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The most hated blogger in America
The secret to Chris Chase — and possibly USA Today’s — success
By Sara Morrison Dec 13, 2012 at 05:00 PM
USA Today senior sports blog editor Chris Chase's posts, covering the lighter side of sports culture, are typical fare; aggregated... More
The limits of Internet research
“Rule number one of the Web: You don’t mess with The Oatmeal”
By Sara Morrison Dec 11, 2012 at 03:30 PM
Internet research helped Buzzfeed contributor Jack Stuef unmask @ComfortablySmug, the Twitter account that earned ire for posting false information during... More
‘I don’t pretend to be an experienced journalist in all the traditional ways’
A small weekly’s approach to journalism toes the ethical line
By Sara Morrison Dec 5, 2012 at 04:23 PM
The Niagara Falls Reporter is in the news again. The attention has dramatically increased the free weekly’s readership. It has... More
Pass the #popcorn
ICYMI: TechCrunch errs, other tech writers pile on
By Sara Morrison Nov 28, 2012 at 06:08 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
Martin Baron’s plans for WaPo
Will he bring the Globe’s double-site strategy to the Post?
By Sara Morrison Nov 20, 2012 at 03:30 PM
Boston Globe editor Martin Baron will be The Washington Post's new executive editor come January 2013, replacing Marcus Brauchli. Three... More
Tom Rosenstiel leaving Pew
He’ll be American Press Institute’s executive director
By Sara Morrison Nov 19, 2012 at 06:13 PM
More changes are in store for the Pew Research Center. As Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor and online executive... More
Buzzfeed president talks branded content
The future of media revenue has its roots in the past
By Sara Morrison Nov 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Columbia Spectator, The Blue & White, and the Columbia InterPublications Association hosted the Columbia Media Conference last weekend. The... More
What’s the MATTER?
A Kickstarter-funded longform narrative science journalism site launches
By Sara Morrison Nov 15, 2012 at 03:30 PM
MATTER, a Kickstarter-funded longform science journalism project, launched on Wednesday with its first article, written by prominent science writer Anil... More
Pass the #popcorn
Don’t treat CNN’s Don Lemon like “the help”
By Sara Morrison Nov 9, 2012 at 03:24 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
And the award for sexist pig goes to…
Feminist media watchdogs gave out awards for sexist campaign coverage
By Sara Morrison Nov 9, 2012 at 07:05 AM
The Women's Media Center celebrated the end of election season on Thursday by giving out awards for sexist coverage of... More
Nor’easter blows Newsday’s paywall down
Long Island and Westchester/Rockland editions providing free access
By Sara Morrison Nov 6, 2012 at 05:30 PM
The paywall at Newsday — both its Long Island and Westchester/Rockland versions — has come down … for now. According... More
Pass the #popcorn
Hurricane Sandy edition
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 06:45 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
Taking the seen-it route
Why toil as an entry-level slave when you can watch a lot of TV, write it up, build a following—and perhaps even get paid?
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Since I could talk, I have talked back to the television. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was great—I loved that segment... More
Darts and Laurels
Women’s work
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
When The New York Times made Buffalo News editor Margaret Sullivan its new public editor in September, there seemed... More
Talk to the hand
A long-running journalism inside joke gets new (after?)life
By Sara Morrison Nov 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Eight years ago, the Chicago Tribune put the halogen searchlight of public attention on an age-old international media conspiracy—an... More
Appending Larry
Google’s “premature release” spins off another viral meme — and an ethical question
By Sara Morrison Oct 26, 2012 at 02:50 PM
A recent Reuters article on Google's prematurely released earnings report noted that a Twitter parody account was created to mock... More
Pass the #popcorn
ICYMI: Buzzfeed’s copyranter defends his right to republish
By Sara Morrison Oct 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’m pretty sure... More
‘Hi, Mark!’
The Newspaper Guild welcomes The New York Times’s new CEO
By Sara Morrison Oct 22, 2012 at 06:20 PM
Mark Thompson began work today as the new CEO of The New York Times, and the Newspaper Guild was there... More
Pass the #popcorn
ICYMI: Matt Sullivan’s announcement pits Felix Salmon against Foster Kamer
By Sara Morrison Oct 19, 2012 at 05:41 PM
According to a recent Pew study, 15 percent of adults online use Twitter — 8 percent daily. I’ve yet to... More
Newsweek is dead … long live Newsweek?
The end of its print run may not be all doom and gloom
By Sara Morrison Oct 18, 2012 at 03:48 PM
As has been reported all over the place today, Newsweek/The Daily Beast editor in chief Tina Brown and CEO Baba... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
