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Michele, The New Zell?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Politico's Daniel Libit pronounces Rep. Michele Bachmann's "call for a media investigation into 'anti-American' members of Congress" "the macaca —... More
“What Happened to the Old Press Corps?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Among the interesting bits of Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with Marc Salter of the McCain campaign: We also talked about Salter's... More
Accountability Journalism v. Another -Ism
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 11:59 AM
The AP applied some basic "accountability journalism" (I guess?) to some recent McCain/Palin campaign trail rhetoric (emphasis mine): Republican Sarah... More
Has Scarborough Been In Touch?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Joe Biden's recent "mark my words" words -- and the way the press has handled them -- were all the... More
Afflicting The Comfortable?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 09:22 AM
While talking about how hard campaigning can be, during an interview with Cindy McCain, Fox News's Greta Van Susteren articulated... More
AP’s Tale of Two Ropelines
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 01:34 PM
Two Associated Press headlines today: "Obama ropelines: bouncing babies, controlled chaos" "McCain ropelines: more discipline, less chatting" (... and also,... More
“You Have Been So Friendly…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
As mentioned in passing in this earlier post, the morning after her SNL appearance, being in town and all, Gov.... More
Echoes of Hank
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Remember "McCain/Palin Tradition," Hank Williams, Jr.'s re-working of his song "Family Tradition" that was unveiled last week on the campaign... More
Laughable?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM
The only "press conference" Gov. Sarah Palin has conducted to date as the vice presidential nominee took place on "Saturday... More
Out of (Bounds’) Bounds
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 20, 2008 at 09:27 AM
Tucker Bounds, cable news's favorite McCain campaign spokesperson, to MSNBC's Tamran Hall this morning: HALL: Let's also talk about the... More
Hate The Game
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 11:29 AM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews after the debate last night: Coming up, we go to The Spin Room -- I hate that... More
Best “Plumber” Headline
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 11:09 AM
The award for the best use of "Joe the Plumber" in a morning-after-debate headline could belong to... Barron's. "Plumber Takes... More
Obama on Press “Getting Carried Away”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Sen. Obama warned supporters at a fundraiser this morning in Manhattan: For those of you who are feeling giddy or... More
Pundits With “Moldy” Assumptions
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Time's Joe Klein explains why political pundits (and he uses "we" in the explanation) had such a different-seeming insta-reaction to... More
Method Reporting
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 16, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Yesterday, Clint and I were wondering aloud whether CNN might dress its campaign reporter like a local, in typical Long... 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.
