Campaign Desk
Social Security in Perspective, Part III
A conversation with William Greider
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 21, 2010 at 09:11 AM
Proposals to change the Social Security system have taken shape, and could foreshadow long-lasting effects on the program. Many of... More
Ghosts of Christmas Past, Future, and a Parallel Universe
Weird and wacky weigh-ins on Obama’s job so far
By Joel Meares Dec 20, 2010 at 01:52 PM
As the surprisingly active lame duck session draws to a close and the president’s third year in office draws... More
Social Security Under Attack
What the press had to say
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 20, 2010 at 12:34 PM
When the president signed the tax bill Friday, a year’s worth of efforts aimed at modifying Social Security came to... More
What We Should Have Known All Along about Health Reform
Much handwringing about health care what-ifs
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 16, 2010 at 01:53 PM
This week’s coverage of the Virginia court decision declaring health reform’s individual mandate unconstitutional was surprisingly thorough and contextual. What... More
A Boehner Column to Make You Cry
Evidence-free piece suggests Speaker an alcoholic
By Joel Meares Dec 16, 2010 at 01:06 PM
A pointy, oversized dart to Politics Daily columnist Matt Lewis’s head-scratchingly bad piece, “John Boehner's Crying: Is He Drinking Too... More
A Midsummer Donation Spike, With Context
Reports from recent campaign finance reports
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 16, 2010 at 10:34 AM
There is much that can not be found in publicly available federal campaign finance reports: the identities of all the... More
Social Security in the Heartland: Jim Dobbs
What Social Security means to real people
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 15, 2010 at 02:39 PM
This is the eighth in a series of posts that discuss how possible changes in Social Security will affect the... More
Australian Press Unites For Assange
Letter to PM could prove persuasive
By Joel Meares Dec 15, 2010 at 01:13 PM
As his lawyer alleges a grand jury in Virginia is working up charges to file against him, Julian Assange has... More
Health Care Wrap-Up
What the papers are saying about the Virginia decision
By Joel Meares Dec 14, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Federal judge Henry E. Hudson of Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most Americans obtain... More
Remember When No Meant No
The Bloomberg-denies-running story industry
By Joel Meares Dec 13, 2010 at 04:57 PM
We get it media: you want New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for president. We can’t blame you.... More
Other Views of Social Security
The MSM gives some equal time
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 13, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Campaign Desk has been hard of late on some MSM outlets that have presented lopsided views of the Social Security... More
Frank Luntz Rides Again
The wordsmith and the public option
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 10, 2010 at 07:42 AM
Word came Thursday that, last year, Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon had directed his staff to avoid using... More
A “Public Option” By Any Other Name…
Fox e-mails reveal top-down slant
By Joel Meares Dec 9, 2010 at 12:05 PM
‘Tis the season to be leaking. Media Matters is reporting today that it has acquired e-mails sent by Fox News... More
Bogus Trend Nomination: Bai’s Murmurs
New York Times’s empty primary challenge story
By Joel Meares Dec 8, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Slate media critic Jack Shafer, among others, has made a game of spotting bogus trend stories in the press. Generally... More
Social Security in the Heartland: Jude Love
What Social Security means to real people
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 8, 2010 at 11:57 AM
This is the seventh in a series of posts that discuss how possible changes in Social Security will affect the... 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)
Ben Mathis-Lilley’s defense of new media
Take off the nostalgia-tinted lenses
21 questions with David Remnick
What grammar mistake do you find most annoying?
Are you sure that question is grammatical?
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again
What is the single most illuminating interview question to ask someone?
The NYT’s Jodi Kantor answers
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.
