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‘Surrogate’ Labor
Does the term-of-the-moment need its own stand-in?
By Megan Garber Jan 16, 2008 at 09:23 AM
I hadn’t heard the word “surrogate,” out of the context of motherhood, for quite some time. Until this past week,... More
Dennis the Menace?
The Vegas debate, missing in…Vegas
By Megan Garber Jan 16, 2008 at 09:20 AM
It was a triumph of the First Amendment. Or of Corporate Media. Or, perhaps, of both. Regardless, yesterday’s pre-debate legal-battle-in-a-bottle... More
Playing Telephone with MLK
How the press fanned the Dems’ “racial tension”
By Megan Garber Jan 15, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Psst, did you hear?...Hillary Clinton is questioning Martin Luther King, Jr’s legacy...Pass it on… Psst…the Clinton camp is saying the... More
Men in the Diner
Manchester’s media darlings, after the storm
By Megan Garber Jan 10, 2008 at 04:24 PM
MANCHESTER, NH - A few miles north of downtown Manchester, in a quaint neighborhood of narrow, wooden houses and compact,... More
On Radio Row
A peek inside the Talk Radio factory
By Megan Garber Jan 9, 2008 at 06:15 PM
MANCHESTER, NH - On the second floor of Manchester’s Radisson Hotel, a gaggle of gawkers clogged the blocked-off entrance to... More
All’s Quiet on the Obama Front
Behind the scenes at last night’s Obama rally in Nashua
By Megan Garber Jan 9, 2008 at 10:56 AM
NASHUA, NH - Last night, before Barack Obama made his concession-speech-that-wasn’t, before pundits talked about History Being Made (by Obama),... More
Play Misty for Me
The media on The Moment
By Megan Garber Jan 8, 2008 at 11:26 AM
MANCHESTER, NH - In less than twenty-four hours, it got so much attention that it ceased to need an explanation.... More
The Energy Issue
Not that one, the other one
By Megan Garber Jan 8, 2008 at 06:14 AM
SALEM, NH - Ask someone to describe What It’s Like on the campaign trail, and there’s one word you’re pretty... More
Radio Waves
Voting = luvin’ in New Hampshire
By Megan Garber Jan 7, 2008 at 01:05 PM
MANCHESTER, NH - Driving around New Hampshire from event to event, three things keep my mind occupied: 1) the scenery--gorgeous,... More
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Gibson
A classy move at Saturday’s Manchester debate
By Megan Garber Jan 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Saturday night's GOP/Democratic debate featured an unusual moment: ABC's Charlie Gibson, its moderator, took advantage of the debate's back-to-back, Republicans-then-Democrats... More
The X Factor
Q&A: Tim Townsend on Romney and religion
By Megan Garber Dec 20, 2007 at 02:33 PM
Tim Townsend has been the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s religion reporter since June 2004, and his religion coverage has also been... More
Le Blog du Temps
Fashion goes online at the Met
By Megan Garber Dec 18, 2007 at 02:44 PM
The venerable Metropolitan Museum of Art, sentinel of centuries past, has officially joined the 21st: in its new exhibit, “blog.mode... More
The Big Picture
Movie journalists get an image makeover
By Megan Garber Dec 6, 2007 at 09:00 AM
The movie poster for this fall’s The Hunting Party features a black-and-white photo of Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, press... More
Herd, Not Seen
The biggest winner of NPR’s Democratic debate? Its format
By Megan Garber Dec 5, 2007 at 04:38 PM
Yesterday afternoon, in a small room two doors away from the lobby of Des Moines' Iowa State Historical Building, two... More
Play the Juggernaut Match Game!
Kurtz reports on the tragicomedy that is covering Clinton
By Megan Garber Dec 3, 2007 at 11:46 AM
For all you reporters cursed with the thankless task of covering Hillary Clinton’s campaign-turned-juggernaut, we feel your pain. Iowa’s a... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
