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A Day’s Worth of BotchedJokeGate Coverage on CNN
In which our tireless reporter spends a day in front of the tube, waiting for the choicest moments of John Kerry coverage.
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 3, 2006 at 12:19 PM
The sheer volume of coverage devoted this week to Sen. John Kerry's "botched joke" has been stunning, even to our... More
Friedman’s French Friend Stages Intervention
Thomas L. Friedman’s go-to reporting move (quote-the-cabbie) is stymied. Could it be the end of an “era?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 1, 2006 at 02:49 PM
Thomas L. Friedman is frustrated. And Friedman's frustration festers throughout his New York Times column today -- titled, we kid... More
Some Jerk Discovers Nice People in Offices
The Christian Science Monitor breaks the news — and it’s news to us — that, “At Work, ‘Nice’ is On the Rise.”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 26, 2006 at 04:36 PM
Last week, the Christian Science Monitor's Marilyn Gardner broke the news (and it came as news to us) that, "At... More
Crossfire on the Today Show Plaza
Why not invite the heads of the Republican and Democratic National Committees on your show to “talk” about the upcoming election/s? Exhibit A.
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 25, 2006 at 03:52 PM
For producers of television news shows everywhere: Exhibit A for Why Not to Invite the Heads of the Republican and... More
Wired Scribe Tells How He Busted A MySpace Sex Offender
Having written an automated script that searched MySpace profiles for registered sex offenders, a reporter details how he put the story together.
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2006 at 02:18 PM
Kevin Poulsen is a senior editor at Wired News where he has covered MySpace, computer security, and blogging, among... More
Al Roker Sure Loves His “Man Candy”
Seems Al Roker, of NBC’s Today Show, has a sweet spot for the expression “man candy.”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 18, 2006 at 01:55 PM
Many a television newsman has had a signature phrase, whether it's a unique sign-off or a particular expression that viewers... More
How Do You Photograph the Amish? Let Us Count the Ways
Covering a grieving community whose beliefs prohibit them from being photographed is a tricky, sensitive assignment — but an eminently doable one.
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 12, 2006 at 04:30 PM
Last week, as details of the murders at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania were still unfolding, a CJR... More
Who Are the Amish? Daily News Shows; Post Calls
After the Pennsylvania school shooting, a couple of New York tabloids struggle to explain these mysterious Amish to us.
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 3, 2006 at 03:26 PM
Does it matter? Does it really matter for readers if a reporter, covering a side-bar-type story to a main news... More
Reuters: Cash-Strapped Fools to Drown Sorrows — Yeah!
Every autumn comes interested industry parties predicting strong holiday sales — and reporters who find such forecasts newsworthy.
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 28, 2006 at 06:29 PM
In a development that would seem to bode well for the annual Reuters holiday party, Reuters cheerfully reports today that... More
Clinton’s Leg-acy: “Unsightly Man-Calf”
Tip to politicians and other public figures: want to distract at least some media types from talking too much about timely topics? Show some leg.
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 27, 2006 at 05:03 PM
Tip to politicians and other public figures: want to distract at least some media types from talking too much about... More
The Smell of Marketing in the Morning
If you’re an anxious marketing manager in an industry desperate for a hit holiday-season product, where in the media might you go to hype your newest ware?
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 20, 2006 at 04:53 PM
If you're an anxious marketing manager in an industry desperate for a hit holiday-season product, where in the media might... More
Chandler Burr Brings a Point de Repère to Perfume Criticism
The New York Times’ new perfume critic explains what “smelling fresh insecticide while locked in an aluminum cell” might be like.
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 8, 2006 at 01:22 PM
Reading Chandler Burr on perfume is like being trapped in a complex weather system, like looking down into a well... More
Critics on Couric: She’s Got Legs! But Will Her Broadcast?
Yesterday’s crop of Couric reviews had a predictable, Mad Libs quality about them, and a finality that belied the fact that this was night one of a four-year contract.
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 7, 2006 at 12:52 PM
After a single broadcast of The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, the verdicts were in -- although, no doubt,... More
What Couric Left Behind
Think she’ll be nostalgic for “Today?” Think again.
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 31, 2006 at 04:08 PM
Hazing happens in many a fraternity -- journalism included. And, with five days until Katie Couric's debut as anchor of... More
Roger Weisberg on Waging a Living and How the Press Covers Poverty
The award-winning documentary filmmaker discusses the process and challenges of depicting poverty in America.
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 25, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Producer/director Roger Weisberg joined public television station Thirteen/WNET New York in 1976. He produced dozens of programs on subjects including... 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)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
