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Mike Murphy’s Media Moment
Caught up in McCain’s campaign minutiae
By Katia Bachko Jul 9, 2008 at 02:02 PM
"So Where's Murphy?" asked New York Times columnist William Kristol on Monday, in the final forty-eight hours of speculation about... More
Newsies (1992)
“Headlines don’t sell papes; newsies sell papes”
By Katia Bachko Aug 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Before Christian Bale became Batman, he was Jack Kelly, a newspaper boy with a dream in his heart and calluses... More
Extra! Extra! Clean Fingers!
By Katia Bachko Apr 9, 2010 at 11:53 AM
A strong indication that publishers are stumped by the iPad: This morning in Times Square, a horde of Wall Street... More
From Newspaper to Wallpaper
By Katia Bachko Apr 9, 2010 at 10:24 AM
In the movies, a wall covered in newspapers typically signals a serial killer or obsessive stalker. But, thanks to designer... More
Darts and Laurels
Send tips and suggestions to dartsandlaurels@cjr.org
By Katia Bachko Jul 15, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Laurel to The Arizona Republic for “Perfectly Legal,” a series of six articles, published in May, that exposed a network... More
The Economy Today: Solar Big Bang
Headlines from Texas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington state, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 30, 2009 at 08:13 AM
National papers continue to lead with the Madoff sentencing. Yesterday, Judge Danny Chin sentenced the Ponzi schemer to the maximum... More
The Economy Today: It’s All Happening at the Zoo
Headlines from Missouri, California, Indiana, Massachusetts, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 29, 2009 at 08:58 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports that consumer confidence is up for the fifth month in a row. This report is... More
Forgetful Geniuses
By Katia Bachko Jun 26, 2009 at 01:15 PM
Mere mortals lose car keys, real geniuses lose whole cars. This seems to be a recurring motif in New Yorker... More
Sanford’s Flight of Fancy
What South Carolina columnists and editorials are saying about the governor’s affair
By Katia Bachko Jun 25, 2009 at 04:21 PM
The Mark Sanford affair story affords plentiful opportunities for practitioners and observers of journalism and politics. It allows for the... More
Oh, The Irony
By Katia Bachko Jun 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Just to think, yesterday started out so well for the GOP. Politico's lead story, posted at 5:05 a.m. yesterday was... More
Planted Questions
Calling foul on HuffPo’s press-conference deal with Obama
By Katia Bachko Jun 24, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Yesterday’s presidential presser added another installment to the Annals of Questions That Make News. Last April, it was Jeff Zeleny’s... More
The Economy Today: Moonlighting Back in Vogue
Headlines from Michigan, Illinois, Montana, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 24, 2009 at 10:02 AM
A tough job market is pushing some workers to take on second jobs, USA Today reports. According to various surveys,... More
NewsAyatollahs, The Ayatollahist
By Katia Bachko Jun 23, 2009 at 01:45 PM
On the occasion of Newsweek's Ayatollah-centric cover, The New Yorker's Cartoon Lounge blog imagines what other magazines might look like... More
Keller on Rohde: “There’s No Question It Was the Right Approach”
The NYT executive editor talks about the paper’s handling of the David Rohde story
By Katia Bachko Jun 23, 2009 at 01:39 PM
On June 20, the world discovered that, since November 2008, New York Times reporter David Rohde had been held by... More
Gawker’s “Inadvertent” Journalism
By Katia Bachko Jun 22, 2009 at 01:47 PM
"We don't seek to do good. ... We may inadvertently do good. We may inadvertently commit journalism." So says Gawker... More
The Economy Today: Will There Be Fireworks?
Headlines from Texas, Massachusetts, California, Nevada, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 22, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Despite growing foreclosures in Nevada and other parts of the country, some lawmakers are calling for an expanded tax credit... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
