Campaign Desk
Politico Puffs, Palin Huffs
Buzzy article on ’12 chances has little to say
By Clint Hendler Nov 1, 2010 at 03:35 PM
Late on Halloween night, Politico published an article claiming that after the midterm elections, Republican bigwigs plan to set off... More
Midterms Metaphor Madness
A primer on the cycle’s language of disaster
By Joel Meares Nov 1, 2010 at 03:17 PM
This week’s elections have headline writers reaching for just the right metaphors to characterize the coming Republican gain. For inspiration,... More
Jon Stewart’s Never-Never Land
When the going gets tough, the tough get ironic
By Lester Feder Nov 1, 2010 at 01:43 PM
The first irony of the major outlets’ prohibiting their employees from attending this weekend’s Stewart/Colbert rally is that their effort... More
On Spec
A roundup of pre-election guesswork
By Joel Meares Nov 1, 2010 at 01:40 PM
Among the expected slew of same-same “Expect Big GOP Gains” stories running nationally today, there is a smaller cabal... More
The Buzz and Beyond: Reporting the 2010 Midterm Elections
NPR, Politico, and The New York Times on the campaign trail
By Jill Drew and Pierre Kattar Nov 1, 2010 at 12:26 PM
This video follows three political journalists--Don Gonyea of NPR News, Mark Leibovich of The New York Times, and Alexander Burns... More
Medicare Beat Memo
What the campaign advertising missed
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 1, 2010 at 12:04 PM
There are some uncomfortable truths about Medicare changes lurking in the health reform law. Because the pols on both sides... More
Setting the Record Straight on Campaign Ads
Who’s telling the truth about Medicare?
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 1, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Pity the senior citizens in the voting booth Tuesday. Who should they believe about Medicare—the Dems and their surrogates, who... More
Missing Number in TV vs. Web Ads Story
Los Angeles Times a puzzle piece short
By Joel Meares Oct 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Meg James at the Los Angeles Times has an interesting report today, titled “TV still the favored medium for political... More
Keeping Up With Chuck Todd
“I’m in a business where I’m not allowed to miss right now”
By Joel Meares Oct 29, 2010 at 06:00 AM
It’s 6:50 a.m. on a drizzling New York morning and Chuck Todd is standing behind a wall on the cluttered... More
Time’s Missed Midterms Opportunity
Cover story rehash is fun, but…
By Joel Meares Oct 28, 2010 at 04:28 PM
Time’s splashy pre-election cover story is in many ways a doozy. Penned by David Von Drehle, “The Party Crashers”—a... More
Paint it Green
Why it’s been left to reporters to bring up environmental issues on the campaign trail
By Curtis Brainard Oct 28, 2010 at 02:37 PM
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, “In much of the nation, ‘cap and trade’ has... More
On the Road with the Post
The voters finally meet the press
By Joel Meares Oct 28, 2010 at 01:54 PM
The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker is into day two of an interesting midterm series: Seven States in Seven Days. The... More
Who gets (and controls) the “first crack”?
By Clint Hendler Oct 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just tweeted about a new initiative to communicate with voters without a press filter,... More
“This Transparency Enables Electorate to Make Informed Decisions”
LA Times looks at how that’s worked out for “electorate”
By Liz Cox Barrett Oct 28, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Back in January, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the following, in the opinion of the court in Citizens United... More
WaPo’s Puzzling Stance on WikiLeaks
Despite paper’s editorial claim, there’s value in the logs
By Clint Hendler Oct 27, 2010 at 02:04 PM
Yesterday, The Washington Post ran a troubling unsigned editorial essentially coming out against the release of 400,000 Iraq war documents... 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)
Stop with the Jew-ranking already!
“There are some lists that have helped Jews in the past, including, most notably, Schindler’s, but…”
Please continue pronouncing ‘gif’ any way you please
We are all correct
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”
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.
