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Why Is “NO-PRAH” News?
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 8, 2008 at 11:09 AM
There are sins of commission and sins of omission. Oprah's Sin of Omission: not having Gov. Sarah Palin on her... More
Just a “Dash” of Media Bash
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM
From "Media Bashing 101" (Intro to Media "Criticism" As Campaign Tool?) with the New York Times' Mark Leibovitch: [M]edia bashing... More
The Palin Get: ABC’s Gibson, Alaska-Bound!
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 8, 2008 at 09:37 AM
ABC News's Charles Gibson's has landed the "first television interview" with Gov. Sarah Palin since Palin joined the Republican presidential... More
Un-Blurring the Line at MSNBC?
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 8, 2008 at 08:41 AM
Per the New York Times, MSNBC's "bold experiment...putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor... More
In Wasilla: Working Hard? Hardly Working?
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM
From the Anchorage Daily News: Tailgaters [Sports Bar & Grill in Wasilla, Alaska] was packed to capacity and then some... More
History! Herstory? Hairstory
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 4, 2008 at 09:38 AM
You knew it was coming: From today's Boston Herald (h/t, Kevin D. Williamson): "Stylists to passé Sarah Palin: Let your... More
Cable Consensus: Starry Night
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 4, 2008 at 08:43 AM
Republicans like to say the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin -- and, specifically, her rousing speech last night -- are... More
Heckuva Job, Brownie
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2008 at 01:08 PM
Perhaps you watched that now-infamous Campbell Brown interview of (McCain aide) Tucker Bounds and concluded that CNN's Brown was doing... More
Talking Heads Tell Palin What To Do
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Tell us, talking heads, what Gov. Sarah Palin "has to do" tonight in her speech at the Republican convention? (And... More
Giuliani On GMA: Palin, Verb, 9/11
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2008 at 09:50 AM
Rudy Giuliani was on Good Morning America earlier. Today's noun? Palin. DIANE SAWYER: If [Palin] were the president on 9/11,... More
Palin’s Hometown Paper Reports From St. Paul
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2008 at 09:08 AM
From the (Wasilla, Alaska) Frontiersman: “We’ve all done three, four, five, six interviews all over the world,” [Alaska delegate] [Dick]... More
You Meant Those Other “Sunday Talk Shows?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 3, 2008 at 08:32 AM
From Fred Thompson's speech at the RNC last night: Some Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy... More
Sometimes When You “Flush The Toilet,” It Overflows
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2008 at 03:23 PM
From one of those three A1 New York Times Palin pregnancy stories today: Mr. McCain’s campaign, which has shown itself... More
Next Up: What My Great Uncle Thinks About The Palin Pregnancy
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2008 at 01:41 PM
"Everyone has an opinion on Bristol pregnancy," proclaims a headline in the San Francisco Chronicle. But only Newsweek brings us... More
“Stargazing,” Convention-Style
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2008 at 01:27 PM
Per the Associated Press: RNC delegates "devoted time to political stargazing on a day devoid of any major political speeches...... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
