Campaign Desk
AP Finds Republican Candidates MIA on Housing Debt
A presidential “ghost issue” demands further press attention
By Greg Marx Nov 1, 2011 at 02:27 PM
The Associated Press put out a good story over the weekend noting that many of the “jobs plans” being pushed... More
Cain’s Other Scandal
By Erika Fry Oct 31, 2011 at 03:08 PM
In case you missed it, frontrunner Herman Cain is facing allegations, reported last night by Politico, that he sexually harassed... More
POWs, Dead Dictators, and Journalistic Ethics
Would any journalist have turned down the opportunity to interview Gilad Shalit?
By Lawrence Pintak Oct 27, 2011 at 02:11 PM
The young Iranian prisoner was no more than fourteen, still caked with a thick layer of dust from the battlefield.... More
The Massachusetts Disconnect
Another health reform lesson from the Bay State
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 26, 2011 at 03:27 PM
Much of the national press took a pass last week on another important “study says” story out of Massachusetts. This... More
Salazar Calls for Coverage
Interior Secretary highlights underreported environment stories
By Curtis Brainard Oct 25, 2011 at 04:15 PM
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar had a few tips for environmental journalists last week about under-covered stories on their... More
AP Gives Half a Loaf on Long-Term Care
More reporting needed from the wire service
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 25, 2011 at 01:18 PM
When the CLASS Act, a part of the health reform law that would have begun to establish a national program... More
A Grand Year for Free Speech
Gaddafi’s death just one indicator of the global surge in free expression
By Justin D. Martin Oct 21, 2011 at 04:52 PM
Not since the disintegration of the Soviet Union have so many opponents of free expression quickly fallen from executive power.... More
The Human Faces behind the Social Security Rhetoric
Good work from CBS News
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 21, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Finally, a mainstream media outlet has broken through the dominant narrative about Social Security and showed what the program means... More
The Herman Cain Method
The press hints his campaign isn’t serious. Doesn’t its success suggest otherwise?
By Erika Fry Oct 18, 2011 at 04:24 PM
Herman Cain, are you running for president? Or are you just busing around the country, dropping into debates and Sunday... More
Requiem for the CLASS Act
Long-term care program’s death sends signals the press isn’t receiving
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 17, 2011 at 01:48 PM
On Friday, the stepchild of health reform died at the hands of the Obama administration, and the obits for the... More
Does Rick Perry Have Fire in His Belly?
How could The Washington Post possibly know?
By Greg Marx Oct 14, 2011 at 03:20 PM
Other than the continuing gravity-defying nature of Herman Cain’s book tour run for president, the big horse race story of... More
Good Work from the Times on Rate Increases
Shedding light on insurance company secrets
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 14, 2011 at 09:00 AM
Proving that not every story has to be a zillion words long or analyze a zillion data points to break... More
CJR’s Assignment Desk, Part I
Hospitals sell emergency room care
By Trudy Lieberman Oct 12, 2011 at 11:11 AM
This summer, Phil Galewitz of Kaiser Health News wrote an intriguing piece published in The Washington Post about hospitals that... More
Watch Out For ‘Walmart Moms’
They hold the key to the 2012 election—according to Walmart
By Erika Fry Oct 11, 2011 at 05:02 PM
You’ve heard of Soccer Moms and Nascar Dads, but how about Walmart Moms? If you haven’t, you will, judging from... More
Politico Primary: Down the Rabbit Hole
Only in DC could Hillary, Condi, and Erskine be considered a break from the ‘governing class’
By Greg Marx Oct 7, 2011 at 02:18 PM
I don’t begrudge the folks at Politico their decision to launch a gimmicky new feature called “Politico Primary,” in which... 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?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
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.
