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Milbank’s Readers Help Him “Sketch”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 01:03 PM
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank continues to ask readers to help him write his columns (ledes and other input), even... More
Meacham Is “The Ultimate Thinking Person!”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Last week, I noted the Newsweek faux-cover/cover-wrap congratulating editor Jon Meacham on his Pulitzer win and dubbing Meacham "The Ultimate... More
WSJ Rules For Twittering and Other Online Activities…
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
...include (h/t, LAObserved's Kevin Roderick): Base all comments posted in your role as a Dow Jones employee in the facts,... More
Friedman Returns $75K Speaking Fee
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 10:12 AM
The LA Times's James Rainey, upon learning that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman received $75,000 for speaking recently to... More
Obama’s “Early Warning Sign”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Add this, from Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum, to the list of Important Observations Made at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner:... More
David Shuster Finds His Katrina?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Some cable personalities have their issues. And by that I mean a topic that gets them riled, works them into... More
Brown and the “Brave Blue Cardigan”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Like http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/modo_on_the_shiny_slot_machine.php">MoDo before her, Tina Brown does not approve of Elizabeth Edwards's visit with Oprah last week ("the ghastly car... More
Extreme Makeover: NewsHour Edition
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 10:39 AM
A team in need of a "livelier look?" Well, Bus driver: Move! That! Bus! because PBS's The NewsHour With Jim... More
Kidding?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Heard in the halls of CJR: "This has to be self-parody, right?" This Washington Post piece (ok, "essay," by Sally... More
Where Was MSNBC’s Countdown Clock?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 02:02 PM
I thought I could count on MSNBC's on-screen count-down clock. Nine hours, thirty-six minutes and eleven seconds until The Unveiling... More
NYT “Has Rejected Raising Endowment…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 12:59 PM
...still looking at underwriting content," according to one of many live-tweets from Jennifer 8. Lee from a New York Times... More
NYT Talks Like Montgomery Burns
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 12:19 PM
The New York Times "is a citadel of retrotalk," according to the author of I Love It When You Talk... More
Before (And After) The Main Event
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 11:10 AM
As Megan noted Friday, you can get plenty of Prom News here (headlines like: "Ludacris Looking Forward to His 2nd... More
Dan Baum Twitters About His Ex, The New Yorker
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Dan Baum, a staff writer for The New Yorker until he was fired in 2007, is now on a book... More
Dowd’s Other Idea For Saving Newspapers
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Maureen Dowd's Solutions For Newspapers range from "why can't Google... just write us a big check for our stories" (... 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?”
Rolling Stone remembers Michael Hastings, dead at 33
The bold journalist died in a car accident in Los Angeles
On the journalistic value of being “a dick”
Buzzfeed’s statement on the death of its reporter
The disappearance of ‘Sports of the Times’
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.
