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Does Class Matter? Does Taste?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 31, 2005 at 04:14 PM
On Monday we noted that the press, in reporting on the people left behind in New Orleans, for the most... More
Pepto-Bismol, Resurrecting Journalism, and Idol Reporting
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 30, 2005 at 01:36 PM
Kicking off the countdown to John Roberts' confirmation hearings, the Economist this week examines "the court's delicate balance" on church-state... More
David Wiegand on Editing Sean Penn, The Actor’s “Masculine” Writing Style, and the Tina Brown-ification of the San Francisco Chronicle
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 26, 2005 at 03:13 PM
David Wiegand David Wiegand, executive datebook editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, edited -- with input from publisher Phil... More
Brian Williams’ Blog Big Hit with Crucial 11-to-13-Yr Old Demographic
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2005 at 02:03 PM
Add Brian Williams' blog to the list of things -- like "girl crushes" -- that didn't exist until the New... More
Bob Costas, Men in the Delivery Room and Lance Armstrong
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 24, 2005 at 01:55 PM
It's all about Bob in the blogosphere this morning. A "media mini-revolt" is what the Carpetbagger calls the news that... More
Husbands: Hot or Not?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 23, 2005 at 03:02 PM
Good thing we braced ourselves. "Husbands a Hot Topic in NY Senate Race," reads the headline on yesterday's Associated Press... More
Us? We’re Just Running Around the Field During the Game
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 18, 2005 at 01:10 PM
During the 2004 presidential campaign, we frequently called the press out for writing stories in which the elephant in the... More
Death and Politics - and Politics, and Politics
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 17, 2005 at 03:13 PM
A few weeks ago, we faulted the New York Times for turning a news report on the deaths of two... More
A Piece for Every Palate
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 16, 2005 at 01:39 PM
You needn't be a reporter for The Note to recognize which approach to the "families of fallen soldiers" story the... More
You Reading the Same Stories as We Are?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2005 at 03:48 PM
In a story today about anti-war protestors in Crawford, Texas, and their home base, Peace House, USA Today's Oren Dorrell... More
Seeking Catfight, Reporters Find Clich�s
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 10, 2005 at 11:04 AM
The New York Daily News kicked off the inevitable Hillary Clinton vs. Jeanine Pirro "catfight!" coverage yesterday, reporting under the... More
CNN’s Abbi Tatton and Jacki Schechner on Educating Non-Bloggers, Responding to Critics - and Unmasking Tatton’s Biggest Fan
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2005 at 06:03 PM
Abbi Tatton and Jacki Schechner Abbi Tatton and Jacki Schechner have co-hosted the "Inside the Blogs" segment on CNN's... More
Picking on a Hapless Press
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 4, 2005 at 01:18 PM
Just when we start to feel a little lonesome, we're reminded how many fellow journo-scolds live beside us in the... More
Current Criticism, Intelligent Design, and Having it All
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 3, 2005 at 01:14 PM
"The challenge for Current [TV]," we suggested yesterday, "will be to walk the delicate line between cool and worthwhile." According... More
Time’s “Minor Wrinkle” Is the New York Post’s Mountain Range
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2005 at 01:11 PM
Those who turn first to the New York Post for their PlameGate news can be excused for feeling confused (or... 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?
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
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.
