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8 Minutes In Heaven (Or: Left Behind)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
From a Saturday night Associated Press report (emphasis mine): The first couple took full advantage of the cool spring night.... More
More Grades
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Results from last week's "unscientific" TVNewser poll asking readers to grade the White House press corps for its First 100... More
“Print Media Savior” Coming Soon?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Here it comes to save the day? Large-screen Kindle is on its way. Maybe this week, even, reports the New... More
About Newspaper Readers
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2009 at 10:02 AM
According to a study by a "psychographic-research company" called Mindset Media, "personality is often a more effective prediction tool for... More
“Journalistic Ambien…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2009 at 09:29 AM
... is Jack Shafer's assessment of Cokie Roberts's regular Monday NPR Morning Edition"analysis" segments. "Roberts doesn't just voice the conventional... More
CPJ’s 10 Worst Countries To Be a Blogger
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM
1. BURMA 2. IRAN 3. SYRIA 4. CUBA 5. SAUDI ARABIA 6. VIETNAM 7. TUNISIA 8. CHINA 9. TURKMENISTAN 10.... More
Enchanté (And Not) and “John Wayne” Men v.”NPR Men”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 30, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Swine flu. The economy. Pakistan. Iraq. Torture. Of all the pressing topics about which the president was asked during last... More
Slate “Stumble[s] Across A Primary Source”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 04:41 PM
"100 Days of Obama's Facebook news feed" (most recently: "Arlen Specter joined the group Democrats"). More
Speaking Truth To Power…
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 03:15 PM
...or biting the hand that feeds? CNN Contributor Roland Martin about an hour ago on-air declared "this whole 100 Days... More
CNN Has A “Swagger Expert”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 02:08 PM
Then again, would you expect anything less of The Best Political Team on Television (in this, The Week Of Obama's... More
Office Quiz: Which Media Outlet Is This?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM
"[A]n environment that is sometimes prone to more extreme emotional manifestations" is an insider's description of the workplace at which... More
Gupta Goes Blair Witch Project
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 12:46 PM
My colleague Curtis sent me the link to this Sanjay Gupta CNN video from last night, noting its distinctly Blair... More
NYT Reader Requests Newsroom Blog
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM
During a "Talk to the Newsroom" chat at nytimes.com with Sewell Chan, bureau chief for the City Room blog, a... More
NYDN: Photoshop Your Own Air Force One Photo-Op
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM
The New York Daily News invites you to "create your own NYC Air Force One flyover photo," showing off examples... More
NY Mag Disapproves Of Coop’s Tweets
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 29, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Which news personalities' Twitter feeds does New York magazine find "insipid," if "news-sharing?" CNN's Anderson Cooper ("we expected more"), Katie... 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?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
