Campaign Desk
A Night Out with National Review
Watching the GOP debate with the conservative flagship
By Justin Peters Jan 8, 2012 at 04:21 PM
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Last night, finding myself unable to get tickets to the monster truck rally in the downtown... More
Searching for Santorum
After his surge, it’s hard to find much needed coverage of who he is and what he wants
By Erika Fry Jan 7, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Here’s what we know about Rick Santorum: He wears sweater vests, at least when members of the media first noticed... More
Playing the Expectations Game in New Hampshire
The Union Leader creates an arbitrary threshold for Mitt Romney
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 6, 2012 at 03:37 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — After finishing the Iowa caucus in a virtual tie with former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney... More
The Bloodying of PolitiFact
What is Medicare, anyway?
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 6, 2012 at 01:48 PM
Now it’s my turn to weigh in on the “Lie of the Year,” the gimmick PolitiFact uses to highlight the... More
Assessing the Cordray Coverage in Ohio
Most papers missed a chance to go beyond the partisan rhetoric
By T.C. Brown Jan 6, 2012 at 12:03 PM
OHIO —President Obama visited the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio Wednesday to tout his economic policy, but the press... More
Darts and Laurels
Univision, The Miami Herald, and Marco Rubio, the GOP’s rising star
By Erika Fry Jan 5, 2012 at 05:00 PM
In December 1987, federal police in Miami made their biggest drug bust of the year. Dubbed “Operation Cobra,” agents arrested... More
Lackluster Caucus Coverage in Florida
The Tampa Bay Times stands above the field
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 5, 2012 at 10:42 AM
FLORIDA — By the end of this month, the contest for the Republican presidential nomination will move to the Sunshine... More
What the Fact-Checkers Get Wrong
The language of Politifact and its peers doesn’t match their project
By Greg Marx Jan 5, 2012 at 06:00 AM
In the waning days of 2011, Politifact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking site, brought the wrath of the liberal blog world... More
When Elections Decide Nothing
The maddening inevitability of momentum
By Clint Hendler Jan 4, 2012 at 04:52 PM
“The margin of victory is razor thin but a win is a win and Mitt Romney will take it.” -Nora... More
A Long Day—and Night—Covering the Caucuses
Patriotic popcorn, Google swag, and the ubiquitous Chuck Todd
By Erika Fry Jan 4, 2012 at 04:05 PM
DES MOINES, IOWA — On Tuesday, I spent more than 13 hours in the “official media hub” for the Iowa... More
A Good Payroll Tax Piece from the Post
Finally, some balance from WaPo
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM
At last The Washington Post, which shaped much of the media coverage of the defcit and entitlement discussion last year,... More
Scene From Gingrich HQ on Caucus Night
A dozen reporters waited (and, waited)
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Jan 4, 2012 at 10:58 AM
DES MOINES, IOWA — In a ballroom at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines last night, a dozen... More
You’ve Got (Candidate) Mail(ers)
A look at the direct mail deluge in Iowa
By Erika Fry Jan 3, 2012 at 05:05 PM
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Perhaps you've heard non-Iowans grumble about the attention lavished on Iowa for its first-in-the-nation caucus. Residents... More
Best of 2011: Liz Cox Barrett
From Nevada to Paint Creek, Barrett picks her top stories from 2011
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 3, 2012 at 06:00 AM
Unpacking Rory Reid’s 91 PACs Maneuver Where there are campaign finance laws, there are work-arounds. And Jon Ralston, as... More
The Post-Iowa Challenge
Providing information or constructing a narrative?
By Brendan Nyhan Jan 2, 2012 at 04:20 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Over the last week, much of the nation's political press corps has headed to Iowa to cover... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
The New York Times told me to take this down
“If you wouldn’t mind using another publication to advertise your infringement tool, we’d appreciate it”
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters
“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”
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.
