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WaPo Says Wii
The paper gets a game room!
By Megan Garber Feb 28, 2008 at 10:18 AM
The Washington City Paper broke big news yesterday: The Washington Post is getting a game room. Situated in a converted... More
Master Debaters?
Moderators, moderation, and a modest proposal
By Megan Garber Feb 27, 2008 at 10:37 AM
That can’t have been the last one. Oh, I’m so angry. Hey, CNN (or MSNBC, or ABC, or NPR)—what if... More
Mountain, Meet Molehill
Why is the Obama photo a story?
By Megan Garber Feb 25, 2008 at 04:15 PM
It started, as so many Incendiary Internet Stories do, with Matt Drudge. This morning, the fedora-wearing provocateur posted a photo... More
The McCain Article, the Day After
The Times comes through for its readers
By Megan Garber Feb 22, 2008 at 03:43 PM
In a piece yesterday, “Five Questions for Bill Keller,” we noted that the controversy surrounding The New York Times’s front-page... More
Five Questions for Bill Keller
Now that the “McCain bombshell” has dropped
By Megan Garber Feb 21, 2008 at 01:45 PM
As everyone following politics knows by now, The New York Times published a 3,030-word article last night: “For McCain, Self-Confidence... More
The End of the Beginning?
Or, for Clinton, the beginning of the end?
By Megan Garber Feb 20, 2008 at 02:11 PM
On the primary-special episode of Fox News’s Hannity and Colmes last night, Sean Hannity quizzed radio commentator—and Barack Obama supporter—Nancy... More
Plagiarism, the Latest -Gate
The latest Democrat tiff gets its airing in the press
By Megan Garber Feb 19, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Plagiarism-gate, as it’s (inevitably, tediously) become known, didn’t really involve plagiarism—any more than taking something from someone who’s given you... More
Lame Huck
How do you cover a candidate-who-isn’t?
By Megan Garber Feb 18, 2008 at 03:07 PM
Last Tuesday, the day of the pivotal Potomac Primary, the van carrying Mike Huckabee’s traveling press corps from Washington, D.C.... More
Story, Resurrected
The Atlantic trumps GQ
By Megan Garber Feb 15, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Last September, GQ killed a piece by Atlantic senior editor Josh Green that detailed—and, it turns out, foreshadowed—internal struggles in... More
The Bachelor: GOP Edition
Who will receive McCain’s red rose?
By Megan Garber Feb 14, 2008 at 04:53 PM
Some as-yet-unspecified day in the future, an as-yet-unspecified nominee will have to pick a partner. Gather ye rosebuds, political pundits:... More
Welcome Back, Writers!
The wind beneath Stewart/Colbert’s wings blows again
By Megan Garber Feb 14, 2008 at 12:38 PM
About half a minute into last night’s Daily Show opening monologue, Jon Stewart interrupted himself. “Wait a minute…words in the... More
Of Love and Other Demons
The press hearts Obama. But is it toxic?
By Megan Garber Feb 14, 2008 at 08:55 AM
“Barack Obama,” Howie Kurtz declared, “will never get this kind of cuddly coverage again.” With that, the uber-critic gave voice... More
Tasty Potomac Predictions
The press feasts on the future
By Megan Garber Feb 12, 2008 at 02:11 PM
For those of you who prefer your primaries packed with jumbo lump crab meat, sealed with a golden pan-fry, and... More
Grand Experiment: A Public Editor for Education
The EWA’s first Public Editor, Linda Perlstein, discusses the state of ed reporting
By Megan Garber Feb 8, 2008 at 10:59 AM
As our newsrooms shrink, journalists working the education beat are often among the hardest hit. Not only are they working... More
Where Was McCain?
The senator’s a no-show on the stimulus-package vote
By Megan Garber Feb 7, 2008 at 03:43 PM
Yesterday, the proposed economic stimulus package drafted by Senate Democrats—which added $44 billion in extra benefits for low-income seniors, disabled... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
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”
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.
