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The Unvanquished
Marshall Frady and the dime-store rascals of southern politics
By Scott Sherman Nov 13, 2007 at 12:00 PM
A few months before he died in a car accident, David Halberstam published a droll, melancholy homage to his colleague... More
Caro’s Way
Even after 2,600 pages, LBJ remains elusive
By Scott Sherman Mar 27, 2012 at 02:35 PM
It was the most contested election in the history of Texas. On August 28, 1948, Lyndon B. Johnson, a ruthless... More
A Rocket’s Trajectory
Marcus Brauchli at The Washington Post
By Scott Sherman Sep 16, 2010 at 06:00 AM
For more than thirty years, Keith Richburg has been a classy and distinguished presence at The Washington Post. Richburg served... More
Memoirs of a Pugilist
Hitchens in light and shade
By Scott Sherman May 21, 2010 at 01:13 PM
Hitch-22: A Memoir | By Christopher Hitchens | Twelve | 435 pages, $26.99 In early 1966, shortly after he moved... 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.
