Campaign Desk
The Journal Takes on Tim Pawlenty
A good start, but there’s more to be done
By Greg Marx Jun 2, 2011 at 01:46 PM
It’s a common complaint around here that campaign coverage focuses too much on the horse race, and not enough on... More
Covering the Cain Campaign
Herman Cain’s probably not a serious candidate. That doesn’t mean the press shouldn’t cover him.
By Greg Marx May 31, 2011 at 04:08 PM
If you headed out early for the Memorial Day weekend, you probably missed an interesting bit of blogosphere back-and-forth about... More
She’s Just Not That Into You
Mainstream media’s Sarah Palin agony
By Joel Meares May 31, 2011 at 03:34 PM
You will by now no doubt know that Sarah Palin is once again giving the “mainstream media” the runaround on... More
Reporters Late to the 2012 Party?
Editors tell Politico why they’re moving so slowly
By Joel Meares May 31, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Given the saturation-level coverage of the Palin family’s Winnebago vacation this Memorial Day weekend, you might be surprised to... More
Medicare’s Real Cost Problem
Covering Medicare, part six
By Trudy Lieberman May 31, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Perhaps no other health issue is as important to so many Americans now and in the future as Medicare. In... More
He-Said She-Said and Death Panels
A Q&A with the Manship School’s Dr. Regina Lawrence
By Joel Meares May 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Almost two years ago, former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin sent out her infamous “death panels” post on Facebook. The... More
Did ‘Disaffecteds’ Sink Corwin?
Another angle on the Medicare debate in NY-26
By Greg Marx May 26, 2011 at 05:34 PM
In my first look at the special election in NY-26 (since partially retracted), I wrote that the Tea Party candidate,... More
More from Candidate Pawlenty
A glimmer or two of context from the media
By Trudy Lieberman May 26, 2011 at 03:12 PM
It’s hard to know what to make of Tim Pawlenty, the Gopher State’s ex-governor, tramping around the country building his... More
A Beat Memo on Medicare
Is the Ryan plan really so novel?
By Trudy Lieberman May 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Perhaps no other health issue is as important to so many Americans now and in the future as Medicare. In... More
A Soros Problem at NPR
The broadcaster ducks again when it should be swinging
By Joel Meares May 25, 2011 at 12:19 PM
In what will presumably be one of her final columns as NPR ombudswoman, Alicia Shepard has chosen to address concerns... More
Palin’s Speechwriter Undone by Nasty Messages
Source asks for cash
By Joel Meares May 24, 2011 at 01:58 PM
Daily Caller reporter Jonathan Strong has quite the scoop this morning—a series of direct Tweets from Palin speechwriter and... More
Bloomberg Digs on Secret Money
A report on unreported election spending
By Liz Cox Barrett May 24, 2011 at 10:54 AM
A tip of the hat to Bloomberg for a recent quadruple-bylined story on the growing role of outside spending—much of... More
A Great Catch by Ben Smith
Belly-aching about the presidential field is nothing new
By Greg Marx May 23, 2011 at 03:55 PM
The announcement by Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana, that he won’t run for president in 2012 seems likely... More
A Second Look at NY-26
New polls suggest a role for Medicare, but reasons for caution remain
By Greg Marx May 23, 2011 at 03:02 PM
A week ago, I called for more restraint in press coverage of tomorrow’s special election in NY-26, which the press... More
Means-Testing Medicare, According to CQ
Covering Medicare, part five
By Trudy Lieberman May 23, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Perhaps no other health issue is as important to so many Americans now and in the future as Medicare. In... 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.
