Campaign Desk
In Ohio, a Spotlight on Super PAC Ads
As a new campaign urges stations to reject misleading ads, how sharp is the conflict between conscience and cash?
By T.C. Brown Mar 8, 2012 at 11:56 AM
OHIO — There was no escaping the blizzard of negative television and radio advertising assaulting the eyes and ears of... More
Context, and Political Theater, in North Carolina
Why the press needs to tell the parts of the story Obama won’t
By Andria Krewson Mar 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM
NORTH CAROLINA — As the results of the Super Tuesday primaries put Republican candidates in the headlines, President Obama is... More
When JFK made Santorum sick
The press was too slow to supply the larger context
By Erika Fry Mar 6, 2012 at 01:48 PM
It has been more than a week since Rick Santorum went on the Sunday talk circuit and made news by... More
NPR Rethinks Its Reporting
Will “he said/she said” go away for good?
By Trudy Lieberman Mar 5, 2012 at 02:10 PM
Last week, NPR released a new ethics document that the blogosphere announced would end the “he said/she said” reporting the... More
The World’s Dumbest Press Conference
How coverage of Joe Arpaio’s birtherism threatens to make the myth worse
By Brendan Nyhan Mar 5, 2012 at 10:37 AM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Last Tuesday, the New America Foundation released a report (PDF) I co-authored with Georgia State's Jason Reifler... More
Romney and the “Mormon Moment”
Lots of fear and loathing from the pundit class
By Erika Fry Mar 2, 2012 at 04:41 PM
More than once this election cycle, it has been declared “The Mormon Moment.” Look no further than Broadway (The Book... More
A Laurel to the Toledo Blade
Paper challenges Romney on his manufacturing message
By T.C. Brown Mar 2, 2012 at 04:33 PM
OHIO — There’s a well-known truism that you can’t have it both ways. But that’s never stopped politicians, especially in... More
In Michigan, Getting Beyond the ‘Class Divide’
HuffPost’s Blumenthal finds another good angle in the results
By Anna Clark Mar 2, 2012 at 01:13 PM
MICHIGAN — Election night demands instant coverage from reporters—not just to name a winner, but to define how voting patterns... More
More Dot-Connection Needed on ER Story
What we’re learning about hospitals, part two
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 29, 2012 at 01:27 PM
Kaiser Health News has become very good at reporting on the marketing secrets of the nation’s hospitals. I was intrigued... More
Countering Misinformation: Tips for Journalists
Avoid negations, use graphics, and get the story right the first time!
By Brendan Nyhan Feb 29, 2012 at 10:52 AM
This article was written by Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler. It is adapted from Misinformation and Fact-checking: Research Findings from... More
Who Opposed the Auto Bailouts?
Romney was hardly alone, despite what you read
By Anna Clark Feb 28, 2012 at 02:45 PM
MICHIGAN — Leading into today’s primary, Michigan journalists have focused on the bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler more than... More
A Medicare Memo to Campaign Reporters
Tailing Mitt on Medicare and Social Security, too
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 27, 2012 at 04:29 PM
Dear Colleagues: I have just returned from a reporting trip to Southeast Arkansas, where the folks I visited have very... More
In Michigan, Coverage of Romney’s Speech Goes Beyond That Empty Stadium
But focus on local storylines obscures some important national angles
By Anna Clark Feb 24, 2012 at 09:04 PM
MICHIGAN — On Twitter and the Web Friday afternoon, it was clear what about Mitt Romney’s address to the Detroit... More
As Primary Nears, It’s Time to Dig Deep in Ohio
Blade’s strong story on housing crisis offers a good model
By T.C. Brown Feb 24, 2012 at 02:47 PM
OHIO — As Republican frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum parachute into the Buckeye State and clog the airwaves with... More
Pat Buchanan and His Enablers
Why did MSNBC hire him in the first place?
By James Kirchick Feb 23, 2012 at 02:24 PM
Last week, MSNBC fired Pat Buchanan following a four-month suspension. The proximate cause of his dismissal was the publishing of... 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)
Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes
Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration’s attacks on press freedoms emerges
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe
Court documents in the Kim case reveal how deeply investigators explored the private communications of a working journalist — and raise the question of how often journalists have been investigated as closely as Rosen was in 2010
Reporter deemed ‘co-conspirator’ in leak case
The Reyes affidavit all but eliminates the traditional distinction in classified leak investigations between sources, who are bound by a non-disclosure agreement, and reporters, who are protected by the First Amendment as long as they do not commit a crime
“At some point you have to say, a law that people don’t obey is a bad law”
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.
