Campaign Desk
In Florida, the GOP Woos Hispanic Voters
Can the press push the candidates past pandering?
By Justin Peters Jan 27, 2012 at 01:48 PM
MIAMI, FLORIDA — The Hispanic Leadership Network is a center-right political advocacy organization that, in its single year of existence,... More
Edsall: ‘Newt Gingrich’s History is Fair Game’
And other thoughts on when the press should examine the private lives of public figures
By Erika Fry Jan 27, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Last week, at CNN’s “First in the South” debate in Charleston, Newt Gingrich ripped into moderator John King for beginning... More
Get Ready, Buckeyes—The Campaigns Are Coming!
Ohio’s political press prepares for the message war
By T.C. Brown Jan 26, 2012 at 02:32 PM
OHIO — They’re coming. And the press in Ohio is starting to gear up. Ohio’s March 6 primary is just... More
Who is Sheldon Adelson? Florida Needs to Know
State’s newsrooms haven’t focused their resources on the super PAC story
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 26, 2012 at 11:36 AM
FLORIDA — Who is Sheldon Adelson, and why does he matter to the presidential campaign? If you are a Florida... More
Waiting for Newt in Naples
Just because the candidate’s not there doesn’t mean there’s not a story
By Justin Peters Jan 26, 2012 at 06:56 AM
NAPLES, FLORIDA — It is late Tuesday afternoon in Naples, and a few thousand people have gathered around the Cambier... More
Voters to Press: Tell Us Where the Candidates Stand
In South Carolina, readers look to local papers for the basics
By Erika Fry Jan 25, 2012 at 03:43 PM
One of the main media frames for the 2012 presidential campaign is the way in which media frames are changing.... More
The Colorado Columnist on the Bus
A look at the Denver Post’s choice to send a liberal columnist (only) to cover a GOP primary
By Mary Winter Jan 25, 2012 at 01:15 PM
COLORADO — The Denver Post’s decision to send just one writer, Mike Littwin, to cover the New Hampshire GOP presidential... More
Jon Stewart Takes on Sebelius
What Madame Secretary didn’t say
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Jon Stewart welcomed Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius to The Daily Show Monday night, and it was great... More
A Trail of Unexpected Costs on the Campaign Trail
Price-gouging in the primary states
By Ben Adler Jan 24, 2012 at 03:30 PM
My first visit to New Hampshire in this election cycle came just days before the Iowa caucuses. With most political... More
A State of the Union Media Prebuttal
Instead of overhyping the SOTU, here’s what reporters should do
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 24, 2012 at 11:43 AM
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Tonight, President Obama will address Congress and the nation in his 2012 State of the Union address. The SOTU... More
Romney’s History on Medicare
How he came to accept “premium support”
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 23, 2012 at 12:19 PM
CNN’s exit poll Saturday told us that abortion, the budget deficit, the economy, and illegal immigration were the top voter... More
Newt Gingrich, Media Critic
Primary night in South Carolina, Gingrich and supporters sound off on press
By Erika Fry Jan 23, 2012 at 06:00 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. — All campaign long, Newt Gingrich has been known to knock the media, but at his victory party... More
What I Saw at the South Carolina Debate
Or, how campaign coverage is like industrial farming
By Erika Fry Jan 20, 2012 at 03:12 PM
SOUTH CAROLINA — The campaign media horde congregated in Charleston Thursday night for the Republican presidential debate, eagerly billed by... More
In South Carolina, Another Hospital/Journo Alliance
New twist, old problem
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 20, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Gary Schwitzer at Health News Review raised a question about journalistic ethics the other day when he took a whack... More
A Day in the Life of South Carolina’s ‘Sic Willie’
How the Palmetto State’s most read, most ribald politics blogger goes about his work
By Erika Fry Jan 20, 2012 at 06:00 AM
SOUTH CAROLINA — On most days, you will find Will Folks, aka “Sic Willie”—South Carolina’s blogger provacateur, the prolific... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
We’re the Uber of organ transplants
“Millennials need organ transplants that fit easily into their always-connected lifestyles”
‘What part of “Politico” do you not understand?’
A conversation about the dark art of driving the conversation
Julian Assange’s asylum stalemate no nearer resolution one year on
The Ecuadorean embassy’s celebrity refugee is used to living in what Assange likens to a space station as he battles extradition
The NSA story isn’t ‘journalistic malfeasance’
It’s a story that is evolving in real time
CJR’s panel discussion on coverage of gay marriage
On the eve of two related SCOTUS decisions, how should journalists be covering the issue?
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.
