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Somalia? Sri Lanka? “Good Luck” Finding Coverage
May 19, 2009 12:19 PM"Two recent situations show us exactly what the world will be like when there are no regular foreign correspondents left," writes Andrew Stroehlein, communications director of the International Crisis Group and author of the Covering Crisis blog, for... Continue reading
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“The Big Story Starting Off The Week…”
May 18, 2009 03:03 PM... says Josh Marshall (or was it Maureen Dowd's friend?): Robert Draper's GQ piece. Draper contributes all kinds of memorable and largely anonymous quotes to, among other things, the "growing consensus that [Donald] Rumsfeld’s obduracy—on increasing... Continue reading
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Carr on “What’s Going to Happen To” NYT
May 18, 2009 12:10 PMIn a nutshell: the New York Times's David Carr doesn't know. The Times "probably" has "the wherewithal to operate into 2011," writes Carr. While "throwing up a big content wall would satisfy a visceral need on the part of... Continue reading
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You Know Your Profession Is Doomed When…
May 18, 2009 12:03 PM..."just three of the 16 graduating seniors who were on the [Harvard] Crimson executive board in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are seeking positions in journalism." Continue reading
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A “CNN For Harlem”
May 18, 2009 10:54 AMJoseph Hayden explains to the New York Times what helped motivate him to start Still Here Harlem Productions, a news organization covering "every aspect of the community life of the marginalized and voiceless in Harlem:" During last year’s presidential... Continue reading
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Disappearing Ombuds
May 18, 2009 09:59 AMPer the Washington Post's ombudsman, Andy Alexander, "at least 14 U.S. news ombudsmen have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2008." Alexander writes that "with so many news organizations in financial peril, it would be smart to start... Continue reading
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Took The Words Right Out Of…
May 18, 2009 09:42 AMThe New York Times's Maureen Dowd didn't intend to include in her column* yesterday, unattributed, a passage written by TPM's Josh Marshall, she was just making a point a wise friend made to her over the phone. Michael Calderone... Continue reading
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Tucson Citizen: “This Is It”
May 18, 2009 09:23 AMThe Tucson Citizen's Jennifer Boice writes the 138-year-old paper's (probable) "epitaph:" About 65 talented Citizen staffers are being shot into an economy that is losing rather than creating jobs. The newspaper industry is so distressed that few of us... Continue reading
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But We Won’t Do That
May 14, 2009 11:04 AMNewspapers and the AP are patting themselves on the back for passing on interviews with Elizabeth Edwards (who is, in case you didn't know, out promoting her book) rather than submitting to Edwards's request that The Other Woman not... Continue reading
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How Much Would You Pay to be a HuffPo Intern?
May 14, 2009 10:10 AMJust last week, we asked readers: "Given everything that we know about unpaid internships, is this practice fair now? Was it ever? And who is excluded from the industry because of it?" Guess we should now update the question:... Continue reading
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Supreme Reporting
May 13, 2009 04:31 PMA super-illuminating SupremeStakes report from the Washington Post: President Obama told senators at a White House meeting today that he would review names of potential Supreme Court nominees over the weekend, leading participants to believe an announcement could... Continue reading
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Aspiring Reporters Find Voice at Homeless Shelter
May 13, 2009 03:18 PMThrough the South Florida Chapter of The Society of Professional Journalists, 25 college journalists from five Florida schools recently "took over" The Homeless Voice, a monthly newspaper put out by residents of the The Cosac Foundation, a homeless shelter... Continue reading
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Couric “Annoys” Traveling Press
May 13, 2009 01:21 PMKatie Couric, with her Flip cam, used her interview skills on some of the other members of the traveling press who accompanied Defense Secretary Gates on a recent Middle East trip. Couric got a few peers to open up about... Continue reading
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Milbank’s Readers Help Him “Sketch”
May 13, 2009 01:03 PMThe Washington Post's Dana Milbank continues to ask readers to help him write his columns (ledes and other input), even though his editors cut "all those excellent [crowd-supplied] Limbaugh jokes" from yesterday's column, having "decided... Continue reading
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Meacham Is “The Ultimate Thinking Person!”
May 13, 2009 12:06 PMLast week, I noted the Newsweek faux-cover/cover-wrap congratulating editor Jon Meacham on his Pulitzer win and dubbing Meacham "The Ultimate Thinking Person." On Saturday, in front of a New York Observer reporter, "The Ultimate Thinking Person" ignored... Continue reading
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WSJ Rules For Twittering and Other Online Activities…
May 13, 2009 10:45 AM...include (h/t, LAObserved's Kevin Roderick): Base all comments posted in your role as a Dow Jones employee in the facts, drawing from and citing your reporting when appropriate. Sharing your personal opinions, as well as expressing partisan political views,... Continue reading
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Friedman Returns $75K Speaking Fee
May 13, 2009 10:12 AMThe LA Times's James Rainey, upon learning that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman received $75,000 for speaking recently to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, called the Times with some questions. To justify the fee, Rainey... Continue reading
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Obama’s “Early Warning Sign”
May 12, 2009 03:57 PMAdd this, from Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum, to the list of Important Observations Made at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner: ...Obama might be forgiven a small indulgence; I can’t yet decide whether it’s endearing or annoying. Like Red Skelton,... Continue reading
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David Shuster Finds His Katrina?
May 12, 2009 01:17 PMSome cable personalities have their issues. And by that I mean a topic that gets them riled, works them into an on-air lather, becomes -- even if fleetingly -- their thing. For Lou Dobbs, it's illegal immigration. With Anderson Cooper,... Continue reading
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Brown and the “Brave Blue Cardigan”
May 12, 2009 12:00 PMLike http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/modo_on_the_shiny_slot_machine.php">MoDo before her, Tina Brown does not approve of Elizabeth Edwards's visit with Oprah last week ("the ghastly car crash of her Oprah appearance") or Mrs. Edwards's sit-down, in her "brave blue cardigan," with... Continue reading
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