Olympic Leaks

Where to look for Olympics tidbits before tonight.

By Katia Bachko   Aug 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM

I thought I could get around the NBC Olympics monopoly by getting a sneak peek at streaming video on a... More

How Much Is Too Much?

Jon Stewart asks MSNBC’s David Gregory about the twenty-four-hour news cycle

By Katia Bachko   Aug 8, 2008 at 10:27 AM

TGIF, and also TGFJS! That's: Thank God For Jon Stewart. On last night's Daily Show, Stewart asked MSNBC's David Gregory... More

Five Ring Circus: TV Eye

What’s in store for NBC in Beijing?

By Katia Bachko   Aug 7, 2008 at 05:22 PM

Kudos to NPR’s David Folkenflik for asking a great question about the upcoming coverage of the Olympics: How much corporate... More

Déjà Vu All Over Again

Olympics coverage in 1980 and now

By Katia Bachko   Aug 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM

The year was 1980, and the United States was boycotting the Moscow Olympics because of the Soviet Union’s invasion of... More

Super-Duper Tuesdays

MSNBC loves Tuesdays!

By Katia Bachko   Aug 5, 2008 at 12:45 PM

We couldn't help noticing that every Tuesday is "Super Tuesday" at MSNBC. Typically, the term refers to a day in... More

Talking Shop: Brendan McCarthy

The cops beat reporter at The Times-Picayune talks about his Chandleresque eight-part crime series

By Katia Bachko   Aug 4, 2008 at 10:42 AM

Brendan McCarthy spent a year and a half covering crime in New Orleans, when a police ride-along sparked an idea... More

No More Scrabulous?!

Facebook’s Scrabble-like application pulled, journalists go back to work

By Katia Bachko   Jul 29, 2008 at 12:13 PM

This just in: "Scrabulous is disabled for US and Canadian users until further notice. " For those in the dark,... More

Hey Kids, the New Yorker’s With It!

A story on medical marijuana gets funky.

By Katia Bachko   Jul 25, 2008 at 02:24 PM

Oh, New Yorker, how you vex and puzzle me. One day, you insist on punctuating the word “cooperate” with a... More

Study Abroad

What foreign papers are saying about Obama’s world tour

By Katia Bachko   Jul 25, 2008 at 11:49 AM

The trope in the American media seems to be that Obama is beloved in Europe and the globe around. So... More

Talking Shop: Chris Drew

New York Times reporter on covering Obama off the trail

By Katia Bachko   Jul 23, 2008 at 02:37 PM

New York Times investigative reporter Chris Drew has covered Barack Obama’s candidacy, including pieces on his fundraising practices, voting record... More

Obama’s Gym-O-Rama

Hard-hitting coverage of Obama’s gym time

By Katia Bachko   Jul 18, 2008 at 04:06 PM

Yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made not one, not two, but three, yes, count them, three, visits to a... More

iPhones for the Poor

By Katia Bachko   Jul 17, 2008 at 02:08 PM

Big wireless companies. I feel bad for them, don't you? After all, did you know that one in seven Americans... More

From the Peanuts Gallery

Editorial cartoonists offer their two cents on the instantly infamous New Yorker cover

By Katia Bachko   Jul 15, 2008 at 04:26 PM

Here’s what some working editorial cartoonists (and other illustration insiders) think about the brouhaha over this week’s New Yorker cover.... More

Forget Something?

Media whips itself into tizzy about New Yorker cover, neglects to read article

By Katia Bachko   Jul 14, 2008 at 05:45 PM

Psst! You know that New Yorker cover that the all-day news networks can't stop foaming at the mouth about? Have... More

Not So Fresh

This summer’s crop of articles about community-supported agriculture sprouts around the country

By Katia Bachko   Jul 10, 2008 at 04:08 PM

Oh, glorious summer bounty! Strawberries! Raspberries! Plums! Grocery stores and farmers' markets are brimming with fruits of the harvest, which... More