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Why Bush Won: Our Florid Correspondent Explains Everything
By Zachary Roth Oct 31, 2004 at 05:47 PM
Editor's Note: Campaign Desk turned loose two of its finest to write the definitive explanations of the election results --... More
CNN Insults Our Intelligence
By Zachary Roth Oct 28, 2004 at 06:40 PM
This afternoon on CNN's "Inside Politics", anchor Judy Woodruff said the following to Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman: Let me... More
Beaver State Bungle
By Zachary Roth Oct 28, 2004 at 05:17 PM
Check out this sentence from an Associated Press roundup of the day's developments: A spate of new state polls had... More
ABC Falls for a Ploy
By Zachary Roth Oct 28, 2004 at 02:48 PM
Thanks to a reader for this one. Last night on ABC's "World News Tonight," anchor Peter Jennings introduced a report... More
Too Close to Call
By Zachary Roth Oct 27, 2004 at 05:34 PM
With six days to go, the list of battleground states seems to be growing ever smaller. Of the 11 states... More
Sign of the Times
By Zachary Roth Oct 26, 2004 at 04:58 PM
The New York Times has a special "Voter Guide 2004" section today. Along with statistical breakdowns of the battleground states,... More
AP: Associated Parrots
By Zachary Roth Oct 25, 2004 at 05:46 PM
Eight days left in the race and the Associated Press still can't bring itself to go further than he said/she... More
The Real “Nuisance?� Interviews Like This.
By Zachary Roth Oct 21, 2004 at 04:17 PM
On CNN's "Live From" broadcast today, anchor Miles O'Brien, talking to Democratic strategist Morris Reid, alluded to John Kerry's recent... More
Is There a Draft in Here?
By Zachary Roth Oct 20, 2004 at 02:13 PM
The political press recently figured out, with a few weeks left in the race, that the campaigns' rhetoric often distorts... More
Stephen Elliott on Nedra Pickler, Arianna Huffington ‘s Allure and Ann Coulter’s S&M Come-On
By Zachary Roth Oct 15, 2004 at 03:15 PM
Stephen Elliott at the 2004 Democratic National Convention Stephen Elliott is the author of the new book Looking Forward... More
Playing it Straight
By Zachary Roth Oct 14, 2004 at 01:15 PM
Was John Kerry's explicit reference in last night's debate to Vice President Cheney's gay daughter "fair game," as Kerry campaign... More
Video News Releases - They’re Everywhere!
By Zachary Roth Oct 13, 2004 at 06:31 PM
Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that local news stations had aired, as news, a video news release... More
More He-Said/She-Said on Health Care
By Zachary Roth Oct 12, 2004 at 04:09 PM
Pete Yost of the Associated Press, reporting on President Bush's speech today in Colorado Springs, Colo., treats the president's criticism... More
Karen Ryan Redux
By Zachary Roth Oct 11, 2004 at 04:02 PM
Earlier this year, the Bush administration was caught using video news releases touting the government's Medicare drug benefit that were... More
AP Raises Questions - About Itself
By Zachary Roth Oct 8, 2004 at 04:43 PM
Setting the table for tonight's debate, Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press writes, "Kerry stepped up his rhetoric, too, after... 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?
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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.
