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So That’s What It’s All About!
Presidential campaigns (and coverage), explained
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 30, 2007 at 02:21 PM
The Gloves! They're coming off! Tonight! Isn't it fun to say? (It must be, all the TV types are saying... More
Boob Tube
NBC: Giving the people what they want
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2007 at 01:31 PM
A new poll by The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press focusing on the public's perception of... More
Fox News Fans Flames
With help from a clearly reliable source
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 25, 2007 at 09:58 AM
Just after 6:30 yesterday morning, Fox News reported that "unrelenting winds continue to spread wildfires across SoCal." Concomitantly, Fox News... More
Roundtable Revelations
Reporters talking about themselves… and speaking volumes
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 15, 2007 at 03:47 PM
It's weird. Watching journalists shooting the breeze about, and making predictions about, a contest they're helping to shape -- and... More
By The Numbers
AP shows how to write a debate story
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 11, 2007 at 10:55 AM
"Thompson Stays On Script," reads the headline on Wednesday's Liz Sidoti-bylined Associated Press article about Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.... More
Klein Whine
Hey Iowa: What About Me?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 9, 2007 at 01:47 PM
Iowans, in an effort to preserve their first-in-the-nation status, may caucus on January 3rd and/or fifth this year -- a... More
Wrist? Slap!
FCC fines Comcast four figures for fake news
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 26, 2007 at 11:34 AM
Be afraid, Karen Ryan! Be very afraid! On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission announced it was fining Comcast for airing,... More
“Accountability Journalism,” AP Style
Do as Ron Fournier Says, Not as He Does
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 19, 2007 at 02:48 PM
The Associated Press's Ron Fournier drops this little truism into the midst of his "analysis" piece today: "A political attack... More
Me! Use Me!
Unnamed sources have their way with — and say in—the NYT
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 12, 2007 at 02:08 PM
To political campaigns and newspapers alike: beware campaign "advisers" willing to say ill-advised things to reporters--when offered the cloak of... More
Happy Anniversary, Katie!
You’re a “lightweight” — albeit one with “exquisitely tinted hair”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 5, 2007 at 03:46 PM
Time flies when you're having fun! Today marks the one-year anniversary of Katie Couric's ballyhooed debut as the anchor of... More
Fox News Has a Beef…
…with itself
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 29, 2007 at 03:22 PM
Like Frankenstein, Fox News disclaimed a monster of its own making this morning. Here's how it went down. Fox &... More
Onion-y Goodness
As Henson goes, so goes the nation
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 27, 2007 at 04:37 PM
Who among us hasn't, upon finishing some news article or another, thought, "This reads like an Onion story." Add this... More
Drudge Barks, TV News Bites
“YouTube Election” or same old sloppy speculation?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 22, 2007 at 04:24 PM
Thank you, Matt Drudge, for providing us all with a brief respite from what might have otherwise been yet another... More
Page Six Nose Conflict of Interest
When they smell it
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 20, 2007 at 02:36 PM
About a year ago when I interviewed the New York Times' then-newly-minted scent critic, Chandler Burr, he told me that... More
Check, Please!
Let no claim go unchecked
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 15, 2007 at 03:08 PM
Perhaps you've read about Mitt and Rudy's escalating scrap over who is tougher on illegal immigration? A typical campaign-season clash.... 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.
