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Elements of Gangnam style
Reporting tips from Kim Jong-il
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 4, 2013 at 03:00 PM
In 2001, Kim Jong-il began wooing the foreign media. But The Dear Leader had long since been pursuing his... More
The Plain Dealer’s ‘reset’ gets all too real
Sizable newsroom reductions ahead, says “Save The Plain Dealer”
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 4, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Last week, TC Brown wrote for CJR about the “significant reset” ahead for the Advance Publications-owned Cleveland Plain Dealer (See:... More
Toledo Blade disappoints on Jeep-to-China claims
For Ohioans targeted by Romney’s misleading rhetoric, the paper confuses more than it clarifies
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 1, 2012 at 02:50 PM
OHIO — As Toledo became ground zero in the presidential campaigns’ message war in recent days—over auto industry jobs, in... More
Journalism crash course in Jersey
Program shows young reporters the ropes, with an aim to “diversify college and professional newsrooms”
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 28, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Imagine that it is days after the shootings at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WI, earlier this month, and... More
NYT uses false balance while reporting on false balance
Wonder if the “news media critic in chief” spotted that?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 8, 2012 at 05:55 PM
From today’s New York Times, we learn that “Obama Is An Avid Reader, and Critic, of the News,” as the... More
Required skimming: campaign finance
Here’s how to follow the money
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 2, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This month, CJR presents “Required Skimming,” a daily miniguide to our staffers' beats and obsessions, ranging from finance to food.... More
Listen: Swing States Project staffer on weak coverage of Bain dispute
“This story isn’t going away”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 16, 2012 at 12:20 PM
On Friday, Brendan Nyhan, The Swing States Project’s New Hampshire correspondent, talked with On the Media’s Bob Garfield about shortcomings... More
Another recommended LAT read on campaign finance
The paper offers a timely look at the disclosure fight
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 26, 2012 at 05:15 PM
Last month, The Swing States Project singled out the good work of the Los Angeles Times’s Matea Gold and Joseph... More
Live from Tampa and Charlotte: it’s NYT and BuzzFeed
We get what they get from this political convention reporting partnership—what’ll we get?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 18, 2012 at 03:20 PM
One way to generate news during the ample down time at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions is to "frantically... More
Watch: Swing States Project staffer on coverage of gaffes, changes at GOOD, and Mitt’s Mormonism
Campaign coverage is “turning the candidates into sitcom characters”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Earlier this week, Anna Clark, Michigan correspondent for CJR’s Swing States Project, appeared on bloggingheads.tv’s The Posner Show. Below, watch... More
Outrage angle covered—now how about those gas price claims?
Here’s how the Denver Post and other battleground outlets can do better on the energy debate
By Liz Cox Barrett May 23, 2012 at 05:10 PM
Last week, the Denver Post ran a short “local news” piece headlined, “Political billboards in Colorado use energy policy to... More
Broadcasters sue to keep political ad buy data offline
They allege the ruling violates the First Amendment
By Liz Cox Barrett May 22, 2012 at 04:51 PM
The National Association of Broadcasters—which represents parent companies of NBC, CBS, and Fox, among others—yesterday moved to halt the Federal... More
Energy Ad War Revs Up in Battleground States
Brace yourselves, reporters, and revisit our toolbox and chat
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 11, 2012 at 04:38 PM
It’s coming, the New York Times reported on Monday, the start of that “major anti-Obama advertising blitz” from the largest... More
Flashback: Super Tuesday 2008 (Vote-zilla!!!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 6, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Today is Super Tuesday! Or, "'pretty good' Tuesday," as MSNBC's delegate math whiz Chuck Todd put it in a wistful... More
Super PAC Reporting: Recommended Reading
Because you know you need to get up to speed
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 1, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Maybe you know someone—a friend—who keeps hearing about Super PACs, knows he should know more about what they are, where... 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.
