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A Row! (Wasilla Frontiersman v. Times of London)
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2008 at 11:38 AM
The Times of London's description of Gov. Sarah Palin's hometown (Wasilla, Alaksa): It's a small, unkempt-looking place, defined by a... More
NYT Goes A-1 (x3!) on Palin Pregnancy
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 2, 2008 at 08:38 AM
The New York Times found three ways to mention, above-the-fold on A1 today, that McCain's running-mate's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.... More
In Other News…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 26, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Glued to gavel-to-gavel convention coverage on cable news? Then you surely know that Hillary and Chelsea Clinton just did a... More
David Brooks, More Like (Michael) Moore?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 26, 2008 at 02:42 PM
Quiz: Which of the following is an excerpt from the David Brooks column in today's New York Times and which... More
The “Rift” Raft (Cable’s Convention Downtime Lifesaver)
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 26, 2008 at 11:16 AM
From Fox News's Chris Wallace earlier today during a segment headlined, "Can Clinton Convince Her Supporters to Back Obama?" WALLACE:... More
Michelle Obama 3.0 (“Economic Crisis Look” Michelle!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 26, 2008 at 09:55 AM
Back in June, the New York Times (among others) chronicled what it deemed to be Michelle Obama's "image makeover," a... More
In Recognition of Cable News Convention Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 26, 2008 at 08:47 AM
The award for Least Useful On-Screen Bell or Whistle Unveiled During Convention Coverage by a Cable News Channel goes to...... More
Suffering for The Story in Denver
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 02:20 PM
Whoever labors in the least cushy conditions wins...Respect? Legitimacy? That "blue collar" vote?" Something, apparently. Pity the 38 Washington Post... More
Convention Report: I See Something!
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Wall-to-wall cable convention coverage. It can make even Chuck Todd (MSNBC's "goateed guru") look less-than-sharp. During a David Shuster report... More
Not A Plug for Politico
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Last week, Vanity Fair polled hair stylists on Whether John McCain Has A Comb-Over ("from certain angles, it looks like... More
If You Build It…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 10:55 AM
You want to attract some reporters? Hang up a sign that says "Spin Room" or "War Room" ("Where We Help... More
Conventions. Why?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Why? Why, these conventions? Why 15,000 journalists at these conventions? What are we doing? What is this all about? This... More
Leave Your Leatherman in D.C.
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 09:33 AM
Just received the "List of Prohibited Items for Members of the Media" from the Republican National Convention. Among the items... More
I Can’t Hear the Punditry!
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Must every cable channel bring us convention coverage from a jam-packed restaurant? What's the thinking here? "Authentic" backdrop complete with... More
RunningOutofSteamStakes
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 21, 2008 at 08:22 AM
Gail Collins today on the Lieberman-could-be-McCain's-veep-choice buzz: When you have a 71-year-old presidential candidate, it’s particularly important that voters be... 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?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
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.
