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Milbank’s Readers Help Him “Sketch”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 01:03 PM
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank continues to ask readers to help him write his columns (ledes and other input), even... More
Meacham Is “The Ultimate Thinking Person!”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Last week, I noted the Newsweek faux-cover/cover-wrap congratulating editor Jon Meacham on his Pulitzer win and dubbing Meacham "The Ultimate... More
WSJ Rules For Twittering and Other Online Activities…
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 10:45 AM
...include (h/t, LAObserved's Kevin Roderick): Base all comments posted in your role as a Dow Jones employee in the facts,... More
Friedman Returns $75K Speaking Fee
By Liz Cox Barrett May 13, 2009 at 10:12 AM
The LA Times's James Rainey, upon learning that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman received $75,000 for speaking recently to... More
Obama’s “Early Warning Sign”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Add this, from Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum, to the list of Important Observations Made at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner:... More
David Shuster Finds His Katrina?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Some cable personalities have their issues. And by that I mean a topic that gets them riled, works them into... More
Brown and the “Brave Blue Cardigan”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Like http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/modo_on_the_shiny_slot_machine.php">MoDo before her, Tina Brown does not approve of Elizabeth Edwards's visit with Oprah last week ("the ghastly car... More
Extreme Makeover: NewsHour Edition
By Liz Cox Barrett May 12, 2009 at 10:39 AM
A team in need of a "livelier look?" Well, Bus driver: Move! That! Bus! because PBS's The NewsHour With Jim... More
Kidding?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Heard in the halls of CJR: "This has to be self-parody, right?" This Washington Post piece (ok, "essay," by Sally... More
Where Was MSNBC’s Countdown Clock?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 02:02 PM
I thought I could count on MSNBC's on-screen count-down clock. Nine hours, thirty-six minutes and eleven seconds until The Unveiling... More
NYT “Has Rejected Raising Endowment…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 12:59 PM
...still looking at underwriting content," according to one of many live-tweets from Jennifer 8. Lee from a New York Times... More
NYT Talks Like Montgomery Burns
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 12:19 PM
The New York Times "is a citadel of retrotalk," according to the author of I Love It When You Talk... More
Before (And After) The Main Event
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 11:10 AM
As Megan noted Friday, you can get plenty of Prom News here (headlines like: "Ludacris Looking Forward to His 2nd... More
Dan Baum Twitters About His Ex, The New Yorker
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Dan Baum, a staff writer for The New Yorker until he was fired in 2007, is now on a book... More
Dowd’s Other Idea For Saving Newspapers
By Liz Cox Barrett May 11, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Maureen Dowd's Solutions For Newspapers range from "why can't Google... just write us a big check for our stories" (... 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)
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
