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Bush’s “Eyes Shrink, While His Ears Grow”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 01:00 PM
Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle, in the (Midland, TX) Lone Star Iconoclast on "How to Draw President George W. Bush:" Another... More
Malia And Sasha…In the Plush
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Crain's reports today the latest -- and, for my money, the creepiest, to date-- Malia and Sasha news: the maker... More
“Hope Over Fear”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Scanning (courtesy of The Newseum) today's front pages, of the headlines that include a quote from yesterday's inauguration address, "Hope... More
Bush’s Homecoming, Live (Only Fox News)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Only Fox News carried live last evening President Bush's arrival in Midland, Texas and his remarks to the crowds there.... More
Matthews: “Not A Political Marriage”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 21, 2009 at 09:32 AM
The MSNBC crew offered this commentary on President and First Lady Obama dancing at The Youth Inaugural Ball (4th of... More
More Mail For Malia And Sasha…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 04:46 PM
...that we all get to read! The letter this time appears in the Wall Street Journal rather than Parade, comes... More
The Inauguration, Through Matthews’s Eyes (And Lips)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 01:38 PM
A selection of deep thoughts from Chris Matthews, on MSNBC, on Inauguration Day (so far): Upon the appearance of Vice... More
Gerson On The Speech: “Cliched”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 01:05 PM
Michael Gerson, who authored President George W. Bush's first and second inaugural addresses, offered on Fox News this critique of... More
“A Similar Green Dress”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Already, Fox News tells us how we might "Get Michelle's First Lady Style For Less," suggesting "J.Crew has a similar... More
“Editorials Worldwide…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM
"...pillory Bush one final time," reports Reuters. More
Scene From Afar
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM
A selection of newspaper front pages from around the world today: More
Blitzer’s Beverage Speculation
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Wolf Blitzer narrating the Obamas' arrival at the White House just now: They're supposed to spend 40 minutes inside for... More
Thesauri All Around
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham on Fox News this morning: I do find at some point this over-the-top adulation,... More
The Presidential Bird
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 20, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Bob Garfield, from Friday's On The Media: ...[F]or the past eight years this White House has mainly given the Fourth... More
Expect-acle
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 19, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Expectations for Barack Obama's inauguration speech tomorrow are, apparently: "Monumental," CNN "Great," ABC News ""High", Detroit Free Press "Lofty", San... 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?”
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
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
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.
