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Obama Victory=Hard Work For Reporters
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 03:37 PM
Yesterday, Jack Shafer explained why covering an Obama victory might be very hard for our political reporters: If Obama wins,... More
Matthews’ Movie Madness
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 01:05 PM
Back in August, MSNBC's Chris Matthews decided that Steve Schmidt of the McCain campaign: Reminds me of Sergeant Markoff in... More
Car Chase! (White Car Involved)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Fox News has been for several minutes following a car chase live in Miami. Ditto, MSNBC ("That is not even... More
Must-See TV (Also Online)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 11:54 AM
FRONTLINE's "The War Briefing" (maybe you saw it on PBS last night?) was all the talk of our morning news... More
“Without Media Interference”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 10:28 AM
There is something very appealing right now about the idea of a "time out" from campaign coverage. And the idea... More
CPD “Hideously Bungled” Debates
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 10:07 AM
The 2008 debates were "hideously bungled by the Commission on Presidential Debates, a wholly owned subsidiary of the successful campaigns,"... More
Project Greenlight
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 29, 2008 at 09:24 AM
Today, in lieu of her standard column (and column font) in the New York Times, we get a "screenplay by... More
Politico on the Biases “That Matter”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Politico's Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris take readers through political journalists' biases (the ones that "matter so much more"... More
Campaign Press, Engaged
LAT trail reporters dish on the candidates
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM
The LA Times has twin front-page stories today chronicling a reporter's life on the road with the each of presidential... More
Extreme Made-Over (Michelle Obama Edition)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Back in June, the New York Times ">hinted that Michelle Obama (or at least, her "image") might be, um, in... More
MoDo, Bono….
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2008 at 09:55 AM
Fresh off his recent blogging gig at the Financial Times, U2 lead singer Bono will join the New York Times... More
Covering That Other War
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2008 at 09:26 AM
We are a nation at war(s). And while you may know something of the presidential candidates' plans for Iraq and,... More
Her Clothes May Be Beau Brummelly
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 03:09 PM
Another http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/closet_confessionals.php?page=all&print=true">peek inside reporters' closets, courtesy of WardrobeGate. MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell talking to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan just now about... More
Male Journalists (With “Soft, Girlie Hands”)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 01:48 PM
Time's James Poniewozick explains how the "political press...dotes on a nostalgic definition of realness that bears ever less relation to... More
On The One Hand, Hannity….
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 12:02 PM
...on the other, Olbermann. If you want to show that Fox News's Sean Hannity and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann represent opposite... 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.
