Campaign Desk
The Economy Today: Sorting Out the Stimulus
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Aug 3, 2009 at 10:13 AM
USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, which have been tracking how the recession and the stimulus affect state and... More
Detailing the Details
A few bright spots in the media’s health reform coverage
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 3, 2009 at 08:30 AM
Media coverage of health reform lately has centered on the legislative horse race, as we knew it would. The press... More
Coverage of Obama “Suds Summit” Hard to Swallow
Top papers waste time covering irrelevant photo-op
By Greg Marx Jul 31, 2009 at 03:39 PM
The nation’s political media apparently decided to hold a little contest yesterday: Which outlets can produce the most gratuitous, the... More
Pelosi, Prevention, and PBS
Is Madame Speaker misinformed?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 31, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Preventative care saves money? C’est impossible, Madame Speaker! For weeks, we on Campaign Desk have been pointing out this fallacy,... More
Getting Adjusted
Post health care piece errs by using nominal dollars
By Greg Marx Jul 31, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Near the top of a long, interesting story in Sunday’s Washington Post, in which he argued that improved medical treatments... More
Two Takes on the U.S.-Pakistan Marriage
On the rocks, or on the mend? Or could it be both?
By Greg Marx Jul 30, 2009 at 10:32 AM
What’s the current status of the United States’s tortured, convoluted, unhappy marriage with Pakistan? If you’re someone who still prefers... More
The Economy Today: Feeling Beige
Economic headlines from Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 30, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The Federal Reserve’s latest “beige book,” a summary of economic indicators from around the country, shows “a few more glints... More
Shades of Richard Nixon
Is Obama playing defense or offense?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 30, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Those of us of a certain generation remember Richard Nixon and all the gory Watergate details that oozed out and... More
The Economy Today: Housing Prices Stabilizing?
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM
The New York Times leads today with the apparent steadying of the real estate market, as a widely used index... More
Health Reform Too Boring for Broadcast?
Not at KQED
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 28, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Over the weekend, Politico published one of those juicy, inside-the-industry stories that media execs love to read. The story trashed... More
The Economy Today: A New New Deal in Tennessee
Economic headlines from New Jersey, Tennessee, Ohio, and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 28, 2009 at 10:10 AM
The New York Times takes a front-page look today at a throwback approach to fighting unemployment: use government funds to... More
Baucus Watch, Part XII
The mother’s milk of politics and more
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 27, 2009 at 01:23 PM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health care reform; any health care... More
The Economy Today: Better Bad News on the Way?
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 27, 2009 at 10:04 AM
The Wall Street Journal today takes an advance look at economic data slated to be released Friday and finds some... More
All the President’s Words, Part II
Slogans for change, or a movement for change?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM
What case did the president make for reform Wednesday night? Not a very persuasive one, in my view. For me,... More
The Economy Today: Dow 9,000
Economic headlines from Maine, Texas, Montana, and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The economy’s still down, but corporate profits are up, and so is the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Wall Street... 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)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
