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Who Gets What
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 11, 2005 at 03:48 PM
Maybe it isn't just self-promotion driving the "Today Show's" heroic house-building efforts. Maybe NBC honchos heard ratings-savvy voices telling them,... More
Let Them Eat Polenta
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 4, 2005 at 02:37 PM
Pity the reporter covering an administration notoriously stingy with information which has just nominated to the Supreme Court a woman... More
Oh, The Humanity!
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 29, 2005 at 05:01 PM
Why is NBC's "Today Show" building houses in midtown Manhattan for people who live in Louisiana and Mississippi? Because if... More
Philadelphia Here We Come
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 29, 2005 at 03:23 PM
While we're sure this will come as no surprise to the New York Times styles section, it startled us a... More
Were These Two Guys in the Same Room?
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 28, 2005 at 05:47 PM
Were the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler and the New York Times's Steven R. Weisman watching the same Karen Hughes address... More
Michael Bürgi On Blog-Induced “Vanity Contests,” Dumbing Down News, and Reporters’ Post-Katrina “Victory Dance”
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 23, 2005 at 04:55 PM
Michael Bürgi has been the editor of MediaWeek, the business trade publication, since 2004. He joined the magazine in 1993... More
It’s Mother’s Day in the Blogosphere
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 22, 2005 at 11:40 AM
Now that everyone's doing it -- blogging, that is -- we thought we'd drop in this morning on a few... More
Like Iron Filings to a Magnet
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 21, 2005 at 02:22 PM
With the Cindy Sheehan-inspired anti-war bus tour coming to a city (and a news outlet) near you, the blogosphere sounds... More
But Enough About You, Let’s Talk About Me
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 20, 2005 at 03:27 PM
CJR Daily often faults cable news shows for not giving viewers enough information -- skimping on context, allowing talking points... More
Blame and Body Counts
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 15, 2005 at 02:20 PM
Just when we thought we’d already experienced the entire spectrum of dreadful cable news punditry -- several times over --... More
It’s a Yawnfest! No, It’s a Duel!
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 14, 2005 at 04:38 PM
The “tone” of the Roberts confirmation hearings thus far has been, as Howard Kurtz observes today, “more legal seminar than... More
Katrina, Cooper, and Katrina
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 13, 2005 at 02:14 PM
While the hurricane-related headline on Time’s cover this week has a no-one’s-at-fault feel to it -- "System Failure" -- US... More
We’re All Helen Thomas … For Now
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 7, 2005 at 12:33 PM
Something unusual happened during Scott McClellan's White House press briefing yesterday: "talking points" were uttered. Of course, "talking points" are... More
Signals - They’re Everywhere!
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 6, 2005 at 05:16 PM
You know you've been reporting in Washington too long when you're able to pick up "signals" being transmitted from nameless... More
Tips on How To Be a President
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 1, 2005 at 04:51 PM
While their colleagues report on the ground from washed- out swatches of the Gulf Coast, political reporters with Washington, D.C.... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
