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Deborah Orin on Snobby Broadsheets, a Non-Palsy White House, and Stories that Write Themselves
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 18, 2004 at 09:56 AM
Deborah Orin Deborah Orin has been The New York Post's Washington, D.C. bureau chief since 1988, and has covered every... More
Press Backpedals, Prez Peddles, Bloggers Puzzle
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 17, 2004 at 12:22 PM
At The Captain's Quarters, Captain Ed goes Campaign Desk today, pounding the press for its coverage of the John-McCain-as-potential-Kerry-VP story.... More
JacketGate and Bulbs Bright and Dim
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 16, 2004 at 12:10 PM
It may be the same old same old in mainstream campaign coverage this week -- stale veepstakes speculation, more on... More
Tempted by the Kool-Aid
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 15, 2004 at 01:17 PM
Today The Boston Globe's Glen Johnson reports on how recent developments -- a decline in jobless numbers, Bush's recent overtures... More
Claws Are Out, Blogsters Are In
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 14, 2004 at 12:48 PM
We know it's Monday, but this morning the Political Animal comes off a bit catty (which reminds us, we miss... More
The Power of the Shock Jock’s Flock
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 11, 2004 at 03:33 PM
Today, the New York Times' Adam Nagourney serves up a piece on the "undecided voter," that 5 percent of the... More
Punching the Reheat Button
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 10, 2004 at 12:28 PM
Campaign Desk saw it coming: a slow week for campaign news, the kind of week in which aimless reporters with... More
As Goes Pittsburgh, So Goes … ?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2004 at 02:09 PM
Campaign Desk wondered what the political press would do with its time this week with both candidates off the trail... More
Remembering the Past, Pontificating About the Present, Infesting the Future
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 8, 2004 at 10:57 AM
No, you're not diplopic. And the identical cover images of a grinning, cowboy-hat-and-denim-shirt-donning Ronald Reagan are just the start of... More
Votes, Quotes (and Dirt), Fresh from the Oven
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 5, 2004 at 04:14 PM
By Liz Cox Barrett The day after Earth Day 2004, the Republican National Committee rolled out SUV-gate. "DON'T BLAME ME... More
MSNBC Gets Punk’d
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 3, 2004 at 05:21 PM
They're ba-ack! MSNBC's Michael E. Ross today discovers "Punk Republicans," an exotic species previously identified by The New York Times,... More
Sun Rises In The East, Kerry Said
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 3, 2004 at 11:22 AM
The Associated Press's Nedra Pickler today takes "he said/she said" campaign reporting to new heights -- or depths -- in... More
Swing(ing) Voters
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2004 at 02:21 PM
The never-ending search for the demographic group that will swing the election has taken reporters down some strange roads. The... More
Jill Lawrence on Flip-Floppers of Yore, Making “The Daily Show,” and Campaign Swag
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2004 at 10:07 AM
Jill Lawrence (Courtesy USA Today) Jill Lawrence has covered politics for USA Today since 1996. She has reported on... More
Eat, Drink and Beat Kerry
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2004 at 10:45 AM
On any given day, the blogosphere offers a virtual smorgasbord of convictions, conflicts and criticisms, sustaining readers of all political... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
