Mitt’s Great Escape

Press declares Romney winner of last night’s punchless fight

By Joel Meares   Jun 14, 2011 at 02:11 PM

Last night’s GOP primary debate at Saint Anselm College began something like an episode of Jeopardy!, with the contestants/candidates... More

More Reactions to FCC Report

Critics split on whether government should do more or less

By Joel Meares   Jun 13, 2011 at 02:43 PM

The FCC released its staff report, “Information Needs of Communities,” last Thursday and industry and advocacy groups were quick to... More

Newspaper Guild Calling on Freelancers for Survey

By Joel Meares   Jun 10, 2011 at 05:07 PM

Rebecca Rosen Lum, chair of the Guild Freelancers Unit of The Newspaper Guild-CWA, has sent along some information about a... More

No Room for Discussion at FCC Report Panel

Waldman re-presents his report at Columbia J-School

By Joel Meares   Jun 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM

Columbia University’s J-School and the FCC hosted a panel today to coincide with yesterday’s release of the Commission’s “Information Needs... More

Heavy On Problems, Light On Solutions: The FCC Report Has Landed

A quick look at the “disappointing” recommendations

By Joel Meares   Jun 9, 2011 at 05:37 PM

In some three hundred and sixty odd pages, the FCC’s long-awaited Future of News “Information Needs of Communities” report... More

FCC Report: “The Information Needs of Communities”

By Joel Meares   Jun 9, 2011 at 11:57 AM

The FCC's eighteen-months-in-the-making Future of Media report—now called "The Information Needs of Communities"—is now out and available below for your... More

Times’s Jill Abramson: Dog Nut, Norse Deity

The profiles are rolling in

By Joel Meares   Jun 8, 2011 at 01:15 PM

Almost a week after The New York Times announced that executive editor Bill Keller was stepping down and Jill... More

The Man Who Cried Scandal

Weinergate and thoughts from Breitbart on the media

By Joel Meares   Jun 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM

It was the pre-game show to one of the most excruciating political confession-apologies in recent memory. Andrew Breitbart, attending... More

Cause For Pause on Weinergate (UPDATED)

Jack Shafer on the sensational congressman

By Joel Meares   Jun 6, 2011 at 11:56 AM

Slate’s Jack Shafer had a thoughtful column up on Friday regarding last week’s Weinergate shenanigans. In it, Shafer makes a... More

Q&A: Joel Simon On CPJ’s “Impunity Index” and Violence Against Journalists

“For a long time, the threat was sort of a badge of honor. ‘Yeah, I got a threat, I must be getting to them.’”

By Joel Meares   Jun 3, 2011 at 12:51 PM

On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists released its fourth annual Impunity Index—a ranking of countries determined by the... More

Bachmann and Pawlenty: Where’s the Policy in this Grudge Match?

Politico misses an opportunity

By Joel Meares   Jun 3, 2011 at 08:56 AM

My colleague Greg Marx on Thursday gave something of a laurel to the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman for a... More

Cali’s Worst Legislators Part Two: The Brothers Calderon

By Joel Meares   Jun 2, 2011 at 04:03 PM

In November of last year, the Village Voice Media-owned L.A. Weekly ran a piece titled “The Worst Legislator in... More

The Best of Weiner Fest

By Joel Meares   Jun 2, 2011 at 01:52 PM

Sorry about that headline—but hey, if you can’t beat ‘em… So far, we at CJR haven't paid much attention to... More

She’s Just Not That Into You

Mainstream media’s Sarah Palin agony

By Joel Meares   May 31, 2011 at 03:34 PM

You will by now no doubt know that Sarah Palin is once again giving the “mainstream media” the runaround on... More

Reporters Late to the 2012 Party?

Editors tell Politico why they’re moving so slowly

By Joel Meares   May 31, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Given the saturation-level coverage of the Palin family’s Winnebago vacation this Memorial Day weekend, you might be surprised to... More