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Woodward Tells Matthews Something He Doesn’t Know
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 27, 2009 at 09:30 AM
I am sure, though I can't find a link at this moment, that I have complained before about the "Tell... More
Could Knowing Everything The Obamas Eat Be Good For You?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 03:17 PM
From a recent Associated Press report: The country's top chefs, several of whom traveled to Washington for Obama's inauguration this... More
Blago to Geraldo: “Is That Ethical?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 01:57 PM
Fox News's Geraldo Rivera was promised a "2:00 interview" with Gov. Blagojevich. Snubbed by the governor's "sleazy PR guy," Geraldo--... More
Miss New York: Palin, Pageant Misunderstood
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 12:50 PM
During the question-and-answer section of Saturday night's Miss America pageant, Miss New York, Taylor Smith, fielded this question: In Governor... More
How To Handle Blago’s “Out-of-Context” Comeback
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Those words have been "taken out of context" seems to be Gov. Blagojevich's go-to reply when asked by reporters about... More
Prez Talks Energy Independence; CNN Cues SUV Ad
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 10:53 AM
If you tuned in to CNN just now to watch President Obama take some first steps to reverse Bush administration... More
“Governor Ignores Trial, Goes For Glam”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM
While we await Gov. Blagojevich's appearance on The View (three minutes!), a selection of headlines out of Illinois today: More
Sen. Winfrey
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Last week, my colleague Megan questioned Oprah Winfrey's inclusion on Forbes's list of the "25 most influential liberals in the... More
Kristol’s Swan Song, Upstaged
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 26, 2009 at 09:29 AM
I nearly missed the six italicized words below William Kristol's column in yesterday's New York Times ("This is William Kristol’s... More
Obama Administration’s “Visual Press Releases”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM
The AP, Reuters and AFP refuse the White House's handouts: Three news agencies refused to distribute White House-provided photos of... More
Chuck Todd Scolds Single-Source Kennedy’s Out Reporting
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 22, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Of the reporting, which began late yesterday (first from the New York Post and New York Times), that Caroline Kennedy... More
NSA Knows What Olbermann Said To His Little Nephew In Upstate New York?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 22, 2009 at 09:48 AM
The National Security Agency spied on journalists, according to former NSA analyst Russell Tice. Part of Keith Olbermann's interview with... More
And He Wore Kevlar
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 04:39 PM
A welcome break from all the discussion of What The First Lady Wore: Wired on who could have designed President... More
Biden’s “A Long-Winded Person”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 03:47 PM
Damon Weaver, the 10-year-old reporter who interviewed Joe Biden back in October, revealed to MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell just now his... More
WardrobeGate’s Coattails
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 02:48 PM
From Robin Givhan's Washington Post piece about Michelle Obama's Inauguration Day wardrobe (and her fashion choices more generally): The bill... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
