Campaign Desk
Campaigning Between Covers
Why do presidential wannabes write books?
By Erika Fry Aug 17, 2011 at 05:26 PM
In 1935, James Harold Wallis wrote in The Politician: His habits, outcries and protective coloring: Only a very shrewd politician... More
The Back Story on Medicare’s Wild Spending
The narrative unfolds, bit by bit
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 17, 2011 at 02:55 PM
It’s no secret Medicare spending is on a wild ride northward. The politicians--Dems and Republicans alike--tell us that every day.... More
A State-Backed Miracle
As Perry pushes Texas boom, the press shouldn’t forget one reason behind it
By Greg Marx Aug 17, 2011 at 10:04 AM
With Rick Perry now officially in the presidential race, there’s a spate of coverage and commentary about how much credit... More
Romney and His Corporate Man
A frivolous take from NPR
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 15, 2011 at 12:44 PM
It’s hard to say what was the point of NPR’s coverage of Mitt Romney’s visit to the Iowa State Fair.... More
Iowan Silos
In debate analysis, journalists should use locals for more than just color
By Erika Fry Aug 12, 2011 at 04:56 PM
There was a debate last night out in Iowa, hosted by Fox News and The Washington Examiner. And sure enough,... More
Debunking the Myth of an Independent President
LA Times op-ed spotlights partisanship’s place
By Greg Marx Aug 11, 2011 at 04:03 PM
Because it’s only a matter of time before another pundit delivers a half-baked column fantasizing about an independent presidential candidate,... More
A Hospital Story Not to Write
Doing the digging for real news
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 11, 2011 at 01:43 PM
My Association of Health Care Journalists colleague Charlie Ornstein likes to say that stories about hospital ribbon-cuttings, wings named for... More
Straw Dogs
Why the press can’t quit Ames, Iowa
By Erika Fry Aug 10, 2011 at 01:07 PM
Iowa has never been much of a tourist destination. The state’s main attractions are fictions (Riverside, Iowa: The Birthplace of... More
Would a Populist Washington Post Be Popular?
Ombudsman’s stirring plan relies on readers who may not be there.
By Greg Marx Aug 9, 2011 at 01:39 PM
In his latest column, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton offers a paradigmatic version of the earnest media critic’s exhortation. Being... More
Is Tim Pawlenty For Real?
The StarTribune suggests maybe he isn’t
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 8, 2011 at 01:03 PM
The Minneapolis StarTribune’s piece on presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is the kind of story voters can expect to see at... More
Obama’s Wrong on Independents
And reporters shouldn’t be saying he’s right
By Greg Marx Aug 4, 2011 at 02:44 PM
I found a fair bit to like in Politico’s latest conversation-driver, a long article by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen... More
Playing It Safe the McCaskill Way
David Gregory’s lame interview
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 4, 2011 at 11:48 AM
I guess it’s too much to hope that the Sunday morning news shows could ever rise above the typical blather... More
The NY Times’s New Top Editor in D.C.
A conversation with incoming Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt
By Greg Marx Aug 3, 2011 at 09:44 AM
With Jill Abramson about to take the reins as executive editor of The New York Times, one of the paper’s... More
Pack of Gum, PAC of Candidate
WaPo on frequent political impulse spenders
By Liz Cox Barrett Aug 2, 2011 at 03:25 PM
What “phenomenon” will the Washington Post’s T.W. Farnam find next within the rows and columns of politicians’ campaign finance reports?... More
The Deficit Deal Defined
Is Medicare really safe?
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 2, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett chatted with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC yesterday as part of a sales job for the deficit... 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?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
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.
