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Some Creative Efforts to Take Back Foreign News
International news — who needs it? The American public, that’s who.
By Paul McLeary Feb 22, 2007 at 03:26 PM
It's nearly five and a half years since the 9/11 attacks, which was supposed to be the day America woke... More
The Cheney Hokey-Pokey
Is Cheney up? Is Cheney down? The press corps can’t seem to get the story straight.
By Paul McLeary Feb 21, 2007 at 02:21 PM
The job of political journalists is not only to report on Washington, but to discern which way the political winds... More
Kurtz Starts Weekend Early With Lighthearted Fare
It takes a talented writer to paint Michelle Malkin as the voice of reason, while portraying some liberal bloggers as violent, racist, knuckle-dragging misogynists out to destroy her.
By Paul McLeary Feb 16, 2007 at 03:45 PM
It really takes a talented writer to paint conservative commentator Michelle Malkin as the voice of reason, while at the... More
An Iraqi Journalist Spoils the Pentagon-Press Synergy
The rules of anonymous sourcing don’t always translate well in other countries.
By Paul McLeary Feb 13, 2007 at 02:18 PM
The rules of the not-so-subtle game played between politicians, their aides, and reporters in Washington, as we've seen during the... More
Post Ombud Says “It Wasn’t Us! We Swear!”
In which we criticize Deborah Howell’s criticism of the Washington Post’s Web site.
By Paul McLeary Feb 12, 2007 at 04:21 PM
In responding to a crisis sparked by a January 30 blog post by William Arkin on washingtonpost.com, the paper's ombud... More
Another Take on the Troop “Surge” Numbers
An email from a Pentagon correspondent makes us reconsider …
By Paul McLeary Feb 8, 2007 at 01:20 PM
On Monday, I wrote a piece calling for reporters covering the Pentagon and military affairs to start talking about a... More
The Latest On Reporters and Subpoenas
Despite some good news, it has hardly been a banner week for journalism.
By Paul McLeary Feb 7, 2007 at 03:46 PM
The last couple days sure have been uncomfortable for some reporters who are trying to keep their sources secret, and... More
British Stories We Shouldn’t Ignore
Taking a spin through the British press, we saw some stories that have been receiving scant attention stateside.
By Paul McLeary Feb 6, 2007 at 02:53 PM
For a variety of reasons, we rarely comment on the foreign press. But that doesn't mean we don't read it,... More
20,000 Additional Troops — Give or Take 15,000
For all the column inches expended on the Bush administration’s plan to send more troops to Iraq, one significant aspect of the proposal has yet to be sorted out.
By Paul McLeary Feb 5, 2007 at 03:06 PM
There has been a lot of back and forth in the press about the Bush administration's plan to send more... More
Press Gives Bush’s CENTCOM Nominee A Pass on Iraq
What was left out in this morning’s papers …
By Paul McLeary Jan 31, 2007 at 02:58 PM
With the flurry of congressional hearings, debates over nonbinding resolutions, strangely racist utterances by soon-to-be-ex-Democratic presidential hopefuls and the Libby... More
Michael Gordon’s Molehill Becomes A Mountain
When can reporters speak — and about what topics — without fear of being admonished by their employers?
By Paul McLeary Jan 30, 2007 at 02:10 PM
In his Public Editor column in Sunday's New York Times, Byron Calame tackled a problem that he has dealt with... More
Insightmag, A Must-Read
A lesson in how easy it is — even for publications with no history of credibility — to start a scandal.
By Paul McLeary Jan 29, 2007 at 02:51 PM
It's a pretty dubious distinction to be credited with publishing "the first anonymous smear of the 2008 presidential race," by... More
NYT’s Story Speaks Volumes About Iraqi Army
Two embedded reporters get to the heart of the issue.
By Paul McLeary Jan 25, 2007 at 04:23 PM
"One Iraqi soldier in the alley pointed his rifle at an American reporter and pulled the trigger. There was only... More
Is Being Controversial More Important Than Being Right?
Dinesh D’Souza’s new book, which is being skewered by both the left and the right, probably won’t hurt his career in punditry.
By Paul McLeary Jan 24, 2007 at 04:05 PM
Conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza has made a career of poking a stick in the eye of liberals, and he's done... More
My Kingdom For A Storyline
Is John McCain still a “Maverick?” According to the Wall Street Journal, the answer is a resounding “yes!”
By Paul McLeary Jan 22, 2007 at 03:54 PM
As we've seen so often in horse race political coverage, once the press sinks its teeth into a certain storyline... 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.
