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“When Jesus Rode a Gay Dinosaur That Had Breast Cancer…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 7, 2010 at 09:39 AM
... to See a Historically Famous American President." David Carr's (slightly?) exaggerated stab at a typical newsweekly "single topic" cover... More
NYT Sourcing: An “Internet Link” “Alleges…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2010 at 01:50 PM
How's this for sourcing (flagged by a tipster) in the New York Times's A1 story today, "Turkish Funds Helped Group... More
Fineman on Gores: “Finally”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 2, 2010 at 09:29 AM
The "surprise" of it all. That has been the overwhelming theme in the (unsurprising) flurry of awkward, speculative commentary from... More
Turner on CNN: More Green Journalism; “Less Yellow Journalism”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 1, 2010 at 12:56 PM
CNN is 30 years old today! The on-air celebration has been, so far, low key. There was birthday cake at... More
Meet the “Shadow Congress”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 1, 2010 at 10:30 AM
TPM's Zachary Roth (formerly of CJR) and Justin Elliott have put together an interactive map of the "Shadow Congress," the... More
Press Conference To-Do Lists (“Show Us The Anger!”)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 27, 2010 at 11:51 AM
With President Obama scheduled to hold a press conference in about an hour, the Washington Post's Karen Tumulty has a... More
Attention! Pay No More to Palin?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 26, 2010 at 01:33 PM
Author and reporter Joe McGinniss has apparently rented the house next door to Sarah Palin's in Wasilla, Alaska, the better... More
Santorum Cracks the Code to Getting Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett May 25, 2010 at 04:41 PM
Rick Santorum, the former two-term Republican Senator from Pennsylvania and current Fox News contributor and Philadelphia Inquirer columnist, was... More
“She Sat With Her Legs Ajar…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 24, 2010 at 01:49 PM
... is what the Washington Post's Style columnist -- yes, Robin Givhan (of I see Clinton cleavage fame)-- wants you... More
Kurtz on Todd (Again)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM
It's been almost exactly two years since Howard Kurtz's last profile of (MS)NBC's Chuck Todd. Back in May 2008, Kurtz... More
“Curtains for Specter”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2010 at 09:35 AM
A selection of front pages this morning from Pennsylvania newspapers: More
In PA: Voter Turnout Low, Reporter Turnout High
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2010 at 02:40 PM
From The Delaware County [PA] Daily Times: There seemed to be more reporters out and about in Delaware County [PA]... More
“Journalists as Targets” in Russia
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2010 at 09:39 AM
From Clifford J. Levy's grim report, "Russian Journalists, Fighting Graft, Pay in Blood," on the front page of today's New... More
Crystal Balling Kagan
By Liz Cox Barrett May 17, 2010 at 09:33 AM
Question to the panel from Norah O'Donnell, standing in for Chris Matthews on yesterday's Chris Matthews Show: Bottom line, would... More
Top 5 UNENTHUSIASTIC HuffPo Reviews of 2005 (NO PHOTOS)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 10, 2010 at 12:06 PM
What is a birthday without being reminded of what you were like when you were first born, according to some... 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 (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
