Campaign Desk
In Ohio, barbs traded on China trade
Cincinnati Enquirer helps readers sort through a few
By T.C. Brown Sep 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM
OHIO — President Obama came back to the Buckeye State Monday for his 12th visit this year just as his... More
The Ad Wars: How do we cover them?
CJR’s guide to the best sources
By Sasha Chavkin Sep 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM
With less than two months before Election Day, America’s airwaves are under full-scale bombardment. Voters in the crucial swing states... More
Jumping the gun on the Romney ‘47%’ video
In early coverage, reporters overstated the meaning and impact of Romney’s comments—and left out out key context
By Brendan Nyhan Sep 18, 2012 at 01:15 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, Mother Jones released a secretly-recorded video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney making the following comments... More
Medicare: Where’s the evidence that vouchers save money?
The National Journal seeks some, and comes up empty
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Margot Sanger-Katz, a National Journal reporter who has been brave enough to question conventional wisdom surrounding health policy—she reported that... More
Romney’s welfare ads: Whom do they affect?
A consensus about coded racial appeals may be only half right
By Greg Marx Sep 17, 2012 at 02:59 PM
Over the past month, many journalists have identified a new development in the presidential campaign: Mitt Romney’s decision to begin... More
In Iowa, a ‘flag flap’ flop?
A controversy over handling of the flag draws coverage in Cedar Rapids
By Erika Fry Sep 14, 2012 at 02:50 PM
IOWA — Appearances by President Obama have become a bit old-hat in Iowa, one of the nation’s most contested swing... More
How super are the super PACs?
A decades-old rule will give more clout to official campaign cash over the next two months, but reporters have barely noticed
By Walter Shapiro Sep 14, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Like a crime boss in a pinstriped suit who is now hailed as a pillar of the community, super PACS... More
‘Serious, point-of-view journalism’?
A look at the most ambitious conservative news organization you’ve never heard of
By Justin Peters Sep 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM
At 4:45 on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Kevin Palmer stands in the lobby of the Charlotte... More
What a higher Retirement Age really means
A Social Security mini-primer
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 13, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The idea of raising the age at which workers can collect benefits from Social Security is very much in play.... More
ProPublica ‘pull[s] back the curtain’
Justin Elliott shines light on a dark money group in Ohio; reporters there should take note
By T.C. Brown Sep 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM
OHIO — Shadowy outside groups dropping cash into political races has been a recurrent theme this year in Ohio, as... More
Medicare ‘bankruptcy’: CNN gets it right
The network fact-checks a frequent talking point, and does it well
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 11, 2012 at 07:10 AM
Hooray for CNN.com, for fact checking the often-heard claim of Medicare’s “impending” bankruptcy. CNN’s contribution sets a high bar, and... More
Et tu, Ryan?
Ryan Lizza’s dubious Bill Clinton quote
By Todd Gitlin Sep 11, 2012 at 07:00 AM
Ryan Lizza is one of the most perceptive political journalists going. His reporting on Barack Obama’s White House thinking, earlier... More
Keeping facts at the forefront
The Detroit News walks readers through Romney’s “new message” on the auto bailouts
By Anna Clark Sep 10, 2012 at 03:30 PM
DETROIT — Political rhetoric about the 2008-2009 federal loans to the auto industry has ratcheted up in recent days. At... More
Medicare spending: Do Obama and Romney see eye-to-eye?
Matthew Yglesias has a flawed but useful argument
By Trudy Lieberman Sep 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Several days ago, Matthew Yglesias dug deeply into the Medicare weeds, arguing in Slate that Obama and Ryan basically agree... More
A reporter in Ohio goes on the attack over drones
Fox 19’s Ben Swann makes waves with tough questions for president about kill list
By T.C. Brown Sep 7, 2012 at 03:00 PM
OHIO — While it’s rare for a local television reporter to score a one-on-one interview with the president of the... 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?”
Oops! LAX TSA officer shamed a BoingBoing writer’s daughter
And he used his media clout to make it a thing
Can ladymags do serious journalism?
Some people don’t seem to think so
Atlantic launches weekly iPhone mag
The paid product its prez teased a few months back has arrived
The usefulness of pie charts, in two pie charts
Business Insider launched an excellent attack against pie charts. But if all those words are bogging you down, WaPo has a simpler version
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.
