Campaign Desk
Baby Elephants
What’s with all these really young GOP pundits?
By Daniel Luzer Mar 12, 2009 at 03:49 PM
On February 27, 2009, attendees at the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference were addressed by Jonathan Krohn,... More
Time Offers Half a Loaf
Great health care story—but then what?
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 12, 2009 at 01:29 PM
Reading Karen Tumulty’s compelling narrative about her brother’s illness and misadventures in the U.S. health care system in this week’s... More
Pork Nation
The political media’s frenzy over earmarks sort of misses the point
By Katia Bachko Mar 11, 2009 at 04:51 PM
The recent debate over earmarks in the spending bill signed today by Barack Obama has politicians and the national media... More
Above the Fold: The Whole Truth About Torture
Is it “unfair” to single out Bush’s torture advisors for prosecution?
By Charles Kaiser Mar 10, 2009 at 06:35 PM
The story by Charlie Savage and Scott Shane on the front page of yesterday’s New York Times, about the “fallout... More
So, Are Ya?
NYT foregoes nuance and asks the president, “Are you a socialist?”
By Jane Kim Mar 9, 2009 at 04:15 PM
The Gray Lady could have asked the socialism question differently. On Friday afternoon, The New York Times conducted an exclusive... More
Derivatives Echo Chamber
The business press largely parroted industry on a massive, prescient ‘94 GAO study
By Elinore Longobardi Mar 9, 2009 at 01:26 PM
The Audit wants to know. What role did the press play in diffusing financial warnings in the years leading up... More
The Takeaway from the Health Care Summit
New euphemisms for the press to avoid
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Tevi Troy, a visiting senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, writing on The Fox Forum, the news blog of Fox... More
Technology as Politics
The teleprompter debate resurfaces
By Katia Bachko Mar 6, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Last September, the media were aflutter with discussion of then-candidate Obama’s possible over-reliance on the teleprompter during various speaking engagements.... More
Baucus Watch, Part VI
The senator’s thoughts on financing health reform
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 6, 2009 at 02:03 PM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health-care reform; any health-care legislation must... More
Who Will Be at the Table? Part VI
Single-payer advocates are almost left off the invite list
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 6, 2009 at 12:37 PM
During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health... More
Explaining COBRA
Let’s have some straight talk from the media
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2009 at 12:21 PM
The ways in which laid-off workers will be helped under the stimulus bill’s COBRA provisions continue to be of great... More
Immature and Irresistible
Please stop covering Rush Limbaugh. Seriously.
By Katia Bachko Mar 5, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Dear Everyone, Knock it off. Yes, after weeks of tomfoolery, Rush Limbaugh challenged President Obama to a debate. And it’s... More
About That 120 Day Deadline
Internal e-mail raises doubts on Obama’s Open Government Directive
By Clint Hendler Mar 4, 2009 at 05:27 PM
There’s been a spate of attention paid this week to the Chief Technology Officer, a yet-to-be-filled federal position that Barack... More
A War on “Class Warfare”
The press sees red(s); history be damned!
By Greg Marx Mar 4, 2009 at 02:25 PM
There’s no denying that President Barack Obama’s proposed 2010 budget represents a major new policy agenda, and that it charts... More
Wanted: More Skepticism at The New York Times
When the word “nonprofit” has a deeper meaning
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 3, 2009 at 02:50 PM
On Saturday, The New York Times’s new consumer feature, “Patient Money,” which discusses pocketbook issues relating to health care, tackled... 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 New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
