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Michele, The New Zell?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Politico's Daniel Libit pronounces Rep. Michele Bachmann's "call for a media investigation into 'anti-American' members of Congress" "the macaca —... More
“What Happened to the Old Press Corps?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Among the interesting bits of Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with Marc Salter of the McCain campaign: We also talked about Salter's... More
Accountability Journalism v. Another -Ism
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 11:59 AM
The AP applied some basic "accountability journalism" (I guess?) to some recent McCain/Palin campaign trail rhetoric (emphasis mine): Republican Sarah... More
Has Scarborough Been In Touch?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Joe Biden's recent "mark my words" words -- and the way the press has handled them -- were all the... More
Afflicting The Comfortable?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 09:22 AM
While talking about how hard campaigning can be, during an interview with Cindy McCain, Fox News's Greta Van Susteren articulated... More
AP’s Tale of Two Ropelines
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 01:34 PM
Two Associated Press headlines today: "Obama ropelines: bouncing babies, controlled chaos" "McCain ropelines: more discipline, less chatting" (... and also,... More
“You Have Been So Friendly…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
As mentioned in passing in this earlier post, the morning after her SNL appearance, being in town and all, Gov.... More
Echoes of Hank
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Remember "McCain/Palin Tradition," Hank Williams, Jr.'s re-working of his song "Family Tradition" that was unveiled last week on the campaign... More
Laughable?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM
The only "press conference" Gov. Sarah Palin has conducted to date as the vice presidential nominee took place on "Saturday... More
Out of (Bounds’) Bounds
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 09:27 AM
Tucker Bounds, cable news's favorite McCain campaign spokesperson, to MSNBC's Tamran Hall this morning: HALL: Let's also talk about the... More
Hate The Game
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 11:29 AM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews after the debate last night: Coming up, we go to The Spin Room -- I hate that... More
Best “Plumber” Headline
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 11:09 AM
The award for the best use of "Joe the Plumber" in a morning-after-debate headline could belong to... Barron's. "Plumber Takes... More
Obama on Press “Getting Carried Away”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Sen. Obama warned supporters at a fundraiser this morning in Manhattan: For those of you who are feeling giddy or... More
Pundits With “Moldy” Assumptions
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Time's Joe Klein explains why political pundits (and he uses "we" in the explanation) had such a different-seeming insta-reaction to... More
Method Reporting
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Yesterday, Clint and I were wondering aloud whether CNN might dress its campaign reporter like a local, in typical Long... 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 completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
