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Spooks Have Your Phone Bill; Daughtry Tossed Off Idol
How did the morning shows handle the “shocking” news about NSA data collection relative to the “stunning” news of an American Idol contestant’s dismissal? Nimbly, as ever.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2006 at 05:32 PM
Two major pieces of domestic news broke overnight. We mean, of course, USA Today's report that the National Security Agency... More
New York Times Goes Medieval On Us
What with all the “jousting” and “skirmishing” going on in the paper’s story about appeals court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, certain basic facts fell through the cracks.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 10, 2006 at 04:06 PM
What with all the "jousting" and "skirmishing" going on in the New York Times' story today about appeals court nominee... More
Man Porn! Bites Porn! Dog Porn!
Computerworld sexes up a story on the ongoing battle for DVD supremacy between two next-generation, high-definition formats.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 5, 2006 at 11:19 AM
The word "porn," when used in a headline, tends to catch the eye (and, when used online atop a story... More
CNBC, Money Honey Fake Out the Markets
The Money Honey (and her CNBC cohorts) hyped her “surprising” scoop then feigned surprise when viewers were actually surprised by what she reported.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 4, 2006 at 09:19 AM
Three days on, there is still plenty of disagreement over who is to blame (and for what, exactly) in the... More
Flack Says Ogle Google Girl, Reporters Comply
ABC News grants “Google’s First Female Engineer” two chances to spread the company’s good news - and spread it thick.
By Liz Cox Barrett May 2, 2006 at 04:18 PM
"It's hard to believe that search engine giant Google hasn't even celebrated its 10th birthday yet. But still, the success... More
Robin Givhan on Responding to Critics, Cheney’s Parka and Tony Snow’s Style
The Washington Post fashion critic and Pulitzer winner discusses why fashion matters and how many of her critics simply miss the point.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 28, 2006 at 05:05 PM
Robin Givhan, the Washington Post's fashion columnist, received this year's Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Givhan has been at the Post... More
It’s All Rove All the Time
Yesterday Karl Rove testified again before a federal grand jury, and today bloggers are calling reporters to the carpet for their coverage.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 27, 2006 at 01:53 PM
Yesterday, Karl Rove testified -- for the fifth time -- before the federal grand jury in the CIA leak case.... More
Snow Faces First Test as Press Secretary: Bloggers
While President Bush touted his new press secretary’s band and work with Kenyan children, bloggers are more interested in other aspects of his resume.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 26, 2006 at 02:23 PM
At 9:10 this morning, President Bush officially named radio and television commentator Tony Snow the new White House Press Secretary,... More
Chuppies, Roommaids and Techno-palooza
Every week, it seems, magazines coin new terms to help readers get a handle on emerging demographic, economic or social trends.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 25, 2006 at 03:24 PM
Every week, it seems, magazines coin new terms to help readers get a handle on emerging demographic, economic or social... More
Times Discovers 33-Year-Olds Are 17
The Times checks in again on an old story about the pampered young, once again telling us what we already know.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 20, 2006 at 05:17 PM
That the New York Times Thursday Styles section sometimes repeats itself has been established. Today, at first glance, it appeared... More
Of Duke, and Princeton, and Jocks, and Sluts
Set your watches to help count down all the bad reporting we’re going to see over the next 27 days waiting for the Duke Lacrosse trial to begin.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 19, 2006 at 11:39 AM
With nearly a month to go before the Duke lacrosse players accused of rape have a hearing in court on... More
Guilty? Not Guilty? Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!
When it comes to the allegations of rape against the Duke University lacrosse team, justice has been swift — on TV. It’s just in real life that things get complicated.
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 12, 2006 at 04:30 PM
Last week the editorial board at the Harvard Crimson aptly dubbed the scene around Duke University -- where three lacrosse... More
Snubbed at the Mall? You’re Probably Just Ugly
The Daily News gives us a vague report on a “recent study” on customer service for women shoppers, leaving readers to determine the credibility and relevancy of the study themselves.
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 30, 2006 at 03:23 PM
Sick of being slighted by that saleswoman at Bergdorf's? Did it ever occur to you that you might be to... More
The Seven Habits of Highly Questionable Op-Ed Contributors
Rare is the guest columnist or op-ed contributor who isn’t trying to sell something, be it a book or a company or a war.
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 28, 2006 at 04:49 PM
Rare is the guest columnist or op-ed contributor who isn't trying to sell something, be it a book or a... More
Macarena Hernandez on Immigration, Bill O’Reilly and No Child Left Behind
The Dallas Morning News columnist discusses dealing with hate mail, the need for better education reporting and butting heads with Bill O’Reilly.
By Liz Cox Barrett Mar 24, 2006 at 06:59 PM
Macarena Hernandez joined the Dallas Morning News as an editorial columnist in August 2005. Prior to that, she was... 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?
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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.
