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“Finally.” (As You Were)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 01:02 PM
Coverage of American Idol almost-winner Adam Lambert coming out in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone: Is there a lede... More
Reilly Fingers Times Co. For Guild Vote
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 12:12 PM
The Boston Phoenix's Adam Reilly finds it remarkable that the New York Times Co.'s contract proposal to the Boston Newspaper... More
WaPo on “Palin’s Appearance”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Is it just us (with LipstickOnAPigGate, WardrobeGate, and all still fresh in our heads) or do you, too, think that... More
Blogger Raising Money For Somali Reporter “Targeted For Assassination”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Two years ago, freelance war reporter and warisboring blogger David Axe wrote a piece for CJR about the dangers of... More
Bronstein: In “Obama-Press Dance… We’re The Girl”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 09:37 AM
Arguing that journalists have caught the vapors over President Obama and gone faint with their coverage, Phil Bronstein attempts at... More
A “Great Debate” on CNN
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 04:39 PM
Andrew Sullivan was nearly as amused/satisfied by "Michael Ware's contempt for the corny CNN set-up" in the following recent "Great... More
NPR: “Hooking Up Is Becoming a Trend…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 02:00 PM
..."among young people who have entered the workaday world." So reports NPR's Brenda Wilson today, at length (nearly nine minutes).... More
Poniewozik Ponders: “Who Pays For Journalism?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 01:25 PM
From Time's TV critic, James Poniewozik (I, for one, appreciate when he shifts gears from the late night talk show... More
From Boy’s Lips To Murdoch’s Ears
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Today in Desperately Seeking The Future of News-type coverage: The Guardian chats with a 13- year-old boy in the UK... More
New Editor-in-Chief “Appointed” For Abu Dhabi’s National
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Per The Financial Times: The National newspaper, which is owned by the Abu Dhabi government, on Monday appointed a new... More
“Dilemma Reporters Face”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 11:50 AM
The Deputy Press Secretary for the Bush Administration, Tony Fratto, recently slammed the White House press corps for, he said,... More
Ling, Lee Convicted in Pyongyang
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee, held in North Korea since March on vague charges, received "harsher sentences... More
“Tanning Myself By The Gleam of Fareed Zakaria’s Teeth…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2009 at 09:57 AM
...and more from Stephen Colbert on "Why I Took This Crummy Job" (guest-editing Newsweek.) Colbert explains his Iraq-centric cover: I... More
Upcoming McSweeney’s Will Be “Beautiful, Luxurious” “Newspaper Prototype”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 3, 2009 at 01:36 PM
Dave Eggers, novelist and McSweeney's editor, tells SpliceToday's John Lingan (via mass email): Pretty soon, on the McSweeney’s website, we’ll... More
President Tunes Out TV Pundits
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM
President Obama during last night's BriWi special (h/t, TVNewser): "I don't find most of the cable chatter persuasive." (Imagine if... 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 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”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
