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Brooks Puts the “A” in ABC
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 17, 2008 at 10:41 AM
About last night: David Brooks, for one, thought "the questions were excellent" and gives ABC an "A," Clinton a "B"... More
A New Standard for Debate Questions?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 17, 2008 at 09:35 AM
If you're hoping to quell any grumbling about revolving doors (and I'm not including myself in that grumbling) or if... More
On Debate, ABC Gets A “D”?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 17, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Here's a choice bit from Tom Shales' Washington Post review of last night's ABC-sponsored Democratic debate, headlined, "In Pa. Debate,... More
“The Most Startlingly Tabloid Debate” Yet
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 09:56 PM
Per Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, moments after the ABC-sponsored Democratic debate concluded just now. Maybe Olbermann's just peeved that ABC... More
The Bluest Collar
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Paul Waldman writes in The American Prospect: [Tim] Russert and [Chris] Matthews may be at the top of their profession's... More
ABC’s Debate “Restrictions” Will Change…What?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 10:36 AM
ABC, the sponsor of tonight's Democratic presidential debate, is circulating usage guidelines stating that ( per the New York Times)... More
Breaking: “Drudge Rules The World!”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 10:09 AM
What, no siren? No banner headline on Drudge linking to the New York Observer story today about "fake news" in... More
In Sync
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Yesterday I wrote about how McCain seemed to go way out of his way in a speech Monday to flatter... More
Secret’s Out!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Obligatory quote from Stephen Colbert's interview with Michelle Obama last night. Wherein Colbert let the (campaign press) cat out of... More
Whadda Ya Mean, Elite?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 16, 2008 at 08:29 AM
The final sentence in today's New York Times "Political Memo" telling the "back story" of BitterGate, that campaign controversy that... More
When Online Stories “Evolve”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 01:18 PM
When and how should news organizations alert readers that changes have been made to a story after it has been... More
Blasts in Baqubah, Ramadi
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Dozens of Iraqis were killed in multiple bombings across Iraq earlier today, including a car bomb that claimed at least... More
Scolds and Salutes For TV Suits
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 10:10 AM
"Show me Night Rider drunk on the floor and I won't care about a lack of health care for my... More
Flattery Will Get You…
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Reading the transcript of Sen. McCain's speech at the AP annual meeting yesterday, I was struck by how much time... More
Better Bitter Bit
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 15, 2008 at 08:28 AM
TV news folks have had five days now -- the duration thus far of BitterGate-- to hone their headlines in... 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.
