Campaign Desk
‘Stingy’ Campaigning Brings Reporting Opportunities
For now, Nevada’s political reporters aren’t running from rally to rally
By Jay Jones Dec 14, 2011 at 02:15 PM
NEVADA — Asphyxia is often fatal, so it’s probably not a good idea for political reporters in Nevada to hold... More
NPR and its Men-on-the-Street
Whom should we talk to?
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 14, 2011 at 02:00 PM
It seemed that Mike H., a frequent visitor to CJR.org, had a point. He commented the other day on one... More
When Newt Isn’t Newsworthy
The problems with news pegs in campaign coverage
By Brendan Nyhan Dec 13, 2011 at 03:18 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich returned to New Hampshire for a foreign policy debate with former... More
In Iowa, an ‘Openly’ Inflammatory Perry Ad
Coverage offers incomplete picture of rules around expressions of faith
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 9, 2011 at 12:03 PM
IOWA — Since Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry’s latest TV ad hit the airwaves, national reporters and those based here... More
Anti-Romney voters’ top concern
By Erika Fry Dec 9, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Perhaps last month's front-page, fact-packed, 1000-word story about Mitt Romney’s hair, from The New York Times’s Michael Barbaro and Ashley... More
Morning Edition Connects With Regular People
But is anybody listening in Washington, DC?
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 8, 2011 at 02:14 PM
The other day NPR did some solid man-on-the-street reporting, and found—as we have found in our ongoing Town Hall series—the... More
The Murky Politics of the Payroll Tax
The media begin to step in the muck
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 6, 2011 at 04:21 PM
Each day the payroll tax saga gets more complicated, and the public no doubt gets more confused. Bloomberg reporter Brian... More
CJR Holds a Town Hall in Nebraska
Voices of the occupiers on Centennial Mall
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 5, 2011 at 03:38 PM
George Packer’s superb New Yorker article about the Wall Street Occupiers is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand... More
In Iowa, Covering a New Breed of Campaign
Reduced access to candidates, more Twitter, fewer town halls
By Andrew Duffelmeyer Dec 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM
IOWA — The rise of social media and the increasing prominence of cable news is making coverage of the 2012... More
Switching Sides on Social Security
Look who’s getting rid of the payroll tax
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM
What to do about those FICA contributions, aka payroll taxes, now that the supercommittee has blown up? Last Christmas the... More
Fact-checking Versus Strategy
When reporters go meta on misleading ads, readers lose
By Brendan Nyhan Nov 29, 2011 at 10:53 AM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — In Sunday's Boston Globe, reporter Michael Levenson warned of a coming "year of mudslinging." This "rough, negative,... More
Romney’s Marie Antoinette Moment
What, let them have health care?
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 28, 2011 at 12:13 PM
The lede of the Boston Globe’s campaign story a few days ago was explicit: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday... More
Covering a “National Campaign” for New Hampshire Readers
How should state press adapt to a world in which candidates bypass early primary states in favor of national debates and TV coverage?
By Brendan Nyhan Nov 22, 2011 at 05:15 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Both the Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Politico’s Maggie Haberman have argued that the 2012 GOP primary... More
Zuccotti Park’s Airspace Was Never Closed
Misreporting, and misunderstanding, of the press’s right-to-fly
By Erika Fry Nov 22, 2011 at 01:38 PM
Did the New York's police close airspace to prevent news helicopters from getting footage of police action against Occupy Wall... More
Over-the-Top Coverage of Cain’s Gaffe in Florida
His ignorance of ‘wet-foot, dry-foot’ may have said something about Cain. But the way it was covered said as much about the media
By Brian E. Crowley Nov 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM
FLORIDA — Eleven seconds. That’s how long the exchange lasted between Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and Miami Herald political... 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?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
