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By Megan Garber Sep 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM
The Washington Post, most recently associated, in media-reporting circles, with salons and story-killings, has gone back to its roots. Today's... More
Happy Birthday, New York Times
By Megan Garber Sep 18, 2009 at 02:00 PM
Happy birthday to the Gray Lady, who today turns...158 years old. Whether she's aged well or not is, I guess,... More
In Which Chuck Todd Learns: Sebelius Is No One to Sneeze At
By Megan Garber Sep 17, 2009 at 12:50 PM
So flu season, friends, is upon us. And in The Year of the Pig (Flu), the line between common courtesy... More
Hell Spawn with Pepper Jack
By Megan Garber Sep 16, 2009 at 04:47 PM
The A.V. Club, to commemorate and otherwise record the various "disgusting and/or delicious new edibles" on offer in this brave... More
More on The Atlantic: Wire They Aggregating?
By Megan Garber Sep 16, 2009 at 02:32 PM
I agree with you, Greg: from what I've seen of the Atlantic Wire, it seems to be, as you say,... More
Arianna Huffington, Queen of All Media
By Megan Garber Sep 16, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Conservative pundit? Check. Liberal pundit? Check. Book author? Check. Lobbyist? Check. Political activist? Check. Gubernatorial candidate? Check. Radio commentator? Check.... More
A Culture of…Integration
By Megan Garber Sep 15, 2009 at 01:02 PM
So, hot on the heels of Sam Sifton's strange-yet-also-strangely-obvious shift-of-roles from The New York Times culture editor to its restaurant... More
Flipping…Out?
By Megan Garber Sep 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM
It doesn't happen too often...but I have to take issue with David Carr. As Ali pointed out, the Times's Media... More
Tea for Two…Million?
FreedomWorks, Twitter, and the evolution of an error
By Megan Garber Sep 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM
On Saturday, a collection of citizens of the Republic, armed with handmade signs, Gadsden flags, and pent-up frustration, descended on... More
“Sept. 11: O’Donnell and Geist inspect ‘male model’ Louis’ hair”
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 02:27 PM
Presented without further comment, because, just... Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy More
CNN and the Case of the Missing Phone Call
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 01:59 PM
Over at Politico, Michael Calderone has a good summary of the tumult of events that led Matt Drudge, on the... More
The Graphic Explainer
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 01:30 PM
Ever wonder what would happen if, one evening, Explanatory Journalism met Comic Book, and they kinda hit it off, and... More
“Nothing Short of a Declaration of War”
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Watching the "living history" coverage of 9/11/01 on MSNBC, I am struck repeatedly by the language journalists used to describe... More
#whereiwas
By Megan Garber Sep 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Today is a day for remembering. MSNBC, as it has every September 11 since 2001, is re-airing, in full, its... More
John Stossel/Mother Ship
By Megan Garber Sep 10, 2009 at 01:46 PM
And, now, all is just a little more right with the world: John Stossel, longtime 20/20 correspondent and the media's... 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.
