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Health Care Reform “Not A Journalism-Friendly Story,” Part 2
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 01:44 PM
Per PEJ, health care-related coverage filled one quarter of last week's newshole! Hold your applause. The fine print (emphasis mine):... More
“Sad Hillary” Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Foreign Policy blogger Annie Lowrey describes "How stories about the Secretary of State end up as 'Sad Hillary' anecdrama." Writes... More
Scooped by Seacrest! (TMZFail?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Silverman... out! Ryan Seacrest, American Idol host, Twittered as much yesterday (referring to the NBC co-chairman and friend-of-Seacrest, Ben... More
The Birth Of Politico…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 03:35 PM
...as told by Glenn Greenwald, via Twitter, just now: One day, someone woke up and said: "let's create a perfect... More
What’s The Matter With NJ? NYT Asks, Answers (Kinda)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 03:07 PM
Given last week's news out of New Jersey -- that corruption scheme, per today's New York Times, "which involved three... More
Shep Smith: Newcasting is Not Complicated
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 10:06 AM
The Boston Globe profiles Fox News anchor Shep Smith, who "describes himself as a newscaster," adding: “All we’re really supposed... More
Health Care Not Healthy For Ratings
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Assorted people in journalism explain to Politico's Michael Calderone that health care reportage, in addition to being a challenge for... More
Media Matters in South Korea
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2009 at 03:40 PM
No, members of South Korea's parliament were not "mad because they can't read the words on anything" (as Fox News's... More
You Can’t Do That (Allude to Loofahs) On Television (Fox News)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2009 at 02:40 PM
A Forbes columnist explained on Fox News just now why Bill O'Reilly might not replace Walter Cronkite in the hearts... More
Will “Birthers” Make Prime Time Tonight?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2009 at 01:26 PM
What with the (cable, blog, Beltway) chatter about this "Birthers" business crowning seemingly reaching some kind of a head lately,... More
“Regional and Foreign News Media” “Softer” Than WH Press Corps?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Politico offers readers what it calls a "peek inside the [Obama administration's PR] playbook," revealing that this particular White House... More
Didn’t Trust Cronkite?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Slate's Jack Shafer is collecting "reasons for Cronkitian distrust" to add to his own -- "He sailed. He was avuncular.... More
Headline of the Day?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 21, 2009 at 01:30 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/20/AR2009072002984.html">From the Washington Post: In Tokyo, a High-Pitched Whine Repels Teens, Attracts TV Crews (Is it really news that... More
Does This Question Make My Butt Look Big Interview Look Small?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 21, 2009 at 01:09 PM
Katie Couric (or tweet assistant) via Twitter yesterday: I've been granted an exclusive interview with Pres. Obama tomorrow. Working on... More
It’s On at Slate
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 21, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Michael Kinsley announces a "highly unscientific experiment " at Slate to determine "who's better informed, newspaper readers or Web surfers?"... 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.
