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Yes, He Does
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 30, 2008 at 09:20 AM
This, from today's Wall Street Journal, struck me as (unintentionally) funny: "Claiborne's CEO Crams Into Coach to Cut Costs" And... More
Governor, Grandmother
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 29, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, is born. People Magazine, according to MSNBC, has won the bidding war... More
Kennedy (Huffs)
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 29, 2008 at 08:53 PM
Did you read that Caroline Kennedy article in yesterday's New York Times, based on an interview the Times's Nicholas Confessore... More
Best of 2008: Liz Cox Barrett’s Picks
Barrett picks her top stories from 2008
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 26, 2008 at 05:18 PM
1) Media's Mixed Nuts I personally enjoyed cataloging how reporters handled Jesse Jackson's open mic moment. So prudish. Also, I... More
Some Things Borrowed
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 23, 2008 at 12:47 PM
For a 2007 New Yorker piece exploring how Picasso borrowed from Rembrandt, did Simon Schama borrow too much from an... More
“Beach Body”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 23, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Perhaps you've seen, in some form, this image? Politico has the background on who shot it (not a member of... More
Morning Joe’s Three “No’s”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 23, 2008 at 09:57 AM
Howard Kurtz profiles Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe, revealing that Brzezinski and cable go back a long time (before... More
CPJ: Iraq Still “Deadliest Nation For Press”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 23, 2008 at 09:25 AM
Forty-one journalists were killed worldwide "in direct connection to their work" in 2008, according to The Committee to Protect Journalists.... More
Schieffer’s “Facelift Gone Wacko…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 04:45 PM
...is actually just "dental work," as he explained, in rhymes, on Face The Nation yesterday, h/t, FishbowlDC. (Is it me?... More
NYT Is Sorry. Again. For Botched Kennedy Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Another day, another "Editor's Note" in the New York Times prompted by rushed ClintonSenateSeatStakes (Caroline Kennedy) coverage. On December 10,... More
Obamas-In-Hawaii Headlines
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 03:11 PM
A look at some of the Obamas-Vacation-in-Hawaii headlines so far (keeping in mind Charlie LeDuff's "don't be boring" mantra): ABC... More
Labash on LeDuff
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Matt Labash profiles Detroit ("the city where the sirens never sleep") for the Weekly Standard, a profile in which Charlie... More
Just Dance
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 12:23 PM
23/6 describes its "danceable symphony of graphics and noises entirely constructed from every single cable news sound effect or theme... More
AP: Michelle Obama’s “Hairstyles Probably Will Be Scrutinized”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 12:11 PM
What makes you think so, Associated Press? (And, are you implying you won't partake?) The AP makes this bold predication... More
Are You On The List(s)?
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM
1) Politico's "Top Ten Media Blunders of 2008" (three of the top five involve MSNBC) 2) E&P's list of "Top... 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.
