Campaign Desk
28 hours of political ads (and a few minutes of news)
Tallying the ad buys at six local TV stations for one Pennsylvania primary race
By Ken Knelly May 1, 2012 at 01:32 PM
Pennsylvania — In the weeks before the April 24 primary here, folks in Northeastern Pennsylvania saw and heard a lot... More
Memo to Joe Nocera
Re: your vanishing retirement nest egg
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 30, 2012 at 02:01 PM
Dear Joe: I have written to you before. The subject was Medicare, and how tricky it is to cover it.... More
Network Anchors for Romney?
Campaign ads are making greater use of TV news footage. Is that a problem?
By Elizabeth Wilner and Ken Goldstein Apr 30, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, and David Gregory endorsing presidential candidates: Could it happen? Actually, it already is—though not quite in... More
How Adelson’s Cash Could Really Matter
And how solid campaign coverage can help voters see past the ad blitz
By Jay Jones Apr 27, 2012 at 03:35 PM
NEVADA — There’s an old adage that states, “He’s the best politician money can buy.” It’s an admittedly cynical phrase... More
Report Card on Social Security Trust Fund Coverage
An F for the headlines; a C- for the stories
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 27, 2012 at 02:17 PM
This week, Social Security trustees issued their annual report on the program’s financial health. The news was expected: Social Security... More
Obama promises climate talk
But reporters will probably have to keep asking
By Curtis Brainard Apr 26, 2012 at 05:26 PM
Three cheers to Rolling Stone cofounder Jann S. Wenner for getting President Barack Obama to utter the words “climate change”... More
From Etch a Sketch to Hilary Rosen
The new Rule Book for reporting on outbreaks of feigned outrage
By Walter Shapiro Apr 26, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Unless you are voraciously waiting for the final tabulation of the write-in votes from the Delaware primary, these are the... More
Covering Ohio’s Changing Economy
Can reporters connect the candidates’ rhetoric to on-the-ground reality?
By T.C. Brown Apr 25, 2012 at 12:40 PM
OHIO — Barack Obama and Mitt Romney traipsed their way through the Cleveland area last week, the start of what’s... More
In Colorado, Campaign Fundraising Stories Half-Told
What campaigns disclose ahead of disclosure deadlines won’t be the full story
By Mary Winter Apr 24, 2012 at 03:22 PM
COLORADO—The first rule of reporting is to be skeptical, or—maybe you’ve heard this one before?—if your mother says she loves... More
In a Social Campaign, What Role for the Press?
A conversation with UNC’s Daniel Kreiss
By Andria Krewson Apr 23, 2012 at 04:05 PM
NORTH CAROLINA — Eight years since Howard Dean’s presidential run took the country by storm, how are the Internet and... More
In PA Primary, Television News is Late to the Game
An ad barrage, but little context, depth to local on-air reporting
By Ken Knelly Apr 20, 2012 at 12:19 PM
PENNSYLVANIA — The battle between 10-term U.S. Rep. Tim Holden and his Democratic primary opponent, attorney Matt Cartwright, is dominating... More
When Ads Blur the Truth, Will Coverage Fight Back?
Clarity within news stories can correct dubious claims
By Andria Krewson Apr 19, 2012 at 01:35 PM
NORTH CAROLINA — With the 2012 campaign coverage beginning in earnest, journalistic fact-checking efforts are getting underway in this key... More
How the Media Has Shaped the Social Security Debate
The press plays a dubious role
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 18, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Shortly after the 2010 midterm elections, Washington Post budget correspondent Lori Montgomery reported that, while a debate raged around... More
The Campaign-Finance Stories That Don’t Get Written
Consultants and insiders feed the fundraising frenzy. How much do they make, anyway?
By Walter Shapiro Apr 18, 2012 at 10:19 AM
There was something comically self-evident about the headline on the story that led the April 13 print edition of The... More
EXTRA Unpacks the Media’s Medicare Coverage
Are journalists writing for doctors or for patients?
By Trudy Lieberman Apr 17, 2012 at 04:09 PM
I don’t know Amy Poe, a writer and Medicare consumer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. But I like a piece... 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.
