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Required Reading for Candidates
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2008 at 12:11 PM
In yesterday's New York Times Book Review, "a handful of writers" and others who have written were asked "to recommend... More
“What Won Barack Obama The Democratic Nomination”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Change? Hope? Perhaps: Ad spending. Per Professor Ken Goldstein, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Advertising Project: Fundamental factors matter... More
Sheepish Press
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2008 at 09:47 AM
For the Washington Post, Ann Telnaes sketches "the media respond[ing] to Scott McClellan's claim that they were 'too deferential' to... More
Hoyt: Times’ Op-Ed Presented “False Picture”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Clark Hoyt, the New York Times' public editor, did some reporting ("interviewed five Islamic scholars, at five American universities, recommended... More
Pre-Iraq War Coverage: “Pretty Good Job” or “Embarrassing?”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 29, 2008 at 09:59 AM
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Scott McClellan's memoir, of all things, (and specifically, McClellan's assertions that the press... More
“Obama-Side” Media v. Hillary Water-Carriers
By Liz Cox Barrett May 29, 2008 at 08:44 AM
Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" last Friday regarding Hillary Clinton's RFK remark prompted this special comment from Time blogger James Poniewozik:... More
Yellin: News Execs Pushed For Positive Bush Stories
By Liz Cox Barrett May 29, 2008 at 08:19 AM
Everyone's in tell-all (confessional?) mode, it seems. An on-air exchange last night between CNN's Anderson Cooper and Jessica Yellin (now... More
Another Hillary History Lesson
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2008 at 04:26 PM
More on the topic of my previous post: lessons one might draw from Clinton's campaign. Over at Slate's XX Factor,... More
Hillary’s Historic Run: Discuss
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2008 at 01:42 PM
More of that "reckoning." Today, The New Republic asks: "As Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign approaches its end, what are the... More
More Now Scott Tells Us
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2008 at 12:39 PM
From a Washington Post readers chat this morning with the Post's National Political Correspondent, Anne E. Kornblut. SW Nebraska: Will... More
Now You Tell Us, Scott
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2008 at 09:49 AM
Politico's Mike Allen http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10649.html">reports that "a few reporters were offered advance copies" of Scott McClellan's memoir "with the restriction that... More
It’s A Shame About Trotta
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Oh, the Characters of Cable. They sure know how to fill air. They don't just pontificate about a candidate's apology... More
Playing Games With Your Future
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Well, if journo-scolds are going to tut-tut news organizations for trivializing the election, treating a candidate's choice of a running-mate... More
CNN and MSNBC: Not “The News?”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2008 at 08:54 AM
Today, the Times has a front-page profile of Barack Obama's "body man," Reggie Love. Seems like just yesterday I was... More
“At Peace With Being At War?”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2008 at 08:25 AM
The New York Times' David Carr yesterday suggested that, given "public indifference to a war that refuses to end," perhaps... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
