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Where’s Education?
It’s always been a bridesmaid…last night, it got jilted
By Megan Garber Nov 29, 2007 at 12:33 PM
If presidential debates are glorified beauty pageants, education reform is their “world peace”—it’s something that everyone likes to talk about,... More
The Sun Explores Hillary’s Summer of Love
And by ‘love,’ they mean ‘communism’
By Megan Garber Nov 28, 2007 at 03:23 PM
It’s hard to know what accounts for the package of biographical analysis-meets-political play-booking the New York Sun published this week... More
Tower of Babble
A Times critic reviews the new Times Building for the Times. Cause for concern?
By Megan Garber Nov 20, 2007 at 04:57 PM
Nicolai Ouroussoff, The New York Times’s architecture critic, found himself in a tricky position recently: he had to review his... More
Lewis and Snark
Lapham’s new journal: an embarrassment of riches…or just an embarrassment?
By Megan Garber Nov 20, 2007 at 09:38 AM
The first issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, Lewis Lapham’s new journal of history, features, on its back cover, a list of... More
Union Jack-knife
When it comes to ‘merit pay,’ candidates and reporters should cut to the chase
By Megan Garber Nov 16, 2007 at 04:30 PM
Joe Biden, in his role as self-appointed media critic for last night’s Democratic debate, apologized after answering a question about... More
Oh, (Big) Brother
China’s “fake reporters”: scourge or scapegoat?
By Megan Garber Nov 13, 2007 at 05:55 PM
If it looks like a reporter, and acts like a reporter…it might just be a criminal posing as a reporter... More
Brain Drain
The NYT’s “political brain” graphics put mind over (gray) matter
By Megan Garber Nov 12, 2007 at 05:14 PM
Ever wondered how your inferior frontal cortex feels about Fred Thompson? Neither had I. Until yesterday, that is, when The... More
The Tipping Point
Clinton, the media, and a mysterious $100 tip
By Megan Garber Nov 9, 2007 at 03:50 PM
Here’s a tip for politicians as they make their way through Iowa’s restaurants, diners, and coffee shops: leave one. On... More
Hell Hath No Fury
…like a political adviser scorned
By Megan Garber Nov 8, 2007 at 03:46 PM
In last week’s Democratic debate, Bill Richardson interrupted a bout of fighting among his fellow candidates: The important thing is... More
Happy Birthday, Atlantic
And many more…
By Megan Garber Nov 2, 2007 at 01:30 PM
First issued on November 1, 1857, The Atlantic Monthly is in the midst of its 150th birthday celebration. To mark... More
Start Spreading the News…
Obama’s years in New York City? Fuggedaboutem
By Megan Garber Nov 1, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Among their many reputations, New Yorkers are known for being almost parentally protective of their city. If you’re lucky enough... More
They Did the Monster Mash
The “Hillary bombed” message has caught on in a flash…the thing is, though, she didn’t
By Megan Garber Oct 31, 2007 at 05:19 PM
As Liz pointed out earlier today, the MSM has offered divided perspectives on Hillary Clinton’s performance in last night’s Democratic... More
Mock the Vote
Colbert’s campaign and the media: “Together, I am going to change the world”
By Megan Garber Oct 26, 2007 at 02:53 PM
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Tim Russert hosted, among other guests, a stuffed puppet. And, no, that’s not a euphemism.... More
Tailor-made
PBS’s tailored documentary
By Megan Garber Oct 18, 2007 at 09:00 AM
It’s fitting that Six Days in June—the documentary film reexamining the 1967 war that was a crucible for today’s Arab-Israeli... More
Not so huge, after all!
Mickey throws stones, but Kaus made of glass
By Megan Garber Oct 12, 2007 at 02:06 PM
Update: The Edwards affair allegations? False and false. Both sides say so. While denials, of course, don’t necessarily guarantee falsity,... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
