Campaign Desk
CJR’s Town Hall Meetings, Part IV
The view from Main Street, Columbia, Mo.
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 11, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Everyone, it seems is trying to take the pulse of the electorate—Americans who, as the saying goes, vote with their... More
Playing the Margins
Politicians have good reason to avoid the details. Journalists don’t.
By Greg Marx Sep 10, 2009 at 04:42 PM
Ezra Klein’s live chat with readers today included this interesting exchange: Washington, D.C.: I found it interesting that the subsidies,... More
What Did the President Really Say?
More goals and details and questions to ponder
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 10, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Politico got it just about right. “In the end,” wrote Carrie Budoff Brown, “a speech meant to reset the health... More
Reshuffling the Senate
Strong Politico piece takes stock of Senate moves
By Greg Marx Sep 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I was somewhat critical of a David Rogers article earlier this week, but his Politico piece today on the shuffling... More
Mr. Wilson Goes to Washington
Dear news networks: ignore Joe Wilson. Please.
By Megan Garber Sep 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM
The most memorable aspect of President Obama's health care address to Congress tonight was not its rhetoric, or its resonance,... More
Schooling the President
In ‘91, Bush spoke, students listened, the Post snarked
By Greg Marx Sep 9, 2009 at 04:56 PM
When conservative foot-soldiers began to kick up a storm last week about President Barack Obama’s plans to deliver a manipulative,... More
What a Speech Can’t Do
The president thinks he can persuade people. He’s probably wrong.
By Greg Marx Sep 9, 2009 at 01:58 PM
Tonight, if a recent Pew Research Center poll is to be believed, a massive television audience will tune in to... More
Baucus Watch, Part XIII
At last, the senator brings forth a plan
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 9, 2009 at 11:27 AM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health care reform; any health care... More
Where Have All the Health Reform Goals Gone?
What will Obama articulate tonight?
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM
When Barack Obama was running for president, he said he wanted to make sure every child had health insurance. That... More
Stuck with the Senate
Why it makes sense for Obama to focus on the upper house
By Greg Marx Sep 8, 2009 at 02:15 PM
American health care system is in need of reform. Does President Barack Obama’s job consist of finding a way to... More
CJR’s Town Hall Meetings, Part III
The view from Wal-Mart, Honesdale, Pa.
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 8, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Everyone, it seems, is trying to take the pulse of the electorate—Americans who, as the saying goes, vote with their... More
Shout-outs to the Kansas City Star and Kaiser News Service
For starting to fill in the blanks on health reform
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 8, 2009 at 10:24 AM
For months we on Campaign Desk have been urging the media to pull back the reins at health care’s Kentucky... More
White House Promises to Reveal Visitor Logs
But vague exemptions could undercut disclosure
By Clint Hendler Sep 4, 2009 at 04:46 PM
Today, in a truly stunning conclusion to a long series of lawsuits, the Obama administration announced that it will begin... More
Silver Buckshot Misses Target
Fact-checking Biden’s Stimulus Speech
By Alexandra Fenwick Sep 4, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Silver Buckshot. No, that's not Vice President Joe Biden's new nickname. That's his description of the stimulus package, which he... More
CJR’s Town Hall Meetings, Part II
The view from the heartland—the patients
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Everyone, it seems, is trying to take the pulse of the electorate—Americans who, as the saying goes, vote with their... 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.
