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“Tequila!” And Other Sign-Offs
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 01:42 PM
Per Time's Karen Tumulty: I'm sure Steve Schmidt will see this as another sign of an in-the-tank press corps: On... More
What Could’ve Been (Cap-and-Trade Edition)
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Kevin Drum muses on what might have been had the media not "ignored" the candidates' cap-and-trade plans (which reporters ignored,... More
Bunch on Bias
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 11:28 AM
The Philadelphia Daily News's Will Bunch joins the most recent "media bias" discussion: [T]he polls are pointing strongly toward a... More
You Are “Live-Living” Election Day
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 11:07 AM
And at Politicker, Rob Tornoe is "live-cartooning" Election Day ("covering all of today's events in real-time with my trusted sketchpad... More
There’s No “Thinking” On Cable
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Just now on MSNBC: MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Dan Rather... What are the things we may learn out of this election? [Multi-second... More
FinishFinalFinallyDecisionTimeTurnHandsHistory
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 4, 2008 at 09:31 AM
...Are some of the words most frequently found on the front pages of America's newspapers today (thanks, Newseum). There's a... More
Election Night On Ice
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 3, 2008 at 01:22 PM
Where to tune in election night? So many choices... And so, MSNBC (the channel that back in February gave us... More
“A Night Out With Chris Matthews…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 3, 2008 at 01:02 PM
...is as "zesty(?!)" as you'd always imagined. More
“One Day To Go” Stories
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 3, 2008 at 10:30 AM
The candidates are "Battling On All Fronts With One Day To Go," the New York Times reports today....from a distance.... More
Political Pundits Have “Missed It”
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 3, 2008 at 10:04 AM
At this late hour, cable's political pundits are feeling reflective. To wit, MSNBC's Mike Barnicle on Morning Joe earlier: At... More
“Gauzy Exercise in Tarot-Card Reading?” AP’s In!
By Liz Cox Barrett Nov 3, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Election Day hours away. Deadline looming. Must. Find. Angle...Got it: Yet there is, in the national conversation, surprisingly little talk... More
Another One Jumps The Gun
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM
What was that you were saying yesterday, Jane, about how "it’s important for reporters to refrain from parlaying details from... More
Women Have “Owned” Election ‘08 Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 30, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Salon's Rebecca Traister observes that "several female newscasters...have kicked ass, taken names and otherwise owned the coverage of the 2008... More
“Anything is a Fair Question”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 30, 2008 at 09:48 AM
When Larry King randomly announced mid-interview last night that his next question for Sen. John McCain would be "a fair... More
“Not A Swing Show”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 30, 2008 at 09:10 AM
Sen. Barack Obama appeared last night, yes, on nearly every major channel in prime time, but also on The Daily... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
