Behind the News
George W. and the Texas Press
Is the honeymoon over?
By Justin Peters Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM
George W. Bush says he doesn't read newspapers. He does, however, apparently read Texas Monthly magazine. In fact, the president... More
Introducing the Grantland Corrections Desk
Deadspin picks up Bill Simmons’s slack
By Craig Silverman Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM
“Without looking it up, I can tell you the night the Toronto Blue Jays won their first World Series —... More
This Is How the World ends…
A cynical and fitting sacrifice for the News of The World
By Archie Bland Jul 7, 2011 at 08:45 PM
Finally it died as it has lived: in an explosion of moral piety designed to disguise actions that, in truth,... More
And on the Fender Bass, President Abraham Lincoln!
A humorous correction earns AAA World some praise
By Craig Silverman Jul 1, 2011 at 01:19 PM
It wasn’t too long after the July/August issue of the mid-Atlantic edition of AAA World magazine reached subscribers that Mike... More
Kling’s Warning
Q&A with outgoing Minnesota Public Radio CEO Bill Kling
By Joel Meares Jun 30, 2011 at 10:06 AM
In 1967, in exchange for free grad-school tuition, Bill Kling agreed to help Minnesota’s St. John’s University start a radio... More
Confidence In TV News and Newspapers (Slightly) Up
What’s Weiner got to do with it?
By Joel Meares Jun 28, 2011 at 01:11 PM
Some heartening news for those in the newspaper and TV News industries. Gallup’s annual poll of the public’s confidence... More
Misquotes That Refuse to Die
Things that David Plouffe, Captain Kirk, and others didn’t say
By Craig Silverman Jun 24, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Back in 2009, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe, said some rather kind words about Utah governor Jon Huntsman,... More
Q&A with FCC Report Head Writer Steve Waldman, Part Two
“Rather than doing it ‘once more with feeling,’ let’s try something new.”
By Joel Meares Jun 21, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Two weeks ago, the FCC released its long-awaited, 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities.” The report’s chief writer, Steve... More
Q&A with FCC Report Head Writer Steve Waldman, Part One
“We actually have to pay attention to this and if we don’t, there are going to be severe consequences.”
By Joel Meares Jun 20, 2011 at 05:43 PM
Two weeks ago, the FCC released its long-awaited, 365-page report, “The Information Needs of Communities.” The report’s chief writer,... More
The Backfire Effect
More on the press’s inability to debunk bad information
By Craig Silverman Jun 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Which of these headlines strikes you as the most persuasive: “I am not a Muslim, Obama says.” “I am a... More
Gawker’s Rebound
By Felix Salmon Jun 14, 2011 at 04:25 PM
It's been more than six months since sales chief Chris Batty left Gawker Media as Nick Denton decided he was... More
More Reactions to FCC Report
Critics split on whether government should do more or less
By Joel Meares Jun 13, 2011 at 02:43 PM
The FCC released its staff report, “Information Needs of Communities,” last Thursday and industry and advocacy groups were quick to... More
Writing The War On Drugs
Why do so few American papers report on the trade in their backyard?
By Javier Garza Ramos Jun 10, 2011 at 11:41 AM
What if American law enforcement agents arrested more than six hundred drug dealing suspects in more than twenty cities across... More
No Room for Discussion at FCC Report Panel
Waldman re-presents his report at Columbia J-School
By Joel Meares Jun 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Columbia University’s J-School and the FCC hosted a panel today to coincide with yesterday’s release of the Commission’s “Information Needs... More
Heavy On Problems, Light On Solutions: The FCC Report Has Landed
A quick look at the “disappointing” recommendations
By Joel Meares Jun 9, 2011 at 05:37 PM
In some three hundred and sixty odd pages, the FCC’s long-awaited Future of News “Information Needs of Communities” report... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
