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Got Friedman Fatigue?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 5, 2008 at 02:26 PM
If you, too, are experiencing Dowd dread, expand your op-ed horizons by checking out the Council on Foreign Relations new... More
Let Them Eat (Cheesecake Factory) Cake
By Liz Cox Barrett May 5, 2008 at 09:34 AM
If all I thought I did in my career was to help rich people decide where to eat, I'd be... More
Media “Easier” on One Candidate?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 5, 2008 at 09:09 AM
From the latest New York Times/CBS News poll (not to distract you from all of its WrightGate-related findings and the... More
I’d Rather Be…
By Liz Cox Barrett May 5, 2008 at 08:19 AM
It's been an incredibly long campaign...even for those of us in journalism...it's like one of those long bus rides home... More
Sobering “Sketch” From Milbank
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 24, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Don't miss Dana Milbank's "Washington Sketch" today which begins: Lt. Col. Billy Hall, one of the most senior officers to... More
Reuters On The Rocks
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM
If not by scoring some Hollywood armcandy for the White House Correspondents dinner on Saturday, how else might a news... More
Follow-Up to NYT’s “Miitary Analysts” Piece?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 24, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Josh Marshall wonders if any networks (cable or broadcast) have followed up on David Barsow's "blockbuster article detailing how the... More
Euthanize CBS News?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 24, 2008 at 08:09 AM
Another day, another "let's put evening network newscasts out of their misery" piece that begins with a crack about their... More
Impatient? Who, Us?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Among the Wake Us When It's Over, Are We Theeere Yet? headlines* today: "Clinton v. Obama: When Will The Race... More
NYT’s Arresting Lede
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 02:21 PM
Yes, my eyes first went to all that colorful confetti falling (whee!) in the large photo of the Hillary and... More
Mutiny on the Staight Talk Express?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 01:21 PM
Kevin Drum foresees a future Mutiny on The Straight Talk Express: [G]o ahead, call me an optimist — I suspect... More
Mitchell, Miscast
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Personally, I don't like my Morning Joe with Mitchell --Andrea Mitchell, who is subbing today for Joe Scarborough's usual Joe... More
Two Media Big-Wigs Put Their (Blue Collared) Heads Together?
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Last night on MSNBC, Tim Russert said (with one of his Man, I'm plugged-in -- or maybe I LOVE this... More
Enter, the Exit Poll
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 09:03 AM
What's the proper analogy? Asking a Clinton voter, as he's exiting the polling place on primary day, whether he would... More
A Pundit’s Hunch. Better Than a Poll!
By Liz Cox Barrett Apr 23, 2008 at 08:24 AM
Polls (polling data in the hands of cable pundits in particular) have earned a particularly bad name this election season.... 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 New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
