Campaign Desk
Milbank’s Nasty Missive from the Press Secretary
Jay Carney may not be reporters’ best friend
By Joel Meares Feb 2, 2011 at 11:58 AM
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, in one of his first columns in a self-imposed Palin-free month—though he has a very... More
Too moderate, too foreign, too Obama: next!
Huntsman, Jr. dismissed before he gets out of the gate?
By Joel Meares Feb 1, 2011 at 02:25 PM
The U.S. ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., officially confirmed his resignation yesterday, handing President Obama a letter stating... More
Politico’s Wicked Sense of Humor
Politico satires Politico
By Joel Meares Feb 1, 2011 at 11:27 AM
We gave a shaky “thumbs down” to Politico’s new site, Politico 2012 LIVE, yesterday, describing it as “Politico Poutine—fried-up regular... More
To Fear or Not to Fear
The (American) Web on The Muslim Brotherhood
By Joel Meares Jan 31, 2011 at 03:52 PM
The Muslim Brotherhood has agreed to back secular opposition voice Mohamed ElBaradei as official spokesman of Egypt’s opposition groups... More
Science Faltering?
Obama wants more R&D, but few willing to discuss research productivity
By Robert Fortner Jan 31, 2011 at 12:45 PM
President Obama wants “to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space... More
Politico Kicks Off 2012
Bold new site complete with “Santa Tracker”
By Joel Meares Jan 31, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Depending on your tastes, this weekend’s launch of Politico 2012 LIVE might be the Second Coming of Christ or the... More
The Return of Alan Simpson
Parsing his latest thoughts on Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 28, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Alan Simpson, the co-chair of President Obama’s now-defunct deficit commission, showed up on Fox News the other day to talk... More
Get To Know Jay Carney
And the target on his back
By Joel Meares Jan 27, 2011 at 04:42 PM
If reports are true, the White House will announce tomorrow that Jay Carney, the former Time magazine Washington bureau chief... More
Debt and Weed
The president faces a YouTube nation
By Joel Meares Jan 27, 2011 at 02:32 PM
At 2.30 p.m. (EST) President Obama will appear on YouTube answering questions submitted by the website’s users. With questions... More
Keller’s WikiLeaks Think Piece
Assange bad; leaks good
By Joel Meares Jan 27, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Times executive editor Bill Keller has a 7,900-plus word piece in Sunday’s magazine called “Dealing with Assange and the Secrets... More
Before We Meet the Press Secretary
A chance for all to raise the bar
By Joel Meares Jan 27, 2011 at 12:05 PM
The new White House press secretary is likely to be announced today or tomorrow. Whoever it is, they will step... More
SOTU Vague on Health Care
Plenty of reading to do between the lines
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 26, 2011 at 03:14 PM
The president’s remarks about health care last night were, well, short and to the point, and that’s pretty much what... More
Q&A: Former NYT Shanghai Bureau Chief Howard French, Part Two
On how the press covered Hu’s visit
By Joel Meares Jan 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM
In the wake of Chinese president Hu Jintao's four-day U.S. trip, CJR assistant editor Joel Meares discussed the media's take... More
SOTU: What the pundits are saying
A morning-after roundup
By Joel Meares Jan 26, 2011 at 10:59 AM
So the State of the Union played out something like a slowly deflating balloon—robust and shiny in the beginning,... More
A Note on the State of the Union
Let’s go beyond the theater
By Joel Meares Jan 25, 2011 at 06:22 PM
If you hadn’t already dismissed the State of the Union address as a kind of political Oscars—a room full of... 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)
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”
Jay Carney press briefing blues
“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”
Jaron Lanier wants to build a new middle class on micropayments
A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”
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.
