Campaign Desk
It’s Caucus Day in Colorado: Where’s the Content?
Campaign presented as theater in the Denver Post
By Mary Winter Feb 7, 2012 at 10:46 PM
COLORADO — It’s caucus day here in Colorado, and recent campaign coverage from the state’s largest paper has been disappointingly... More
Nevada GOP Shows How Not to Conduct a Caucus
Confusion, “clueless media policies,” day-late results
By Jay Jones Feb 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM
NEVADA — Political reporters here—after clearing some hurdles placed in their paths—have seized on two essential elements following Mitt Romney’s... More
USA Today Touts the Government’s Good News on Medicare
But was it the full story?
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 6, 2012 at 11:57 AM
A few days ago USA Today trumpeted some health policy news: enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is up and premiums... More
What Do Ohioans Want from Their Media?
Follow the money. Check the facts. And grow a pair.
By T.C. Brown Feb 6, 2012 at 06:00 AM
OHIO — As the GOP presidential primary extravaganza continues to roll along, disenchantment has infected some observers—a.k.a., the voters. With... More
Ralston Grills the GOP Gang
In advance of Nevada caucus, tough questions for the candidates
By Jay Jones Feb 3, 2012 at 12:50 PM
NEVADA — It’s always refreshing to see a journalist who’s not afraid to ask the tough questions—especially the tough follow-up... More
What Mitt Really Believes About Entitlements
Protecting Social Security and Medicare
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 2, 2012 at 12:52 PM
It’s hard to say if Mitt Romney’s declaration the other night in Florida that Republicans “will never go after Medicare... More
Rooting for the Race
Journalists are suddenly eager to admit the media is biased in favor of an extended campaign. Will they do anything about it?
By Erika Fry Feb 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM
In a column earlier this week, The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank penned a public love letter—to Newt Gingrich. Taking on... More
Three Thoughts on Mitt Romney’s ‘Very Poor’ Day
What makes for a gaffe, what Medicaid really does, and what lame questions!
By Greg Marx Feb 1, 2012 at 05:07 PM
Herewith, a trio of thoughts on the political-media story that won the day on February 1: Mitt Romney’s statement on... More
Super PAC Reporting: Recommended Reading
Because you know you need to get up to speed
By Liz Cox Barrett Feb 1, 2012 at 02:57 PM
Maybe you know someone—a friend—who keeps hearing about Super PACs, knows he should know more about what they are, where... More
Romney’s Hispanic Support: About That Florida Poll
Reporters must tell readers about polls’ shortcomings
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 31, 2012 at 12:19 PM
FLORIDA—Late Saturday night, the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald released the results of a new Mason-Dixon survey of... More
A Laurel to The Record
For a disturbing tale of sickness and medical expense
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 31, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Lindy Washburn’s piece in the Bergen Record about medical debt and how it can cripple even those people with health... More
Las Vegas Review-Journal Asks Four Key Questions…
…But doesn’t help readers evaluate candidates’ answers
By Jay Jones Jan 31, 2012 at 09:34 AM
NEVADA — “Is it safe?” It’s the short question a former Nazi dentist asks of a grad student (Dustin Hoffman)... More
Medicare Versus Obamacare
The fight begins in Florida
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 30, 2012 at 12:22 PM
In the last few days, three mainstream news outlets elevated “Medicare: The Political Story” into the headlines. It was good... More
The Presidential Energy Narrative
Campaign coverage takes on a green hue
By Curtis Brainard Jan 27, 2012 at 05:30 PM
In the last week, President Obama has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, focused his first campaign ad on clean energy,... More
For Obama’s Vegas Visit, Competing Press Angles
As Sun explores natural gas agenda, Review-Journal delves into the “briar patch”
By Jay Jones Jan 27, 2012 at 03:26 PM
This post has been updated since it was first published to include discussion of the first Review-Journal story. NEVADA —... 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?
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The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
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.
