Marshall Law

Notes from Josh Marshall’s speech at Columbia

By Megan Garber   May 19, 2009 at 12:39 PM

There was no mention of MoDowd. Instead, Josh Marshall, speaking at Columbia's Journalism Day ceremony this morning, exhorted journalists entering... More

Because Papier-Mâché Is Always Funny

By Megan Garber   May 18, 2009 at 02:26 PM

The Boston Globe lists eleven sad realities about A World Without Newspapers, courtesy of humor columnist Beth Teitell. These include:... More

Groundhog Play

By Megan Garber   May 18, 2009 at 01:49 PM

Things that will, apparently, never leave us: 1. Cockroaches 2. Styrofoam 3. The simple poetry of children's laughter 4. Columns... More

Framing the News

By Megan Garber   May 18, 2009 at 12:30 PM

The New York Times today launches Lens, a photojournalism blog "presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting... More

Stewart on Obama’s Photo Flop

By Megan Garber   May 15, 2009 at 08:18 AM

Stewart takes on the Obama administration--and Obama himself: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cMoral Kombatthedailyshow.comDaily... More

Palate Cleanser

By Megan Garber   May 15, 2009 at 08:02 AM

Frank Bruni, New York Times political reporter turned restaurant critic, leaves the food beat to become a writer-at-large for the... More

The Newt Republic

By Megan Garber   May 15, 2009 at 07:53 AM

So we learn today that Newt Gingrich has officially joined the Has-Been Politician with a Newspaper Column Club, via a... More

The Wintour’s Tale

By Megan Garber   May 15, 2009 at 07:12 AM

Vogue editor Anna Wintour made a rare speaking appearance at the 92nd Street Y in New York City earlier this... More

NYT Launches Times Wire

By Megan Garber   May 12, 2009 at 10:32 AM

After launching, just yesterday, its Times Reader 2.0--an update of the visually sectionalized version of its online newspaper--The New York... More

Unfortunate Typo of the Day

By Megan Garber   May 12, 2009 at 09:59 AM

Ross Douthat's latest Times column--on the subject of, yes, the culture wars--features a small typo: a missing period in the... More

In Which ‘BriTunes’ Enters Our Lives

By Megan Garber   May 12, 2009 at 08:09 AM

At first glance, BriTunes--the online-only music-interview series hosted by NBC News's Brian Williams--seems to be an elaborate, and rather masterful,... More

StikiQuote

Enough with the misuse of the Jefferson-on-newspapers line

By Megan Garber   May 11, 2009 at 04:00 PM

You know that quote from Thomas Jefferson? The one invoked in so many defense-of-newspapers essays of late--the one in which... More

Spacing Out

By Megan Garber   May 11, 2009 at 10:49 AM

As Liz pointed out earlier this morning, Maureen Dowd's Star Trek-themed Times op-ed this weekend was...a doozy. And while, normally,... More

Twitter and the Fonz

By Megan Garber   May 10, 2009 at 11:44 PM

In which a celeb-stuffed Twitter jumps the Fail Whale: More

Prom! OMG, Prom!!!!!!

By Megan Garber   May 8, 2009 at 05:39 PM

So this is the weekend in which the proud watchdogs of American democracy, the reporters whose broad role was appointed... More