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“The Worst Piece of Paper on the East Coast”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 1, 2009 at 08:23 AM
Ten songs about print journalism, per Paste -- because: "Once upon a time, being a newspaperman (or woman) was something... More
Reporters “Waiting for Weezy?”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Via HuffPo: Wanda Sykes made fun of the media skirting the race issue when talking about Michelle Obama during an... More
ABC News Denied Access to Senatorial Spin Class?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM
A tweet just now from ABC News's Jake Tapper: Congress denied ABC News' request to film the House/Senate gyms that... More
Getting Giddy With Gibbs
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2009 at 09:50 AM
If you watch the White House press briefings with any regularity, chances are you've noticed (and, in my case, been... More
Prepare to Pay?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 28, 2009 at 09:27 AM
From The Atlantic's James Warren: Shhhh. Newspaper publishers are quietly holding a very, very important conclave today. Will you soon... More
“So Far.” NYT Mag’s Bill Clinton Profile
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 04:20 PM
It's not until some 1,300 words in to Peter Baker's several-thousand-word profile of Bill Clinton in this coming Sunday's New... More
Why “Conservatives” Should Root For the NYT
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Per Francis Wilkinson, executive editor of The Week: If conservatives were to look up from hammering nails in the Time’... More
Geraldo Got Goosebumps
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 01:24 PM
Gail Shister interviewed Geraldo Rivera (last seen offering to buy Blagojevich dinner) on his personal reaction to yesterday's Sotomayor news... More
On Fox & Friends, Miss California Subs For Miss America
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 12:15 PM
The day after the California Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gay marriage, proponent of "opposite marriage," Carrie Prejean... More
Sounds… Familiar?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Per the AP: Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services,... More
Here You Go, Jeffrey Rosen
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 10:40 AM
The New York Times, on its Web site, has posted "Selected Cases of Judge Sonia Sotomayor" (516 pages, pdf) for... More
Gibbs: You Didn’t Mind Anonymous Sources Before
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 10:08 AM
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz has a piece today about, in part, how some reporters have protested background briefings like... More
Jon Friedman, MoDo, Glass Houses
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2009 at 09:14 AM
MarketWatch media critic Jon Friedman weighs in on last week's Maureen Dowd controversy by skating around the most relevant issues... More
Froomkin’s “From Scratch” Online Newspaper
By Liz Cox Barrett May 26, 2009 at 04:33 PM
For the Nieman Journalism Lab, Dan Froomkin imagines what a "from scratch" online newspaper started "today" might look like. It... More
Sotomayor Has Been “Blessed”* In Many Ways…
By Liz Cox Barrett May 26, 2009 at 03:21 PM
.... but "blessed" with children is not, as far as we know, one of them. Until this morning. When Politico's... 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.
