Campaign Desk
Normalizing the Filibuster
The Senate’s peculiar institution gets taken for granted
By Greg Marx Jul 1, 2009 at 04:22 PM
Yesterday, the Minnesota Supreme Court finally made official what had for months seemed a foregone conclusion: Al Franken will be... More
The Economy Today: Happy New (Fiscal) Year
Economic headlines from California, Utah, North Dakota, and elsewhere
By Greg Marx Jul 1, 2009 at 12:04 PM
The arrival of July brings the start of the fiscal year and a statutory deadline for new budgets in many... More
A Morning of eGov
Notes on the Obama administration’s ambassadors to the Personal Democracy Forum
By Clint Hendler Jun 30, 2009 at 10:54 AM
This morning, attendees of the Personal Democracy Forum Conference, an annual event for people interested in the intersection of politics,... More
Memo to Sen. Barbara Boxer—and Journalists, Too
More skepticism about savings from preventive care, please
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 30, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Sen. Barbara Boxer was defiant. As Campaign Desk reported recently, the gentle lady from California said in no uncertain terms... More
The Economy Today: Solar Big Bang
Headlines from Texas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Washington state, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 30, 2009 at 08:13 AM
National papers continue to lead with the Madoff sentencing. Yesterday, Judge Danny Chin sentenced the Ponzi schemer to the maximum... More
The Economy Today: It’s All Happening at the Zoo
Headlines from Missouri, California, Indiana, Massachusetts, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 29, 2009 at 08:58 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports that consumer confidence is up for the fifth month in a row. This report is... More
Health Care Flashpoints, Part III
Taxing insurance benefits and health care equity
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 29, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Over the next few months, health reform will succeed or fail based on a few major flashpoints that will shape... More
The Economy Today: Half a Loaf
News from Maine, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and elsewhere
By Jane Kim Jun 26, 2009 at 09:42 AM
In national headlines, USA Today notes that federal stimulus spending slowed last week compared to any weeks in May, and... More
Sanford’s Flight of Fancy
What South Carolina columnists and editorials are saying about the governor’s affair
By Katia Bachko Jun 25, 2009 at 04:21 PM
The Mark Sanford affair story affords plentiful opportunities for practitioners and observers of journalism and politics. It allows for the... More
The Economy Today: Stimulating Paperwork
News from Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, and elsewhere
By Jane Kim Jun 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM
In national headlines, USA Today reports that “less than one-half of 1%” of the money set aside for highway repair... More
Planted Questions
Calling foul on HuffPo’s press-conference deal with Obama
By Katia Bachko Jun 24, 2009 at 03:27 PM
Yesterday’s presidential presser added another installment to the Annals of Questions That Make News. Last April, it was Jeff Zeleny’s... More
The Economy Today: Moonlighting Back in Vogue
Headlines from Michigan, Illinois, Montana, and elsewhere
By Katia Bachko Jun 24, 2009 at 10:02 AM
A tough job market is pushing some workers to take on second jobs, USA Today reports. According to various surveys,... More
Excluded Voices
An interview with Wendell Potter
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 24, 2009 at 05:30 AM
This past year’s health discussion has been remarkable for the narrow range of ideas and opinions that have floated down... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part X
We finally hear from the business community
By Trudy Lieberman Jun 23, 2009 at 03:02 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Keller on Rohde: “There’s No Question It Was the Right Approach”
The NYT executive editor talks about the paper’s handling of the David Rohde story
By Katia Bachko Jun 23, 2009 at 01:39 PM
On June 20, the world discovered that, since November 2008, New York Times reporter David Rohde had been held by... 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)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
