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Call it Too Close To Call
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 10, 2004 at 12:25 PM
Feeling uneasy this August? Not quite able to pinpoint the source of your anxiety? Never fear, the newsweeklies are here... More
Swing Sect?
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 6, 2004 at 01:01 PM
Forget Punk Republicans. The Associated Press thinks it has found the real voting bloc that could determine the next president... More
Taking it Beyond He Said/She Said - Not Too Taxing After All
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2004 at 03:55 PM
Today, one journalist makes the rare effort to examine and de-spin a campaign sound bite, and along the way to... More
Asking the Wrong Question
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 4, 2004 at 05:22 PM
This morning, "Fox & Friends" co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade interviewed author Bernard Goldberg, and discussion centered around what... More
Star Search
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 2, 2004 at 06:12 PM
By now, we all know that Ben is on the bus and Whoopi caused a fuss. And reading the coverage... More
Philip Gourevitch on “Flagging” Talking Points, Conflating Character and Personality, and Petty Press Fusses
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 30, 2004 at 04:29 PM
Philip Gourevitch (courtesy of The New Yorker) Philip Gourevitch has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since... More
Old But Still Ugly
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2004 at 02:28 PM
Wouldn't it be swell if journalists actually assisted readers and viewers in sorting through the claims and counterclaims coming from... More
Deadline Looming? Taxi!
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2004 at 10:23 AM
If journalists can't find news at the Democratic Convention -- and, it seems, no one can -- they can always... More
You Can Set Your Watch By It
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 27, 2004 at 03:33 PM
Two days on, the press is still nattering about the incident that, to some reporters' minds, vindicates the storyline they... More
Weapons-Grade Cliche
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 23, 2004 at 05:02 PM
The secret's out: Teresa Heinz Kerry is John Kerry's "secret weapon," the Agence France Presse reports today. This sounded all... More
Expectations Great and Small
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2004 at 06:24 PM
With just four days until Swifty the donkey makes his Boston debut, the convention-related expectations stakes is well underway. The... More
Talking Talking Points
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 22, 2004 at 12:34 PM
Ever since Jon Stewart did that "keeping up on current events is hard" segment last week, seems everyone is talking... More
Bubble-itis, Boredom, and Bathroom Buddies - the Life of a Campaign Reporter
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 21, 2004 at 03:51 PM
Last night, Campaign Desk tuned in to the Discovery/Times Channel's documentary, "Politics & The Media" -- enticed as much by... More
Today’s Special: Grilled Berger, With a Side of Speculation
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 21, 2004 at 12:14 PM
BergerGate is burning up the blogosphere this morning. In a contortionistic feat, Andrew Sullivan manages, in one short post, to... More
Chant and Pose Voters
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 20, 2004 at 02:27 PM
Journalists on the hunt for the latest and greatest swing voter, take note of Michael Ordona's piece in today's Los... 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 completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
