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Live-Blogging President-Elect Obama’s First Press Conference
By Megan Garber Nov 7, 2008 at 02:25 PM
CJR staff, tongue partially in cheek, will be live-blogging Obama's first press conference as President-Elect. Feel free to join us... More
Inquiring Minds, Rejoice!
By Megan Garber Nov 7, 2008 at 01:16 PM
We may soon learn what Sarah Palin thinks about Alaska's chilly weather! Drudge is reporting that Greta Van Susteren--she of... More
Oprah Gives Another Endorsement
By Megan Garber Nov 7, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Oprah, apparently, has one more Favorite Thing to add to her list: the Chicago Sun-Times. On Wednesday, the uber-host walked... More
Kudos to the WaPo…
By Megan Garber Nov 7, 2008 at 12:28 PM
...for this moving, important, and brilliantly written profile of Eugene Allen, a White House butler for thirty-four years who, since... More
Princess Leia Ain’t Cheap
By Megan Garber Nov 7, 2008 at 09:02 AM
The Chicago Tribune estimates that CNN's ridiculous/awesome/innovative/bizarre/unnecessary election-night holograms cost, in all, between...$300,000 and $400,000. Andrew Orloff estimates that, anyway.... More
Plumbers, Infomercials, Terminators, and Holograms!
By Megan Garber Nov 7, 2008 at 08:41 AM
Slate sums up the end of the presidential race in two minutes: More
“Unfortunately, He Was Not in the Mood to Be Pet”
By Megan Garber Nov 6, 2008 at 05:53 PM
Presidential pooch Barney does what his owner has probably been tempted to do on several occasions: More
Chris Matthews: “My Job Is to Help This Country”
By Megan Garber Nov 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Chris Matthews might need a refresher course...in Journalism 101. Talking about the Rahm Emanuel rumors with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski,... More
Obama Thanks Traveling Press for “A Good Long Ride”
By Megan Garber Nov 4, 2008 at 10:25 AM
As a long, intensive, work-filled school year comes to a close--as graduation nears, as vacation approaches--the weather isn't the only... More
Race in the Race
A Q&A with Eric Deggans, media critic for the St. Petersburg Times
By Megan Garber Nov 4, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Eric Deggans is the media critic at the St. Petersburg Times, a position he has held since 2005. When Obama... More
The Undecideds
Give them a break, already!
By Megan Garber Nov 3, 2008 at 04:55 PM
Maybe they're "sheepish." Maybe they're "proud." Maybe they're "terminally uninterested in politics." Maybe they're "fed up." Maybe they're "sick of... More
Commitment Issues
In which the LA Times is decidedly mocking of Undecideds
By Megan Garber Oct 31, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Is there anything in this world more baffling than an undecided voter? Lacking, as a group, the noble self-sufficiency of... More
Expanding WaPo(litical Coverage)
By Megan Garber Oct 31, 2008 at 01:52 PM
Next week, post-election, Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli informed staff today, DC's hometown paper will create a new Web feature... More
All Hallows (Pe)Eved
By Megan Garber Oct 31, 2008 at 01:02 PM
David Shuster is, apparently, that dude: the guy at the Halloween party--the smug-looking one, over there in the corner--who is... More
The Economist: The Ultimate Swing Voter
By Megan Garber Oct 31, 2008 at 11:34 AM
The Corner's Andrew Stuttaford reacts to The Economist's Obama endorsement: The Economist.......endorses Obama, as it did John Kerry (2004), Bill... 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)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
