Campaign Desk
Who Will Be at the Table? Part XI
Center for Medicine in the Public Interest fights against a public plan
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 17, 2009 at 03:01 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
The Numbers Game
Sorting out conflicting reports on the cost of House’s health care bill
By Greg Marx Jul 17, 2009 at 10:36 AM
After House Democrats unveiled their proposal for health care reform Tuesday, media outlets attached a variety of cost estimates to... More
The Economy Today: Stimulus Struggles
Headlines from Staten Island, South Carolina, Vermont and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 17, 2009 at 10:10 AM
As the economy continues to founder, the debate over the effect of the federal stimulus package continues to heat up.... More
(Still) Supremely Boring
Arguments for Sotomayor hearing’s long-term significance are unpersuasive
By Greg Marx Jul 16, 2009 at 04:48 PM
In the run-up to this week’s hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination, one of the memes circulating about why... More
The Economy Today: Jobless Recovery on the Way
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM
The Federal Reserve has joined the ranks of those predicting a jobless recovery, USA Today reports. The Fed now expects... More
Don’t Forget Iran
As unrest fades, important stories remain to be told
By Greg Marx Jul 16, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Anyone remember Iran? The “Twitter Revolution” captivated the world’s attention in the weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed (and apparently fraudulent)... More
Extra, Extra: Health Reform Costs Money
Papers emphasize House health bill’s cost rather than its content
By Greg Marx Jul 15, 2009 at 02:24 PM
After months of planning, Democrats in the House of Representatives yesterday unveiled their latest proposal for health care reform. But... More
The Economy Today: It’s a Gas
Economic headlines from North Carolina, Michigan, and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 15, 2009 at 10:04 AM
The major papers, including The Washington Post, report that nationwide retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, but that’s no... More
A Few Good Bloggers
Among the Sotomayor live-bloggers, a few stand out
By Greg Marx Jul 15, 2009 at 08:30 AM
On Monday, I wondered why the media, which had spent the last few days telling us how staged and predictable... More
All the President’s Words
Still, when it comes to health reform, what does he stand for?
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 15, 2009 at 08:00 AM
On Monday, the media went gaga reporting on President Obama’s fancy health reform rhetoric that flowed alongside his introduction of... More
CIA Story Roundup
A look at the national papers’ coverage of secret CIA hit squad story
By Greg Marx Jul 14, 2009 at 02:21 PM
After a few days of reporters digging into the details of a controversial CIA program, and one big scoop about... More
Hospital Disconnect
USA Today offers news you can use, but a little more context, please
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 14, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Walking down the jetway to the 747 in Paris the other day, I spotted a copy of USA Today. One... More
The Economy Today: “Green” Shoots?
A roundup of national and regional economic headlines
By Greg Marx Jul 14, 2009 at 10:16 AM
The economy may still be in the doldrums, but the Obama administration is putting on its best happy face, The... More
Supremely Boring
Big coverage for Sotomayor hearings; little chance of news
By Greg Marx Jul 13, 2009 at 03:52 PM
When it comes to media coverage, Supreme Court nomination hearings are funny things. The nation’s political press corps, almost without... More
Health Care in France—and in America
A journalist’s observations
By Trudy Lieberman Jul 13, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Welcome back to America, I said to myself after a two-week trip to France. Yes, I did think about health... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
