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“Wonk” It!
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 13, 2009 at 04:31 PM
Bree Nordenson, who writes for CJR, is mentioned in "Wonks Gone Wild," an article in this week's New York magazine,... More
Palin’s Email to the Editor
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 13, 2009 at 03:28 PM
Pat Dougherty, editor of the Anchorage Daily News, posts on his "Editor's Blog" a recent email exchange he had with... More
Helen?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Unless I'm missing it, it doesn't look like Helen Thomas got to ask a question during Pres. Bush's final press... More
How The “Wistful” “Final Q&A” Was Covered
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM
A quick comparison of some of the coverage of yesterday's presidential press conference. The Washington Post and LA Times saw... More
Ready For His Close-Up
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 13, 2009 at 09:14 AM
Familiar sorts of final-days-of-an-administration presidential press coverage: legacy-tending; exit interviews; and, side-by-side My, how the president has aged images. On... More
NYPD “Recognizes 21st Century Journalists”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 13, 2009 at 09:06 AM
In the September/October 2008 issue of CJR, Ann Cooper explored in an essay ("The Bigger Tent") the questions of who... More
Want a Biscuit? (Sit. Roll Over. Play Dead.)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 12, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Sally Quinn on MSNBC talking about press coverage of the smallest soon-to-be residents of the White House: People are so... More
Meeting of the Minds, Part Two
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 12, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Last week, Megan highlighted an exchange between Fox News's Bill O'Reilly and his new-book-peddling guest, Ann Coulter, which was essentially... More
“Hey Guys. You want a Story? C’Mere…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Joe (the Plumber) Wurzelbacher helps Reuters and others find "a good story" in Sderot, Israel. (Hint: he is "not the... More
“Just People Trying To Do The Best They Possibly Can”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Is how President Bush described the White House press corps to the White House press corps this morning at his... More
“Bending Elbows” With Bono
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 12, 2009 at 09:26 AM
Bono, as Megan anticipated Friday, made his first appearance in yesterday's New York Times as a guest columnist. Rather than... More
A “Photo Essay,” From FoxNews.com
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 8, 2009 at 10:02 AM
And this is real, I think (although didn't Fox's site get hacked recently?) "10 Hottest Grannies" ("just because their babies... More
The Munsters of MSNBC
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 8, 2009 at 09:40 AM
While interviewing MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart likened the characters of MSNBC to the characters... More
Supposed Senate Run? Just Hardball
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 8, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Chris Matthews told his Hardball colleagues at MSNBC last night that he will not run for Senate next year. "There... More
Gupta Plays One On TV. (Also: He Is One).
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 7, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Word that Obama wants to tap CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General has been met with some goofing from,... 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?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
