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Roanoke Times excels at campaign ‘event coverage’…
…But will the paper turn its resources toward the rhetoric?
By Tharon Giddens Jul 18, 2012 at 06:50 AM
VIRGINIA — Last month, the New York Times made an effort to help readers navigate some of the “selective truths,”... More
Tracking campaign cash in the commonwealth
The Virginia Public Access Project helps political reporters and citizens follow the money
By Tharon Giddens Jul 10, 2012 at 04:15 PM
VIRGINIA — If you want to follow political money in Virginia—and there’s plenty of it here, as this is one... More
Political money talks. PolitiFact Virginia listens—and then talks back
As campaign ads swamp the Commonwealth, site aims to “explain what the facts are”
By Tharon Giddens Jun 29, 2012 at 01:18 PM
VIRGINIA — Need proof that Virginia is a battleground state in the 2012 election? In one recent week, the presidential... More
When ads attack in Virginia
Roanoke’s WSLS-TV, Hampton Roads’ Daily Press did more than repeat claims and counter-claims
By Tharon Giddens Jun 19, 2012 at 04:45 PM
VIRGINIA — Turn on a local morning television newscast on any given day in Virginia and you’ll likely get a... 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)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
