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People? Perception!
By Liz Cox Barrett May 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM
What really matters (some version of which can be found in most of the Edwards Endorses Obama coverage): ``[John ]Edwards... More
John Denver? John Edwards!
By Liz Cox Barrett May 15, 2008 at 09:37 AM
TV Newser rounds up the networks' treatment of the Edwards Endorses Obama Rally last night. ABC News "spent nearly six... More
Press: Press McCain On…
By Liz Cox Barrett May 15, 2008 at 08:34 AM
Give what the Boston Phoenix's Adam Reilly sees as John McCain's "well-documented knack for charming the press into submission," Reilly... More
What 7.9 Magnitude Looks Like
By Liz Cox Barrett May 14, 2008 at 03:02 PM
Reuters (with help from stringers) puts images to the phrase China's "deadliest earthquake in decades." More
And I Swear
By Liz Cox Barrett May 14, 2008 at 12:53 PM
What is it with TV anchors and the f-bomb? Bill O'Reilly dropped it (while helming Inside Edition). Last night, "in... More
Bored Reporters Play for Their Base (Each Other)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 14, 2008 at 11:01 AM
From Dana Milbank in today's Washington Post: If there is importance in the results of the primary in West Virginia,... More
How Do You Top “Practically Lactating?”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 14, 2008 at 10:28 AM
To quote a colleague: "The does-the-candidate-bowl-and-drink- beer-in-a-masculine-seeming-way? approach to political punditry is [Maureeen Dowd's] one move—never mind that it’s been... More
Headline Here, Headline There
By Liz Cox Barrett May 14, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Headline on the front page of today's Charleston (WV) Gazette (print edition): HILLARY RACKS UP BIG WIN; Observers Still See... More
Camp Clinton, As Cast By MSNBC
By Liz Cox Barrett May 14, 2008 at 08:29 AM
If you got your West Virginia primary coverage from MSNBC, then you know: 1) Hillary Clinton is thisclose to becoming... More
Remember That “Media Trojan Horse?”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2008 at 04:07 PM
Media Matters counted the number of times those military analysts named in David Barstow's New York Times investigation ("Behind TV... More
McCain’s Maverick Cursive (And “Angry” Commas)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2008 at 02:57 PM
Body-language experts have already weighed in at key times during the campaign. Ditto graphic designers explaining what campaign signage choices... More
Take Me Home, Beltway Roads
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2008 at 12:03 PM
In March we saw a CNN anchor swapping his pinstripe suit for a ten gallon hat and horse to better... More
Looking for Local News in LA?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Joe Matthews, one-time labor reporter for the LA Times, wrote a piece in Sunday's Washington Post (hat tip, Matthew Yglesias)... More
Battle of the Media Darling(est)?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2008 at 08:32 AM
Newspaper, TV on the wall, who's the media darling(est) of them all? McCain? Obama? (Ron Paul, you say?) A first... More
West Virginia, Personified (by the FT)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2008 at 01:51 PM
"West Virginia Keeps Distance From Obama." So reads the headline on a Financial Times piece today. Just who is this... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
