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When’s a “Stare” a “Glare?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Was Sonia Sotomayor "glaring" (as in, per Merriam Webster, staring angrily or fiercely or expressing hostility by staring angrily) throughout... More
“Is This Supposed To Be Journalism?”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 14, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Per the New York Times, NBC News's show The Wanted (a.k.a. To Catch A Terrorist/War Criminal) -- the one that... More
Don’t Judge A Protester (Or a Pundit) By His Hair
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 13, 2009 at 02:21 PM
Twitter. I was just about to post about what Glenn Greenwald Twittered that someone else (Toure!) Twittered that Chris Matthews... More
Palin Was Just Neck Candy. And, “Whatever,” Weymouth
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 13, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Richard L. Connor, CEO of Wilkes-Barre Publishing and MaineToday Media, is not the only opinionated newspaperman to weigh in disapprovingly... More
Meacham: “[Maziar Bahari] Was Doing His Job”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 13, 2009 at 11:42 AM
In today's Washington Post, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham writes in support of Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek reporter who was taken... More
Froomkin Is The New Nipples?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 13, 2009 at 10:56 AM
The HuffPo's Arianna Huffington http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/media/13froomkin.html?_r=2">told the New York Times yesterday she "has no doubt that Dan [Froomkin, former washingtonpost.com columnist,... More
“Nerd Super Bowl” (Again)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 13, 2009 at 09:48 AM
It's all pundits on deck for the The Sotomayor Show today on cable news! To Jeffrey Toobin, one of many... More
No Mug Shots on A1 of Your Local Paper*? BuyOneAnyway…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 9, 2009 at 11:33 AM
From SlateV, a new foundation to aide ailing newspapers and the (very gaunt) people behind them: (*An update on how... More
If G8 Press Coverage Stinks…
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 9, 2009 at 11:05 AM
... blame this? From Fox News's Eve Zibel, in Italy: This is [the White House press corps] area in L'Aquila.... More
Today, In Death
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 9, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Two days post-MJ memorial service and so many angles still to pursue, like: ""How Will Michael Jackson's 'White' Kids Get... More
“We’ll See How Much Viewers Are Interested…” (And?)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 9, 2009 at 09:49 AM
Moments before Michael Jackson's memorial service began on Tuesday -- and with blocks of seats in the Staples Center still... More
To Live and Report in Mexico
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 8, 2009 at 03:38 PM
From Charles Bowden's piece in the current Mother Jones, telling the story of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, a Mexican reporter who... More
“Myth*”-Busting at Mediaite
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 8, 2009 at 01:11 PM
The Dan Abrams Post wouldn't run this headline (or...would it?): Did Dan Abrams Contribute to the Downfall of Journalism? *See... More
Kristof Suggests “‘Student Driver’ Sign” On Some Kristof Columns
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 8, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Columnist Nicholas Kristof is doing the "Talk to the [New York] Times" reader Q&A this week. One reader asks why... More
Last Week’s Network News: 30% Jackson Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett Jul 8, 2009 at 11:05 AM
From the latest PEJ study of news coverage for the week of June 29-July 5: The Jackson story filled 30%... 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.
