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Bureau of One
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 13, 2008 at 08:51 AM
The New York Times reports on CNN's plan to do more with less by assigning "one-man bands" to assorted U.S.... More
Last Week’s Campaign News: 31% Substance!*
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 13, 2008 at 08:25 AM
According to the new PEJ study of campaign news coverage, "policy debates accounted for about 31% of the campaign newshole... More
Pressing Pigeon
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 12, 2008 at 03:46 PM
If you're a "former close friend to [John] Edwards’ mistress" with something[s] to say about The Edwards Story, TV news... More
Meanwhile, In PA…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 12, 2008 at 12:03 PM
John McCain is this much closer to checking off that must-have presidential photo-op: Candidate in Camo (doing something mannishly outdoorsy).... More
Bring a Reporter to Work Day?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 12, 2008 at 09:38 AM
The Associated Press sent two different reporters to examine from two different angles the presidential candidates' offices and tell us... More
Inside Barack Obama
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 12, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Obama Vacation News from the (Honolulu) Star Bulletin: Unlike previous days when [Barack Obama] spent a lot of time outdoors,... More
“Very Little Real News?” We’re In!
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2008 at 04:37 PM
Bill Schneider, a CNN political analyst, confessed just now during a report previewing the Democratic National Convention: There will be... More
“Bad Reasons” To Cover (And Not Cover) Edwards Story
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Time's TV blogger James Poniewozik spends "more time to come to fewer conclusions than any blog post I have ever... More
Preview: CNN’s DNC Convention Costume!
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Reporting in Texas on that state's March primary, CNN's Ali Velshi was on horseback in a ten gallon hat (authentic... More
Dateline Honolulu
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2008 at 09:55 AM
I suppose these types of stories can be written just as well from outside the Beltway (way, way out), writing... More
TPM on The Page On Election “Insight”
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2008 at 09:01 AM
If you like your "election insight in some sort of dingbat aphorisms," have a look at this post from The... More
Edwards, Enquirer, Self-Examination…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 11, 2008 at 08:12 AM
Politico's Michael Calderone explains "why I also didn't write on John Edwards:" It was decided that writing on the rumors... More
Frequent Liar* Miles?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 7, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Paul Farhi reports that the McCain campaign is offering incentives (points! prizes!) to people for spreading campaign rhetoric online (a.k.a.,... More
Kurtz Lets Us In On a Little Secret
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 7, 2008 at 10:52 AM
"The media can make anyone sound mysterious and unknowable," writes Howard Kurtz in today's Washington Post, and then tries to... More
Candidate or Caped Crusader?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Can you tell a lot about a presidential candidate by which superhero he says he would be? Entertainment Weekly (Ew.com)... 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.
