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‘Resetting’ The Plain Dealer
What’s to become of Cleveland’s daily, a bright spot in Ohio’s coverage of election 2012?
By T.C. Brown Nov 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
OHIO — The frenzy of presidential candidates and entourages overrunning the Buckeye State is history, but questions about how Ohio’s... More
An Ohio election special causes controversy
TPM flags some anti-Obama programming on Sinclair stations
By T.C. Brown Nov 8, 2012 at 03:12 PM
OHIO — A controversial election eve special that aired twice Monday night on the local ABC affiliate in Columbus triggered... More
Election Day worries in Ohio
Lawsuits, provisional ballots, alleged software glitches—and the coverage of it all
By T.C. Brown Nov 6, 2012 at 07:13 PM
OHIO — The fun never stops here in Battleground Ohio. Just when reporters thought they had seen the last of... More
Getting ready for ballot battles in Ohio
Reporters explore ‘nightmare scenarios’—and offer some practical advice to voters
By T.C. Brown Nov 3, 2012 at 11:45 AM
OHIO — No disrespect to other swing states, but the pivotal one on the majority of pundits’ lips and in... More
In Ohio, campaign coverage is anti-social
Reporting on candidates’ social media strategies is largely absent in key battleground
By T.C. Brown Oct 25, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — Anyone even remotely plugged into the 21st century is well aware that the presidential campaigns, and to a... More
As ads flood Ohio House race, will coverage keep up?
A review finds some solid work, but there’s room for more enterprising journalism
By T.C. Brown Oct 12, 2012 at 03:14 PM
OHIO — The donnybrook in northeast Ohio between two Congressional incumbents grappling to keep their jobs has become a leading... More
How to cover the horse race?
Ohio’s press-watchers weigh in on the contest between campaigns and reporters
By T.C. Brown Oct 5, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — With just a month to go before the election, the presidential campaigns are in the homestretch, an apt... More
As campaigns cross Ohio, Romney stops to talk
Blade seeks tax plan clarity, while Plain Dealer revisits coal policy, auto bailout
By T.C. Brown Sep 28, 2012 at 06:50 AM
OHIO — Both presidential campaigns spent some of this week crawling across the Buckeye State, at one point campaigning within... More
In Ohio, barbs traded on China trade
Cincinnati Enquirer helps readers sort through a few
By T.C. Brown Sep 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM
OHIO — President Obama came back to the Buckeye State Monday for his 12th visit this year just as his... More
ProPublica ‘pull[s] back the curtain’
Justin Elliott shines light on a dark money group in Ohio; reporters there should take note
By T.C. Brown Sep 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM
OHIO — Shadowy outside groups dropping cash into political races has been a recurrent theme this year in Ohio, as... More
A reporter in Ohio goes on the attack over drones
Fox 19’s Ben Swann makes waves with tough questions for president about kill list
By T.C. Brown Sep 7, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — While it’s rare for a local television reporter to score a one-on-one interview with the president of the... More
Kasich, out of context
After HuffPost’s story makes the Ohio governor’s words appear inflammatory, an update won’t do
By T.C. Brown Sep 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM
OHIO — A side story with an Ohio connection at last week’s GOP convention set off a brief crossfire in... More
Covering Romney in Ohio’s coal country
Visit draws sharp questions from across state line, and solid stories from big-city papers
By T.C. Brown Aug 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
OHIO — When Mitt Romney’s campaign bus rolled into the tiny Appalachian town of Beallsville in the eastern part of... More
In Ohio, misleading messages about military voting
The state’s major papers challenge claims about the motives behind an Obama lawsuit
By T.C. Brown Aug 9, 2012 at 03:30 PM
OHIO — The heat of the rhetoric tossed around by the presidential campaigns here seems to be perfectly in tune... More
For Obama in Ohio, a mix of substance and pageantry
In Akron, coverage leans too far toward softer stuff, but other outlets do better
By T.C. Brown Aug 3, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — These days there’s no danger of an Ohio news editor barking at a political reporter for hanging around... 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.
