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Ozarks Unbound
One man (and three contributors) in the wide world of northwest Arkansas
By Sam Eifling Mar 24, 2011 at 11:45 AM
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS — The challenges have been twofold for Christopher Spencer, the veteran reporter who founded Ozarks Unbound after he... More
Fayetteville Flyer
A music site that made the leap to general news
By Sam Eifling Mar 24, 2011 at 11:39 AM
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS — Not long ago Todd Gill and Dustin Bartholomew were part-time musicians working in advertising. In late 2007... More
China’s Potemkin Olympics
Finally, a narrative (in the print press, at least) beyond Michael Phelps-as-Aquaman
By Sam Eifling Aug 22, 2008 at 01:17 PM
The swell of sour press about the Olympics may have begun with a couple of crooked teeth. It was clear... More
Grantland Rises
An initial review of Bill Simmons’s sports site
By Sam Eifling Jun 10, 2011 at 01:19 PM
As a journalist it’s impossible not to root for Grantland, the long-form ESPN spinoff site captained by logorrheic NBA junkie... More
Memoirs of an Accidental Sportswriter
Robert Lipsyte’s new memoir recounts fifty years on the sports pages
By Sam Eifling May 25, 2011 at 12:42 PM
An Accidental Sportswriter | by Robert Lipsyte | Ecco | 256 pages, $25.99 Robert Lipsyte’s An Accidental Sportswriter doesn’t leave... More
The Undercovered Country
Haiti as journalists have known it
By Sam Eifling Jan 14, 2010 at 02:59 PM
Just when cable’s mournful drumbeat led us to think we were of one mind on the tragedy of the Haitian... More
I Heard It While in Grapevine
Stories abound at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
By Sam Eifling Jul 28, 2009 at 01:58 PM
It was 3:24 a.m. in room 617 at the Hilton in Grapevine, Texas, the sort of cushy, two-pooled joint that... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
