Author Archive
Articles by Liz Cox Barrett | Email the Author
As The Media Circles Speculate (Weekdays, 4pm, Only On…)
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Last week, I linked to Annie Lowrey's observation on Foreign Policy's Passport blog of "How [News] Stories About the Secretary... More
NY Post: “Chicks” Home From North Korea!
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 5, 2009 at 09:43 AM
Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are safely back in California after months in a North Korean jail.... More
President Puts Words (And Cupcakes) in Helen Thomas’s Mouth
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 4, 2009 at 04:06 PM
President Obama dropped by the White House briefing room this afternoon to present a plate of cupcakes to Helen Thomas,... More
Bad Morning America
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 4, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Side effects of getting your health news from morning news shows may include dizziness, nausea, anxiety, confusion, false hope... Prof.... More
“Mad Bitch,” Twitter Edition
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 4, 2009 at 10:30 AM
If Bill Clinton were on a "private mission" in North Korea meeting with Kim Jong-il to discuss the release of... More
“Steve” Agrees With Steve Doocy…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 4, 2009 at 09:33 AM
... who sounds a lot like that woman at that health care town hall. Well, "people think alike:" The Daily... More
NYT “Too Pushy” to Land Levi Johnston Interview
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 3, 2009 at 03:58 PM
The Alaska Daily News's's Julia O'Malley recently dined with Levi Johnston (father of Sarah Palin's grandson, Tripp) and Johnston's entourage,... More
McCain: Campaign Press Had “A Totally More Hostile Attitude”…
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 3, 2009 at 02:17 PM
.... and that's totally John (not Meghan) McCain's assessment of the 2008 v. 2000 campaign press. Sen. McCain aired a... More
NYT’s Stanley to “Again Get Special Editing Attention”
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 3, 2009 at 09:54 AM
"How Did This Happen?" ("This" being seven eight errors in Alessandra Stanley's July 17th New York Times "appraisal" of Walter... More
“Sudan ‘Trousers Trial’ Adjourned…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 03:14 PM
...is not a headline from an American news source (if the first word didn't give that away -- Sudan?!-- surely... More
A Seat at the (Picnic) Table For Fox News?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 02:08 PM
Is there space for Team Fox & Friends at that presidential picnic table for tomorrow night's "teachable moment" with beer?... More
If You Hold It, They Will Come
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I guess the publicly-released 911 tape didn't say it all. "911 caller in Gates case to hold press conference." Well,... More
In My Spare Time? I Scrapbook, Jog, Do a Little Journalism…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Last month, Time's James Poniewozik imagined a future for journalists in the "literary-fiction/poetry model" whereby "a lucky few, best-selling creative... More
President PYT
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 29, 2009 at 09:45 AM
All that "skittering away from chocolate goodies, as though... a starlet obsessing on a svelte waistline" that Maureen "Gender Twist"... More
Gibbs: “No Formal Agenda Other Than Cold Beer”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 28, 2009 at 04:22 PM
The White House press secretary previewing the president's plans for his August Martha's Vineyard getaway? No. The White House press... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
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”
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.
