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The Openness Ombudsman
D.C.’s new FOIA ombuds office is finally taking shape
By Clint Hendler Jan 29, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Stakeholders in government information policy—academics, lawyers, advocates, officials, and bureaucrats—gathered today at American University’s Washington College of Law to discuss... More
Who’s Undercutting Obama?
For the moment, at least, it’s his press office
By David Cay Johnston Jan 29, 2009 at 01:25 PM
It’s 3 p.m. and the phone in the White House press secretary’s office is ringing. It rings and rings and... More
Laurel to The Oregonian
Health care miracles that aren’t
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 28, 2009 at 10:52 AM
“Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles!” That pretty much describes the media’s approach to coverage of new drugs and medical... More
Past Perfect?
Obama’s Records Act order heartens historians
By Clint Hendler Jan 28, 2009 at 09:00 AM
When President Nixon slunk out of the White House, he wasn’t exactly in a sharing mood. In his fight to... More
Obama Coverage Mad Libs
“Our D.C. coverage will be (fair and balanced; appearing on alternate Mondays; handled by our Los Angeles bureau)”
By Steve Daley Jan 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM
From: The Executive Editor To: All Hands The first days of the Barack Obama administration would seem to provide a... More
Q & A: Former McCain Blogger Michael Goldfarb
“I was a cudgel. I pissed off the media.”
By Kate Klonick Jan 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Michael Goldfarb was the McCain campaign's deputy communications director-cum-media bodyguard, tasked by McCain's high command with bullying the press into... More
COBRA and Health Care Equity
It’s time for the press to connect some dots
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 26, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Remedies for America’s diseased health system tend to come incrementally—an approach that doesn’t disrupt the status quo but never quite... More
Baucus Watch Archive
An archive of Trudy Lieberman’s “Baucus Watch” articles
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 25, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Below, you will find links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Baucus Watch” series, in descending order. 10/02/09: Baucus Watch,... More
Arab Media Wars
Hamas, Fatah, and the Arab media world
By Lawrence Pintak Jan 23, 2009 at 12:22 PM
ABU DHABI – Surf the blogs in the Arab world and you find a common theme: the Bush administration has... More
Baucus Watch, Part IV
Lobbyists in white hats
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 23, 2009 at 09:12 AM
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health-care reform; any health-care legislation must... More
Barack in the Ballroom
Dance critics assess the Obamas’ ballroom dancing skills
By Michelle Vellucci Jan 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Watching coverage of the inaugural balls Tuesday night was at times like eavesdropping on a table of gushing bridesmaids at... More
Who Moved His Cheese?
There’s more to openness than a new Web site
By Megan Garber Jan 21, 2009 at 04:14 PM
In 1835, a New York dairy farmer sent President Andrew Jackson an unusual gift: a wheel of cheese weighing nearly... More
Day One: New FOIA Rules
Quick victory for transparency
By Clint Hendler Jan 21, 2009 at 02:40 PM
Addressing his new White House staff in a ceremony this afternoon, President Barack Obama spoke repeatedly of the importance of... More
The Podium and the Mall
Penning lines about the inauguration, columnists look both ways
By Jane Kim Jan 21, 2009 at 11:48 AM
We have a new president. And after yesterday's inaugural festivities, op-ed columnists set to work to define what it was... More
Above the Fold: This Land Is Our Land
Obama’s inauguration was a celebration forty years in the making
By Charles Kaiser Jan 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM
“You sing it with us: we’ll give you the words.” –Pete Seeger, Washington, D.C., January 18, 2009 "The answer is... 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)
Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch
One journalist took matters into his own hands when a fellow audience member wouldn’t stop using her smartphone during a theater performance
Purchasing Tumblr is Yahoo’s flashy bet on a shift in social media
The shift from Facebook to more creative social networks
Gay Talese’s outline for ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,’ 1966
Handwritten on a shirt board
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.
