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Mixed Review on CNN
By Katia Bachko Aug 28, 2008 at 07:10 PM
I'm glad to report that CNN, unlike MSNBC and Fox News, decided to carry Martin Luther King III's speech. I'm... More
Tough Calls in Journalism
By Katia Bachko Aug 28, 2008 at 05:05 PM
Nick Kristof dedicates his column today to a discussion of the difficult decisions journalists often face when covering events where... More
The Blitzer Diaries
By Katia Bachko Aug 28, 2008 at 02:29 PM
It was nearing 10pm in Denver and the mood grew confessional on the CNN set. Coming back from commercial, Anderson... More
The New McCain
By Katia Bachko Aug 28, 2008 at 01:14 PM
For confirmation of the rumors of the new, more tightly controlled McCain, look no further than this interview by Time... More
‘You Want My Asinine Analysis’
By Katia Bachko Aug 28, 2008 at 09:45 AM
A great send-up of the hyper-analysis from the cable commentators by the Daily Show: "You want my asinine analysis. You... More
Rhapsody in Blue
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 11:34 PM
I wrote earlier about all the attention paid to Hillary Clinton's pantsuit color last night, so it's only fitting to... More
Bang for the Buck?
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 10:24 PM
This will require closer attention and much deeper analysis, but in general, it's been pretty despicable to watch the networks... More
E for Effort
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 09:47 PM
I've never been a fan of live blogging, but at its best, the process can put Internet readers side-by-side with... More
Orange You Glad They Asked
Mrs. Clinton meet color theory
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 02:03 PM
The topic of Hillary and the Pantsuits was a favorite story throughout the primary and last night, it got its... More
Ask the Experts, Please
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 01:38 PM
MoDo was perplexed by the mood of the DNC, so she did the obvious thing. She turned to a man... More
Opposite Day?
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 10:14 AM
In the media game of tag, Joe Scarborough just called "Not It." After offering ten different suggestions for how Hillary... More
Fair and Balanced: CNN
By Katia Bachko Aug 27, 2008 at 12:31 AM
With MSNBC taking a left turn, CNN tonight marks a course for the center. Larry King, the elder statesmen at... More
Booing Buchanan
By Katia Bachko Aug 26, 2008 at 08:54 PM
The whole broadcasting outdoors thing is a silly gimmick that hardly ever pays off. But tonight as MSNBC commentator Pat... More
Attack, Please
An idle press is the talking-points’ plaything
By Katia Bachko Aug 26, 2008 at 08:23 PM
What do reporters do? Reporters ask questions. Who? What? When? And so on. But sometimes, there’s nothing to ask those... More
Where Will All the Signs Go?
By Katia Bachko Aug 25, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Thanks, C-SPAN for answering a question I was just about to start googling. What happens with all those "Kennedy" and... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
