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Get Caught Up on the “Uighur Sitch”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2009 at 04:01 PM
After you read Greg's post on the situation in western China, here's more background info (recommended via Twitter by Rachel... More
Vatican Radio, Powered by Enel…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2009 at 01:46 PM
The BBC reports that "Vatican Radio, the voice of the Roman Catholic Church, is starting to air advertisements for the... More
Share Your Jackson Coverage Highlights (Lowlights) Here!
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2009 at 11:48 AM
As I flip between cable news stations, I've decided to start a list of Very Special Snippets From Today's Michael... More
“Hearse, La Toya Visit Cemetery…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 7, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Thank you, CNN news ticker. CNN's Don Lemon: "I've covered a lot of events and I've never seen this much... More
Anniston Star’s Bad Wrap (Might Mug Shots Save Journalism?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 6, 2009 at 04:35 PM
The front page of last Monday's issue of The Anniston (Alabama) Star was particularly, um, arresting. Have a look: Ten... More
Mediaite Launches (Loads…)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Maybe this --Michael Calderone's description of Mediate.com Mediaite.com, the media-centric site founded by Dan Abrams and launched today -- helps... More
“That Turns Out to be Pretty Close to the Truth”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 2, 2009 at 08:56 AM
MSNBC viewers have suffered no shortage of discussion of Todd Purdum's anonymous source-heavy Vanity Fair article exploring "the pheromonal reality"... More
Jackson Coverage: Too Much? Not Enough (About “Exercise Regimen”)?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2009 at 03:12 PM
Sixty-four percent of people polled for a Pew News Interest Index survey said there has been "too much" press coverage... More
Thomas: “Pattern of Controlling The Press”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2009 at 01:04 PM
Helen Thomas, a White House briefing room vet and Hearst News Service columnist, to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs... More
“Michael Jackson Will Only Die Once…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 1, 2009 at 09:30 AM
... is the number one "stupidest comment" uttered on TV (so far, I'd add) about Jackson's death, according to Jon... More
Explainer: What’s This About U.S. Troops In Iraq?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2009 at 03:58 PM
Brookings Institution's Michael O'Hanlon helped Fox News viewers just now get their heads around what's going on with U.S. troops... More
Last Week’s Newshole: 19% Iran; 18% Jackson
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM
According to PEJ (emphasis mine), For the week, the protests in Iran ended up being the biggest story, totaling 19%... More
Purdum on the “Pheromonal Reality” of the “Palin Phenomenon”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Courtesy of, often, unnamed "McCain aides," "McCain friends," and "persons familiar with," Todd Purdum explores at length "the Sarah Palin... More
Shadid: “We Are Disengaged From Iraq”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2009 at 10:43 AM
The Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief, Anthony Shadid, describes at foreignpolicy.com why in Iraq, "as U.S. troops pull out, it's... More
Putting Faces to the Dead and Detained in Iran
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 30, 2009 at 09:36 AM
The Guardian online is trying to "put a face to each of the hundreds -- possibly thousands-- killed or arrested... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
