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Repaving the Trail
Campaign reporting can be terrible. Here’s how to make it better.
By Justin Peters Mar 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM
In January, I visited New Hampshire and Florida to report on the media coverage of the GOP presidential primaries there.... More
Carr
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By Justin Peters Feb 10, 2012 at 01:58 PM
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Deathmetal
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By Justin Peters Feb 10, 2012 at 01:58 PM
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Zook
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By Justin Peters Feb 10, 2012 at 01:58 PM
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In Florida, the GOP Woos Hispanic Voters
Can the press push the candidates past pandering?
By Justin Peters Jan 27, 2012 at 01:48 PM
MIAMI, FLORIDA — The Hispanic Leadership Network is a center-right political advocacy organization that, in its single year of existence,... More
Waiting for Newt in Naples
Just because the candidate’s not there doesn’t mean there’s not a story
By Justin Peters Jan 26, 2012 at 06:56 AM
NAPLES, FLORIDA — It is late Tuesday afternoon in Naples, and a few thousand people have gathered around the Cambier... More
Primary Night on Elm Street
A nightmare assignment finally draws to a close
By Justin Peters Jan 11, 2012 at 12:44 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Rich Girard, former Manchester alderman, is the host of Girard at Large, a Manchester-based current events talk... More
Twenty-Nine Hours on the Campaign Trail
And all I got was lost. (And, chicken fingers.)
By Justin Peters Jan 10, 2012 at 04:00 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — When covering New Hampshire, as with any primary, the general journalistic strategy is to trail the candidates... More
A Night Out with National Review
Watching the GOP debate with the conservative flagship
By Justin Peters Jan 8, 2012 at 04:21 PM
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Last night, finding myself unable to get tickets to the monster truck rally in the downtown... More
Movement Man
Meet Chris Faraone, Occupy reporter for the Boston Phoenix
By Justin Peters Dec 31, 2011 at 09:53 PM
The week before Occupy Boston changed Chris Faraone's life, grassroots revolution was already on his mind. Faraone, who covers rap... More
Univision
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By Justin Peters Dec 14, 2011 at 03:11 PM
Placeholder URL for the extended version of Erika Fry's Jan/Feb 2012 Darts and Laurels piece on Univision. More
A Mad Libs Keynote
The future of journalism? Just fill in the blanks.
By Justin Peters Dec 6, 2011 at 06:00 AM
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On Facebook and Freedom
Why journalists should not surrender to the Walmarts of the web
By Justin Peters Nov 17, 2011 at 06:00 AM
In September of this year, the Internet briefly burbled with the news that Facebook, the market leader in workday-wastery, would... More
Jim Romenesko Leaves Poynter
And the blogosphere cries foul
By Justin Peters Nov 11, 2011 at 02:11 AM
The most frustrating thing about the Jim Romenesko affair is the way that so many people who should know better... More
The Other Rogue
By Justin Peters Sep 8, 2011 at 05:28 PM
Is Joe McGinniss a jerk? Sarah Palin certainly thinks so: she didn't like it when McGinniss rented the Wasilla house... More
George W. and the Texas Press
Is the honeymoon over?
By Justin Peters Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM
George W. Bush says he doesn't read newspapers. He does, however, apparently read Texas Monthly magazine. In fact, the president... More
Read Jim Sleeper’s Essay on Ressentiment
By Justin Peters May 20, 2011 at 03:58 PM
Before it gets too late, I want to take a moment to recommend Jim Sleeper's excellent essay that ran at... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
