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The Economist’s “Nerd Chic”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 6, 2008 at 12:44 PM
In naming The Economist "Magazine of the Year," Ad Age paraphrases an ad agency VP saying that the publication is... More
Inside Baseball, All Right
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 6, 2008 at 11:17 AM
CNN has a deep bench on debate nights -- rows of seated pundits, laptops glowing before them, telling us what... More
Good Morning America (It Was, ‘Til Now)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 6, 2008 at 09:34 AM
What's worse (low-information-, high-headache-quotient) than a morning news show segment pitting Campaign A's spokesperson against Campaign B's spokesperson (headline, "Getting... More
As Economy Sags
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 3, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Our economy? It's sagging. What does that mean? What now? Well, some things are going to grow and some things... More
He-Said, She-Said (Headline Edition)
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 2, 2008 at 10:54 AM
A headline from the online version of today's Anchorage Daily News: "Debate seen as chance for Palin rebound" and, subhed:... More
Do Better. Here’s How
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 2, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, explains how election coverage might be improved. In a nutshell:... More
Mean Girls?
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 2, 2008 at 09:48 AM
Washington Post political reporter Ann Kornblut talks to the National Journal about "Sexism in the Media." In part: Q: Last... More
An Earful From Ifill
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 2, 2008 at 09:32 AM
I haven't heard back from Gwen Ifill (see yesterday's post) but Ifill did talk to the Associated Press to respond... More
Drudge Raises a Point
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 1, 2008 at 01:40 PM
Gwen Ifill has done solid, important journalism. She’ll likely be a good, tough, and neutral moderator to the vice-presidential debate.... More
“Smackdown” Lawsuit Smacked Down
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 1, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Congratulations to Susan Paterno on the dismissal of the defamation lawsuit the Santa Barbara News-Press filed against her based on... More
One Pirate, Who Requested Anonymity…
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 1, 2008 at 08:53 AM
... because he feared being made to walk the plank... I've found it a bit of a challenge (being on... More
For You, For You, I Came For You
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 30, 2008 at 04:45 PM
MSNBC's Contessa Brewer is right now reporting live from Wall Street (outside, on a street, in downtown Manhattan). She is... More
But, They’re Not
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 30, 2008 at 02:37 PM
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. And if cookie sales were votes, reports KTAR radio in Phoenix, then... More
It’s Been A While
By Liz Cox Barrett Sep 30, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Jayson Blair makes two appearances in the current issue of New York magazine (the "40th Anniversary" issue). See the list... 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?
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
Elizabeth Spiers on launching media brands
What do news publications need to do to adapt to digital? Any publication you see doing it really well?
Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters
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.
