to economy.” The source quote for the... More

Let’s Leave Jesus Out of It

Stanley Fish brings up Milton to explain campaign strategy

By Jane Kim   Oct 28, 2008 at 09:37 AM

Today’s Bob Herbert column in The New York Times compares McCain to an Al Jolson aficionado and Obama to the... More

Clearing Up Yes and No

California papers wade through Prop 8 terminology

By Jane Kim   Oct 24, 2008 at 03:29 PM

In California, the battle continues over Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriages, overturning the California Supreme Court’s May ruling... More

The Horse’s Mouth

Campaign rally stories should be careful describing the supporter ranks

By Jane Kim   Oct 23, 2008 at 06:04 PM

Here’s a cardinal rule of journalistic writing: Don’t float a quote. But the San Francisco Chronicle does just that, in... More

The Most Importantest Election Ever

By Jane Kim   Oct 23, 2008 at 05:47 PM

In The American Scholar, Christopher Clausen investigates the phrase that comes 'round and 'round. He starts in July 1864, when... More

I Spur, You Spur, We All Spur

By Jane Kim   Oct 23, 2008 at 05:13 PM

Andrew Sullivan, in the new Atlantic, explains why he blogs: Each week, after a few hundred posts, I also write... More