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Virginia Heffernan Hates Her iPhone…
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 04:37 PM
...iPhone lovers hate Heffernan's piece (scan the comments section). More
Pat Kiernan Goes National
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Pat Kiernan, the man who reads aloud on TV from New York-area newspapers ("In the Papers" on NY1) is now... More
“I Am Now On The Other Side of This War”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Two Iraqi translators for the New York Times, Mudhafer al-Husaini and Sahar S. Gabriel, have received refugee visas to come... More
To Cable, With Love
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM
"[Sarah Palin] is the gift that keeps on giving to cable television and certainly the supermarket tabloids," said John Decker,... More
Michelle, In The Eye of the Beholder
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Michelle Obama: "The New Oprah?" The New... President? (The New Director of Your Local Daycare Center?) More
“There Will Still Be News”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM
In a Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/05/AR2009040501733.html">column, Michael Kinsley shrugs off The Death of Newspapers As We (Used To) Know Them: We're... More
18-Year Media Ban Ends
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 6, 2009 at 09:35 AM
New organizations were on hand late last night at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, for the first time since... More
Still Don’t “Get” Twitter?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 2, 2009 at 10:56 AM
"TRULY GROUNDBREAKING MARKETING RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING TWITTER." (h/t Andrew Sullivan) More
Snub Is In The Air
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 2, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Are American reporters adopting that perceiving-slights-around-every-corner thing that some British reporters seem to have? (When in London...) The New York... More
I Covered The G20 And All I Got Was This Lousy…
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 1, 2009 at 03:23 PM
A report on President Obama's overseas trip devolved into swag talk on CBS News's The Early Show this morning: BILL... More
Look Kids! Big Ben! Parliament!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM
If President Obama is in London, no need to ask, Where in the world is Brian, Charlie and Katie? All... More
Hey, Fox Nation!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM
I assume, this being launch week, that the content aggregators at The Fox Nation are pretty busy. So, in case... More
The Ballad(s) Of Glenn Beck
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 1, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Behold: "The Poetry of Glenn Beck," Volumes 1 and 2. More
“Top 10 April Fool’s Day Fake News Items”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 1, 2009 at 10:02 AM
PC World has compiled what it regards as today's ten best fake news items. Wireless wolfpigeon "news" aside, here's my... More
In Reporters’ Briefing Book, Brits See “Snubs”
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 1, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Are American reporters accompanying President Obama overseas geographically challenged? Is the self-worth of some British reporters too easily challenged? Are... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
