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Another Chicago Musical
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 10, 2008 at 02:52 PM
From a scene from Blagojevich! The Musical by Ben Greenman. (You may remember Greenman from such hits as Palin! The... More
Three Chances To Vote For Chris Matthews (Today!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 10, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Media Matters is asking readers to vote on "What was the Most Inane Punditry of the 2008 presidential campaign?" Three... More
NYT’s ClintonSenateSeatStakes “Corrective Article”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 10, 2008 at 01:17 PM
The trouble with reporting, as the New York Times did yesterday, "Kennedy Is Said To Be Politicking For His Niece"?... More
Shafer: Get A Gimmick, Gregory (And No More Noonan)
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Advice for David Gregory on how to approach his new job, from Jack Shafer at Slate: Get rid of the... More
From House Gym to Big House?
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 10, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Well, there was nothing about Blagojevich's behavior on the Congressional Stairmaster way back when that foreshadowed all this, according to... More
Blagojevich’s Home State Headlines
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM
A selection of front pages from Illinois this morning: More
“Grace” Under (Very Little) Pressure
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 9, 2008 at 04:16 PM
Remember the "McCain Ends Classy" theme that sprung up in the media in the minutes and hours after McCain delivered... More
10 of Time’s “Top 10 of Everything in 2008”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 9, 2008 at 10:06 AM
List season's here. Time presents the "Top Ten of Everything in 2008." And by "Everything," Time means 50 things. Here... More
During And After The Pentagon’s “Mask Ban”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 9, 2008 at 09:34 AM
News: ""Iraq translators' mask ban dropped" (BBC: "The Pentagon has rescinded a controversial decision that banned Iraqi interpreters working for... More
“The Press Is The Enemy…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 9, 2008 at 09:24 AM
"...write that on the blackboard 100 times." Nixon, heard on the most recently-released batch of audio tapes from 1972 (h/t... More
You Think I’d Lay Down And Die?
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 9, 2008 at 08:54 AM
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97750125">Per NPR: Even a paper the size of The New York Times isn't immune. Bill Keller, the Times' executive... More
Consider Yourself Warned
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 8, 2008 at 02:27 PM
The New York Times's Katharine Q. Seeyle previews Inauguration Day (including a hint of what she'll be up to): Much... More
Tribune Files For Bankruptcy
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 8, 2008 at 02:04 PM
"It is only the latest -- and biggest-- sign of duress for the newspaper industry yet," says the New York... More
Who’s (Re)Counting? You!
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 8, 2008 at 12:47 PM
While you're waiting: The (Minneapolis) StarTribune.com lets you view contested ballots from the Norm Coleman v. Al Franken Senate race... More
“Producing Something Resembling News”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 8, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Howard Kurtz attempts to distill What Meet The Press Is For: At the heart of these programs is the questioning... 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 completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
