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Who Vetted Giuliani’s Speech?
By Megan Garber Sep 3, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Giuliani's on fire at the RNC. He's knocking (mocking) Obama's record of voting "present" in the Illinois State Legislature, capping... More
Jon Voigt’s Car
By Megan Garber Sep 3, 2008 at 08:20 PM
The Republican National Convention. Everyone who's anyone in the GOP, from legislators to delegates to lobbyists to cabinet members to... More
A Page from The Page
Or, how to promote your blog on the cheap
By Megan Garber Sep 3, 2008 at 02:42 PM
ST. PAUL — Perhaps the only thing rivaling the promotion of the parties' platforms during their nominating conventions has been... More
Stephanopoulos’s Date with History
By Megan Garber Sep 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM
And we mean that literally. Well, kinda. As the This Week host tried to make his way into a downtown... More
Dubious Moments in Self-Promotion, Part 3: Fox News
By Megan Garber Sep 3, 2008 at 01:55 AM
Below, a sample of the white-plastic hats that were all the rage at the RNC after they were handed out... More
Delegates and Media: Set in Their Ways?
By Megan Garber Sep 2, 2008 at 06:47 PM
ST. PAUL -- Below, the results of a highly unscientific survey I conducted today in the Xcel Center and its... More
Overheard at the RNC
By Megan Garber Sep 2, 2008 at 04:23 PM
Donna Brazile is chatting with Mark Halperin as they walk through an atrium adjacent to the Xcel Center. She asks... More
Getting the Shot, Part 1: The Protest
By Megan Garber Sep 2, 2008 at 12:45 PM
ST. PAUL -- The story of the day yesterday, besides the landfall of Hurricane Gustav and the revelation of Bristol... More
S-W-A-G and the R-N-C
In which the “Limited Convention Edition” box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese enters our lives
By Megan Garber Sep 2, 2008 at 10:50 AM
ST. PAUL -- Below, the contents of the "media welcoming" bag (black, tote-style, printed in white and red with various... More
Telling Convention Photo of the Day
By Megan Garber Sep 1, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Media, covering the convention by recording...other media. Recorded by...me(dia). More
Scrum Beat
By Megan Garber Sep 1, 2008 at 12:31 PM
The view from the center of the photog scrum during Laura Bush's sound check at the Xcel Center yesterday evening: More
Unfunny Convention Spoof of the Day: the GOP Edition
By Megan Garber Sep 1, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Last week, we pointed to an object lesson, courtesy of The New York Times, in How Not To Mock the... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
