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A Festivus for the Rest of Us?
By Megan Garber Oct 6, 2008 at 01:05 PM
While we're on the subject of The Economist... The magazine's Increasing Cultural Cred and its Desire for Creative Publicity have,... More
Campaign Drama in Three Minutes
By Megan Garber Oct 6, 2008 at 09:57 AM
More Monday Morning Movie-ing, this one courtesy of the good people at Slate V. The clip below offers a neat... More
Brilliant (Debatably)
By Megan Garber Oct 6, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Tina Fey And The Gang might just have outdone themselves: More
Ad Astra?
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 05:02 PM
An update from our publicity department: Columbia Journalism Review, the magazine, will soon be advertising on the side of falafel... More
Tally-Uh-Oh
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 04:06 PM
The New York Observer, discussing Carl Cameron's nabbing of a Palin interview, keeps a "tally of correspondents/anchors from each network... More
Palin, from Couric to Cameron
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 04:01 PM
Everyone was wondering: Now that we've entered the PC (post-Couric) era of Campaign 2008, who was going to be the... More
Cherchez la Fey
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Okay, so we've all done the Sarah Palin/Tina Fey double-take. But, you know, in passing. And, upon scrutiny, we've realized... More
Second Time’s a Charm
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 01:44 PM
So the financial bailout bill--"larded up," the Boston Globe's Jay Fitzgerald noted, "with legislative sweeteners, such as tax breaks for... More
Keeping Our Focus?
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 01:01 PM
In light of last night's colossally-cliché-but-apparently-somehow-instructive Focus Groups Featuring Undecided Voters (on CNN, Soledad O'Brien chatted with elusive undecideds in... More
Annie, Get Your Fun
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM
As I type this, Annie Leibovitz, the brilliant/hackneyed/overexposed/racy/dull celebrity photographer, is hovering over the Manhattan skyline, in a helicopter, capturing... More
‘Talking Points’ Memo
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Per the television transcript database TVEyes, here are the number of times the phrase "talking points" has been used in... More
Krauthammer’s Concession Stand
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Political pundits--and columnists, in particular--are torn, in some ways, between the past and future. They make their judgments, on the... More
Colbert Advocates “Pre-Reporting the Future”
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 08:57 AM
Stephen Colbert takes on the McCain campaign's recent attempt to "pre-report" last week's presidential debate--"He was getting his version of... More
Pre-Debate Blather v. Common Sense: Exhibit M
By Megan Garber Oct 3, 2008 at 08:28 AM
On yesterday's pre-debate episode of Hardball, Chris Matthews and his favorite Damsel Duo, Salon's Joan Walsh and IWF president Michelle... More
The Ghost of Campaigns Past
By Megan Garber Oct 2, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Palin to Biden: "You were for [the war] before you were against it." In other words: You. Are. John. Kerry.... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
