Campaign Desk
Pushing back, making connections
Michigan political reporters have a job to do
By Anna Clark May 14, 2012 at 11:29 AM
MICHIGAN — Quinn Klinefelter is a longtime news editor at WDET, the National Public Radio station in Detroit. His voice... More
In Nevada, a candidate’s fecklessness on full display
Some sharp interview questions leave a congressional hopeful squirming
By Jay Jones May 11, 2012 at 03:42 PM
NEVADA — In this state, where it’s legal to carry an unconcealed handgun, John Oceguera, the Speaker of the Nevada... More
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map…
A glut of “swing-state” stories risks inspiring false certainty about the coming election
By Walter Shapiro May 10, 2012 at 12:07 PM
For a newspaper that believes that a decent fraction of its readers know that Kurt Weill wrote the music for... More
How an anti-tax HIT squad employs the press
“We’re pitching things and hope people run it. We’re not paying for ads”
By Trudy Lieberman May 10, 2012 at 11:42 AM
The small-business community has revved up its campaign to repeal a tax on insurance companies intended to help finance subsidies... More
In Ohio, political money gets around
Dayton Daily News shows how local lawmakers shuffle campaign donations to cash-strapped colleagues
By T.C. Brown May 10, 2012 at 12:20 AM
OHIO—A thorough peek behind a curtain of campaign cash this week by the Dayton Daily News shed real light on... More
A (blurry) snapshot of influence peddling
Finding out who paid $10,000 to party with Congress members remains a reporting challenge
By Mary Winter May 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM
COLORADO—A CBS News undercover video of a Republican fundraiser earlier this year gave viewers a tantalizing glimpse of a $10,000-a-head... More
Obama ‘evolves,’ Romney ‘flip-flops’
As the candidates’ positions change, reporters construct differing narratives
By Brendan Nyhan May 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney so different after all? Despite the media’s portrayal of Romney as a uniquely... More
Reporting on the hand that feeds
In North Carolina, TV news reporters find stories in their stations’ political ad buy data
By Andria Krewson May 8, 2012 at 11:30 AM
NORTH CAROLINA—On April 27, the Federal Communications Commission made what CJR called “a good step toward transparency in the realm... More
Who you calling ‘working-class’?
Some things for the political press to think about as it covers Campaign 2012
By Brent Cunningham May 8, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Attention all political reporters and editors. If you don’t know about the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State, in... More
Healthcare: Do Americans get too much—or too little?
A shout-out to Remapping Debate
By Trudy Lieberman May 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM
We’ve become accustomed of late to stories telling us we get too much healthcare. We get too much of the... More
The Rubio romance
For the national press, a harder look is in order
By Brian E. Crowley May 4, 2012 at 04:05 PM
FLORIDA — Much of the national media appears to be in love with Florida’s junior senator—Republican Marco Rubio. Back on... More
New rules on political ads: how to mine them
Finding gold may require a group effort
By Steven Waldman May 4, 2012 at 11:48 AM
A gold mine of data will soon be available to help make our political system more transparent, thanks to the... More
What’s the right way to cover Joe the Plumber?
Reporters in northern Ohio bring scrutiny to bear on an unusual candidate
By T.C. Brown May 3, 2012 at 05:21 PM
OHIO — There’s no telling how handy Joe the Plumber is with a wrench, but he’s certainly mastered the art... More
Memo to Kevin Drum
Mediocre stories about Social Security are not okay
By Trudy Lieberman May 3, 2012 at 04:55 PM
Dear Kevin: I have not written to you before, but I do know your work from the health reform debate.... More
In an age of walled-off candidates, longing for LBJ
Caro’s latest opus offers a strong case for the enduring value of journalistic access
By Walter Shapiro May 3, 2012 at 10:13 AM
The pivotal chapter on the 1960 Democratic Convention in The Passage of Power, the just-published and justly heralded fourth volume... 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.
