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King Kong vs. Godzilla
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 11:28 AM
"People within the media gossip world [may] want to put [Arianna Huffington and Tina Brown] at each other's throats," the... More
Where Soledad Soaks (So?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 11:05 AM
After all those hours on debate nights interviewing the Perception Analyzer People? Who among us could begrudge CNN's Soledad O'Brien... More
“My Friends,” An Explanation
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 10:31 AM
"My friends," McCain began, with a verbal tic that conveys a sense of closeness with his audience.... Oh, that's what... More
“Captivating” Doesn’t Cut It
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 10:06 AM
While "Palin's rise captivates" the Anchorage Daily News, the paper on Saturday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama: Gov. Palin's nomination clearly... More
School of Talk
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 27, 2008 at 09:23 AM
From the New York Times' Styles section yesterday (next to the article explaining that "fashionistas" are now to be called... More
And You Will Know Us By…
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 23, 2008 at 10:59 AM
That Ukranian ship stocked with weapons? Still being held by Somali pirates. The BBC has an update today and some... More
Brokaw’s “Ideal Debate”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 23, 2008 at 10:31 AM
NBC News's Tom Brokaw was on The Daily Show last night talking about his experience moderating the third presidential debate.... More
I Am Reporter
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 23, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Stock market's down. Party-crashing in New York City is up. So reports amNewYork. Also? Some party crashers are posing as... More
Closet Confessionals
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 23, 2008 at 09:09 AM
One of CoutureGate's coattails? Political reporters and talking heads feeling moved to air their own dirty laundry to the world... More
Be the Change You Want To See
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 22, 2008 at 04:32 PM
Halloween-hooked election stories. Election-hooked Halloween stories. It's time. The (Torrance, CA) Daily Breeze is "Handicapping the winners in the Halloween... More
13 Days Out: What, Now?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM
We know what the campaign press, in general,is doing with its time now, today, thirteen days before election day. But... More
AP’s Extended Teaching Moment
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 22, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Yesterday, Megan offered some suggestions for reporters for how to cover the McCain campaign's recent cries of socialism, including: "add... More
“Palling Around With Haberdashers”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 22, 2008 at 09:20 AM
So, WardrobeGate (CoutureGate? FashionPlateGate?) Politico reports that the Republican National Committee apparently has spent over $150,000 on clothing and accessories... More
Props, CNN
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 03:22 PM
Yes, CNN's Dan Lothian did file a report this afternoon standing next to a canon on a Civil War battlefield... More
“David The Journalist,” “Tito The Builder”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 21, 2008 at 03:19 PM
Perhaps you've heard Gov. Palin refer to"Tito the Builder" on the trail recently (in the same bit where she calls... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
