Not Very Newhouse

Stale, familiar personality profiles won’t save glossy mags

By Jane Kim   Jul 22, 2008 at 03:56 PM

The New York Times apparently wanted to keep us apprised of the State of the Glossy Mag this weekend. First,... More

Who’s a Winner?

Why candidates still talk about “winning” wars

By Jane Kim   Jul 21, 2008 at 09:09 AM

In last Thursday’s Boston Globe, historian Howard Zinn wrote about the presidential candidates’ misleading uses of the word “win” when... More

The Candidate Said What?!

Google’s new video-search gadget not yet a boon to reporters, but it will be

By Jane Kim   Jul 16, 2008 at 02:30 PM

Google packs a potential reportial punch with its new speech-to-text technology, which it announced Monday as its contribution to campaign... More

Awkward Page

AP’s “awkward” article on the candidates’ Hispanic outreach efforts

By Jane Kim   Jul 15, 2008 at 02:07 PM

An AP article that got picked up yesterday, among other places, by The Miami Herald and the Arizona Daily Star... More

Freep Gives McCain Free Pass

By Jane Kim   Jul 11, 2008 at 05:08 PM

The Detroit Free Press lets Sen. McCain talk (lots) for himself in its coverage of his speech on the economy... More

Please, Not All Laughs

By Jane Kim   Jul 10, 2008 at 05:48 PM

The New York Times errs too light in an article about this morning's Women for Obama fundraising event, which both... More

The Write Stuff

Barack Obama is an excellent writer. Should it matter?

By Jane Kim   Jul 10, 2008 at 02:02 PM

When, in late May, The New York Times’s book blog, Paper Cuts, posted a photograph of Barack Obama, his suit... More

Pilgrims or Progress?

A Harper’s editor’s stint as a cultural virologist

By Jane Kim   Jul 2, 2009 at 08:00 AM

And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture | By Bill Wasik | Viking Press |... More

The Economy Today: Half a Loaf

News from Maine, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and elsewhere

By Jane Kim   Jun 26, 2009 at 09:42 AM

In national headlines, USA Today notes that federal stimulus spending slowed last week compared to any weeks in May, and... More

The Economy Today: Stimulating Paperwork

News from Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, and elsewhere

By Jane Kim   Jun 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM

In national headlines, USA Today reports that “less than one-half of 1%” of the money set aside for highway repair... More

The Economy Today: $8,000 in Produce?

News from Las Vegas, Oklahoma, California, and elsewhere

By Jane Kim   Jun 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM

In national headlines, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that confidence in the stimulus package is ebbing, with 52... More

Rocky Road

Skepticism beats cheerleading in coverage of proposed consumer protection agency

By Jane Kim   Jun 18, 2009 at 02:57 PM

As economists begin assessing the strength of President Obama’s plan to overhaul financial regulation, in particular the expansion of responsibility... More

The Economy Today: Flying Projectiles

News from Bend, Boulder, Redding, Dallas, and elsewhere

By Jane Kim   Jun 18, 2009 at 09:05 AM

National headlines focus on President Obama’s proposal to reform financial regulation, which he laid out yesterday afternoon. The plan would... More

When Novelists Report

By Jane Kim   Jun 12, 2009 at 03:31 PM

In the name of experimentation...send out novelists to report the news! Well, no, actually, it was in honor of Israel's... More

School’s Out

School budget uncertainties should inform national stimulus reporting

By Jane Kim   Jun 12, 2009 at 03:05 PM

Over the past week, local papers have been reporting on the bureaucratic bottleneck of education stimulus funds at the state... More