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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
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
