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Disaster Reporting through the Ages
In both the Galveston and Katrina storms, the news often was the news
By Lester Feder Dec 18, 2008 at 12:08 PM
The day after a massive storm hit Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900, the headlines outside the region were tentative.... More
The South Will Rise Again
2008 marked the end of the southern strategy? Not so fast.
By Lester Feder Nov 13, 2008 at 01:32 PM
The Deep South went Republican in 2008, missing the memo from the rest of the country that this was a... More
“The Special Pride That Must Be Theirs”
Race, Obama’s victory, and the generation gap
By Lester Feder Nov 10, 2008 at 10:36 AM
"You're being racist," said the daughter of New York Times columnist Judith Warner in response to her mother's comment about... More
Rally Killer
Political reporters shouldn’t take out their election fatigue on the voters
By Lester Feder Oct 30, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Contrasting Obama rallies that "often look like Benetton-colored billboards" with McCain events characterized by pompoms and flag pins, The New... More
Tracing GOP Turnabout
NYT’s Harwood forgets history in analyzing the right’s declining fortunes
By Lester Feder Oct 27, 2008 at 01:13 PM
In today's New York Times, John Harwood writes a most curious synopsis of the past four years of American politics.... More
The Politics of Symbolism
On Rush, racism, Richard Nixon, and the “real America”
By Lester Feder Oct 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM
It is ironic that conservative commentators, led by radio personality Rush Limbaugh, dismissed Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama as... More
Islamophobia and the Op-Ed Pages
Colin Powell rushes in where columnists previously feared to tread
By Lester Feder Oct 22, 2008 at 04:22 PM
It's hard to compete with Colin Powell, especially if you're a small media watchdog group. But the former Secretary of... More
Abortion and the Anecdotal Lede
When reporting on abortion, the humanizing anecdote has political implications
By Lester Feder Oct 17, 2008 at 03:30 PM
In her syndicated column today, Ellen Goodman contrasts the relative success of the gay rights movement with the defensive crouch... More
Faulty Plumbing
Believing something doesn’t make it so, Joe
By Lester Feder Oct 16, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Earlier today, CJR’s Megan Garber was right to fault the media for being distracted by the humor of the "Joe... More
Taking It To The Streets
Reporters shouldn’t let campaign priorities dictate political coverage
By Lester Feder Sep 24, 2008 at 01:23 PM
Despite the buzz surrounding the current presidential campaign, historical trends suggest a sizeable portion of the American public will not... More
Palin’s Old Time Religion
Sometimes, the “liberal media” lives up to its reputation
By Lester Feder Sep 9, 2008 at 04:08 PM
On the final night of the Republican National Convention, vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin attacked Democrat Barack Obama’s apparent disdain for... More
Palin Meets The Press
And John McCain is left in the wings
By Lester Feder Sep 4, 2008 at 01:38 PM
Last night, the Republican Party officially nominated Senator John McCain for president of the United States—but you wouldn't know it... More
Privacy For Palin?
GOP to media: hands off Bristol Palin
By Lester Feder Sep 2, 2008 at 05:08 PM
The liberal media is under-reporting the personal life of Sarah Palin and her children, complains the conservative Media Research Center—at... More
Misplacing Race
WSJ slams “The Racism Excuse”
By Lester Feder Aug 27, 2008 at 05:33 PM
In “The Racism Excuse,” yesterday's editorial rejecting the claim that racism explains Barack Obama's flagging lead in the polls, the... More
Debunking Obama’s Hillary Problem
Who says that disgruntled women will cost Obama the election?
By Lester Feder Aug 19, 2008 at 12:15 PM
"It's no longer just about Hillary," proclaims the headline of Froma Harrop's report in the Providence Journal on the founding... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
