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Brooks Puts the “A” in ABC
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 17, 2008 at 10:41 AM
About last night: David Brooks, for one, thought "the questions were excellent" and gives ABC an "A," Clinton a "B"... More
A New Standard for Debate Questions?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 17, 2008 at 09:35 AM
If you're hoping to quell any grumbling about revolving doors (and I'm not including myself in that grumbling) or if... More
On Debate, ABC Gets A “D”?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 17, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Here's a choice bit from Tom Shales' Washington Post review of last night's ABC-sponsored Democratic debate, headlined, "In Pa. Debate,... More
“The Most Startlingly Tabloid Debate” Yet
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Per Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, moments after the ABC-sponsored Democratic debate concluded just now. Maybe Olbermann's just peeved that ABC... More
The Bluest Collar
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Paul Waldman writes in The American Prospect: [Tim] Russert and [Chris] Matthews may be at the top of their profession's... More
ABC’s Debate “Restrictions” Will Change…What?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 10:36 AM
ABC, the sponsor of tonight's Democratic presidential debate, is circulating usage guidelines stating that ( per the New York Times)... More
Breaking: “Drudge Rules The World!”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM
What, no siren? No banner headline on Drudge linking to the New York Observer story today about "fake news" in... More
In Sync
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Yesterday I wrote about how McCain seemed to go way out of his way in a speech Monday to flatter... More
Secret’s Out!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Obligatory quote from Stephen Colbert's interview with Michelle Obama last night. Wherein Colbert let the (campaign press) cat out of... More
Whadda Ya Mean, Elite?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 08:29 AM
The final sentence in today's New York Times "Political Memo" telling the "back story" of BitterGate, that campaign controversy that... More
When Online Stories “Evolve”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 01:18 PM
When and how should news organizations alert readers that changes have been made to a story after it has been... More
Blasts in Baqubah, Ramadi
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Dozens of Iraqis were killed in multiple bombings across Iraq earlier today, including a car bomb that claimed at least... More
Scolds and Salutes For TV Suits
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 10:10 AM
"Show me Night Rider drunk on the floor and I won't care about a lack of health care for my... More
Flattery Will Get You…
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Reading the transcript of Sen. McCain's speech at the AP annual meeting yesterday, I was struck by how much time... More
Better Bitter Bit
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 08:28 AM
TV news folks have had five days now -- the duration thus far of BitterGate-- to hone their headlines in... 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?
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
