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Keeps on Givhan
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 10, 2008 at 12:43 PM
For anyone awaiting Washington Post poli-fashion columnist Robin Givhan's verdict on Michelle Obama's red-on-black Election Night dress, Givhan concludes that... More
Is It 2pm Yet?
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 10, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Can this White House meeting between President Bush and President-Elect Obama happen already? MSNBC, for one, is in real danger... More
Images From “The Bullet Sponge”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 10, 2008 at 09:13 AM
While this front-page New York Times piece ("Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda In Many Countries") is understandably getting... More
“Pent-Up Political Ambition” (Run!)
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 6, 2008 at 10:03 AM
CabinetStakes, Horror Film Edition. As reported by the Boston Globe, the speculation that John Kerry might join President-Elect Obama's Cabinet... More
Legacy Report
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 6, 2008 at 09:51 AM
With the election out of the way, let the Bush administration legacy reporting begin in earnest! From the Associated Press... More
Holy Holograms!
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 6, 2008 at 09:08 AM
"CNN essentially doubled its audience from the 2004 Election night," drawing 12.3 million viewers Tuesday night. But, of the 65... More
McCain Ends “Classy”
Now that the campaign is over, can John McCain be noble again?
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 6, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Remember back in September, when Time's Joe Klein, in a post titled, "Apology Not Accepted," blogged: Back in 2000, after... More
“No Column Today”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Instead, in Le Monde, this. In part: The first worldwide good news since the fall of the Berlin Wall in... More
An Offer We Can’t Refuse?
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Yesterday morning after voting in Wasilla, Gov. Palin expressed a desire "to help improve" journalism because of her "great respect"... More
Comedy Central: Yes, We Can
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Among urgent post-election concerns, Politico explores, "Can The Daily Show Survive Barack Obama?" With Obama’s victory, the country was... More
CabinetStakes!
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 11:24 AM
This just in on MSNBC: Republican Richard Lugar does not want to be secretary of state... Come again? Was he... More
“Awesome,” “A Freshening,” “No Difference”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 10:46 AM
BBC has collected official reactions of assorted world leaders (spokespeople, associates, etc.) to Barack Obama's victory, including Pres. Bush's, "What... More
Barack In Banner
A sampling of today’s front pages
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 09:37 AM
Below, a selection of today's front pages: More
Now? “The Hard Part”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 5, 2008 at 08:26 AM
"Analysis: For Obama, now comes the hard part," Associated Press "For Obama, now comes the hart part," CBS News "No... More
Relative Reports
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 04:46 PM
The Times of London reports on how Barack Obama's half-brother, Abongo Obama, and other relatives in Kenya are preparing for... 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?”
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
