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1. The Kicker

   This is CNN?

   August 13, 2012 07:10 PM

   CNN may be responding to the reality of its falling ratings with reality tv programming. Previous attempts to stem the tide of departing viewers have not gone well for the channel. The 2008 election coverage "holograms" of correspondents... Continue reading

2. The News Frontier

   The Kickstarter Chronicles

   August 10, 2012 05:00 PM

   Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

3. Behind the News

   A tale of two Finkes

   August 9, 2012 08:44 PM

   The real Nikki Finke (@NikkiFinke) is the founder and editor in chief of Deadline Hollywood, a website that has become, in its six years of existence, one of the best sites for breaking news on the... Continue reading

4. Behind the News

   ‘Open’ in the age of live tweeting

   August 7, 2012 03:53 PM

   A routine board meeting became the biggest story of last week's UNITY convention after the National Association of Hispanic Journalists President Michele Salcedo refused to allow a student journalist to live tweet during NAHJ's open board meeting.... Continue reading

5. The News Frontier

   The Kickstarter Chronicles

   August 3, 2012 02:50 PM

   Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

6. The News Frontier

   @GuyAdams is #suspended (Updated)

   July 31, 2012 12:00 PM

   Guy Adams is still "trying to get to the bottom of" why his Twitter account was suspended on Monday. The Independent's Los Angeles-based correspondent told CJR in an email that he doesn't know exactly what happened. But the suspicion in... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   New Orleans gets a new Reporter

   July 30, 2012 12:30 PM

   News-hungry New Orleanians, take heart: The hole in the city's news scene the cuts to the Times-Picayune's newsroom and print distribution are expected to leave when they take effect (barring a last-minute purchase of the paper)... Continue reading

8. The News Frontier

   The Kickstarter Chronicles

   July 27, 2012 02:50 PM

   Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

9. Behind the News

   Are journalists being too harsh to Tablet?

   July 24, 2012 03:50 PM

   In the TV series Breaking Bad, a science teacher’s terminal cancer diagnosis prompts him to cook meth to make as much money for his family as possible before he dies. Twisted logic, but it makes more sense than the idea... Continue reading

10. The News Frontier

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    July 20, 2012 02:50 PM

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    With Borowitz acquisition, NewYorker.com launches a new humor vertical (Updated)

    July 18, 2012 04:39 PM

    NewYorker.com's acquisition of Andy Borowitz's The Borowitz Report isn't the only thing that's new to the site on Wednesday. The acquisition was part of the launch of the site’s new online humor channel, with The Borowitz Report, a... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    New NYT public editor brings experience, online savvy

    July 16, 2012 01:59 PM

    On Monday, The New York Times announced that its search for a new public editor had ended with the appointment of Margaret M. Sullivan, editor and vice president of the Buffalo News. She'll take over for... Continue reading

13. The News Frontier

    The Kickstarter Chronicles

    July 13, 2012 11:18 AM

    Each week, dozens of journalistic endeavors turn to Kickstarter for funding. Pitching media projects to this online community brings another meaning to the concept “public interest journalism”; success depends on how intrigued people are by the pitch. From the hugely... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    A difference of Opinionator

    July 6, 2012 06:50 AM

    Cartoonist and essayist Tim Kreider’s latest piece for The New York Times Opinionator series on anxiety was well received by the many among us who suffer from the self-imposed over-busyness Kreider’s essay decried. Most Americans, Kreider claimed, choose... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Don’t assume AP intern’s cause of death

    July 2, 2012 05:22 PM

    The death of Armando Montaño, a 22-year-old Associated Press intern in Mexico City, is a tragic loss to the world of journalism that the recent Grinnell College graduate just recently began to navigate. What is not yet known, however, is... Continue reading

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