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About That CW on Bush’s HIV/AIDS Legacy
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2008 at 12:31 PM
"Even human rights purist [and New York Times columnist] Nicholas Kristof" has lauded President Bush's HIV/AIDS work, writes Danielle Maestretti... More
BBQ is the New “Beer With”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Breaking News! More Americans would rather barbecue with Barack Obama than with John McCain. How can McCain get a much-needed... More
“Disturbing Video” (What Would MSNBC Be Without It?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Already this morning I have been repeatedly exposed (and, admittedly, each time turned to be exposed) to the following "disturbing... More
Old Media Intra-Office Communication?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2008 at 09:49 AM
One New York Times columnist complains about another New York Times columnist's column about yet another New York Times columnist...... More
On Last Week’s Lara Logan “News”
Not much of a scandal, not much of a story
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2008 at 09:01 AM
“Isn’t anyone bothered by the Lara Logan sex scandal coverage?” asks Washington City Paper’s Angela Valdez. I’ll get to what... More
Oops! Gitmo Training “To Elicit False Confessions?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2008 at 08:49 AM
If that powerful McClatchy series whet your appetite for Gitmo news: the New York Times' Scott Shane reports today on... More
Cringe-Making Parody of Morning News Tools
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Thanks to a CJR reader for pointing us to The Onion News Network's sharp parody of the always cringe-making, often... More
CNN Segment: “Swiftboating McCain?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2008 at 10:18 AM
More on press coverage of What Wes Said. Zack wrote yesterday: It’s crucially important that we have a political debate... More
Carville, Media Critic, On What Wes Said
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2008 at 09:08 AM
Yesterday, Zack wrote here that some of the press coverage of What Wes Said* (an exchange between Gen. Wesley Clark... More
Breaking: Be Not Afraid, Be Not Very Afraid
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2008 at 08:31 AM
Usually when something doesn't happen or something isn't expected to happen, it's not news. Even if the government issues a... More
Fox News’ Slow Mo’?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2008 at 04:02 PM
From Jacques Steinberg in Saturday's http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/arts/television/28rati.html?ref=business">New York Times, when it comes to prime-time viewership Fox News' "momentum has effectively stalled,... More
Those “False Obama Rumors” Have Legs
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2008 at 01:43 PM
And they’re “meander[ing] freely across the flatlands of northwest Ohio—through bars and baseball fields, retirement homes and restaurants," and onto... More
White House: NYT’s A-1 Al Qaeda Story Old News
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM
The New York Times deemed newsy enough to merit lead story placement its piece, based on "more than four dozen... More
Taking Back the Swift Boat
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2008 at 08:41 AM
Remember when a Swift boat was just a Swift boat -- or, if you prefer, a Patrol Craft Fast --... More
Even The Distracted…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 26, 2008 at 11:17 AM
...can be forced still, to think for a moment. At least once a month the New York Times stops me... 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)
Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes
Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration’s attacks on press freedoms emerges
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
Court documents in the Kim case reveal how deeply investigators explored the private communications of a working journalist — and raise the question of how often journalists have been investigated as closely as Rosen was in 2010
Reporter deemed ‘co-conspirator’ in leak case
The Reyes affidavit all but eliminates the traditional distinction in classified leak investigations between sources, who are bound by a non-disclosure agreement, and reporters, who are protected by the First Amendment as long as they do not commit a crime
“At some point you have to say, a law that people don’t obey is a bad law”
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.
