Campaign Desk
About that Letter…
TPM whiffs on Obama’s FOIA dodge
By Clint Hendler Jul 23, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Last night, shortly before Obama took the podium for his prime time press conference on health reform, Gregory Craig, the... More
Pessimism on Af-Pak
An argument for “the good war” doesn’t quite deliver
By Greg Marx Jul 23, 2009 at 03:04 PM
I wanted to be persuaded by Peter Bergen’s argument in Washington Monthly about why the U.S. mission in Afghanistan can... More
The Economy Today: Football Stays Strong
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM
The national papers devote most of their space to President Barack Obama’s press conference last night, where, as The Washington... More
Everything’s a Crisis
The perils of prognosticating on Obama’s political future
By Greg Marx Jul 23, 2009 at 09:55 AM
Just six months in, Barack Obama’s political future is at stake on many fronts, according to the nation’s political press... More
Meet the New Boss…
Democrats won’t defend ’06 position on White House visitor logs
By Clint Hendler Jul 22, 2009 at 05:48 PM
In 2006, the Democratic National Committee took the Bush administration to court. “The Abramoff scandal was going on,” remembers Joseph... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part XII
Did the AMA snooker the press?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2009 at 05:20 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Sen. Schumer, Meet Louise Russell
What’s this about preventative care saving money?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Reporters from the New York media, take note! It’s time to tell your state’s senior senator (and the people he... More
Transparency or Trillions?
Papers make different choices about what to highlight in IG report
By Greg Marx Jul 22, 2009 at 10:24 AM
One criticism commonly heard about the dread MSM is that all the major outlets are operating out of the same... More
The Economy Today: For the Birds
Economic headlines from California, Indiana, Texas, and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before a Congressional committee yesterday and told lawmakers he plans to keep interest rates... More
Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part IV
The new math, or maybe it’s the old
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as... More
The Economy Today: Taxing Times
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 21, 2009 at 10:20 AM
As a proposed surtax on top earners becomes the latest political football of the health care debate, The Wall Street... More
A Busy Couple of Days in Iran
The NYT and the LAT offer some strong reporting
By Greg Marx Jul 21, 2009 at 08:31 AM
After a relatively quiet period that left media outlets stepping back and taking stock, events in Iran picked up again... More
Keep On Shuffling
Bai’s argument about Obama doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
By Greg Marx Jul 20, 2009 at 03:16 PM
I’m as sympathetic as any writer to the columnist’s need to come up with an argument on demand. But in... More
Gregory A+; Sebelius D-
NBC’s David Gregory bores down on Madame Secretary
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Last week, Campaign Desk urged reporters to start asking Obama tough questions on health care, so we could learn what... More
The Economy Today: Have We Met Before?
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 20, 2009 at 10:08 AM
What’s a shady subprime mortgage broker to do when the housing market goes belly-up? Become a shady loan modification firm... 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)
A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma
Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real
One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue
50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB
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.
