Campaign Desk
Q&A: Bill Leonard
A former government classification watchdog explains a year-end deadline
By Clint Hendler Dec 18, 2009 at 02:47 PM
You’ve heard of the climate deadline looming in Copenhagen, and the health care deadline looming on Capitol Hill. But this... More
The Devil in the Details, Part IV
Who benefits from wellness incentives—an overweight colleague, your boss, insurers, or you?
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 17, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Every lobbyist swarming Capitol Hill these days knows that, when it comes to legislation, the devil is always lurking in... More
Nobody ‘Needs’ a Civil War
Friedman’s unnerving model for the conflict in the Muslim world
By Greg Marx Dec 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman has a well-established record of believing that forceful action (read: violent conflict) is a... More
Covering Joe
Is Lieberman a villain, or just taking care of the folks at home?
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 15, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Any student of politics or any journalist who covers politics knows that members of Congress look out for their constituents,... More
Say it Ain’t So, Joe
Online outlets lead coverage of Joe Lieberman’s health reform reversal
By Greg Marx Dec 15, 2009 at 10:24 AM
It became cliché long ago to note how the online political discourse can take on a life of its own,... More
A Shout-out to the Associated Press
For exposing a big loophole in the health reform bill
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 15, 2009 at 09:19 AM
Back in August, Campaign Desk pointed out that President Obama’s much-ballyhooed consumer protections required the media’s critical eye as legislation... More
The Shield after Senate Judiciary
A victory was notched, but the battle’s not won
By Clint Hendler Dec 14, 2009 at 04:21 PM
Last Thursday, the journalism organizations at work on a shield bill won two victories in quick succession. In just about... More
The Next Most Underreported Health Reform Story
What will happen to SCHIP?
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Where are the chips falling, so to speak, when it comes to the popular State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)?... More
Generally Speaking
Official pronouncements dominate recent coverage of Afghan war
By Greg Marx Dec 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Take a quick survey of leading news sites over the last few days, and it’s easy to conclude that President... More
Mark Knoller Knows
CBS Radio correspondent can tell you where the President’s been
By Clint Hendler Dec 9, 2009 at 01:35 PM
Today President Obama will slip into Air Force One, wing over to Oslo and, once again, touch foreign soil. Not... More
The Botox Beat
Using the press to fight a proposed tax on cosmetic surgery
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 9, 2009 at 11:19 AM
First came the medical device makers and now the plastic surgeons. Both groups have a problem. You see, Congress wants... More
FOIA after the Open Government Directive
Measure, monitor, and improve
By Clint Hendler Dec 8, 2009 at 03:33 PM
With today's launch of the Obama administration's Open Government Plan, we’ve passed another milestone on the path towards a new... More
Sex Isn’t the Story
The real controversy behind the Baucus-Hanes affair
By Greg Marx Dec 8, 2009 at 02:41 PM
“The scandal isn’t what’s illegal; it’s what’s legal.” That line, usually attributed to Michael Kinsley, has been repeated so often... More
What’s So Public about a Public Plan?
The language says it all
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 8, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Word comes from Politico that maybe—just maybe—the Senate is nearing a deal on the public option. You remember—that larger-than-life legislative... More
“Obama Overexposed?”: Upon Us Yet Again
Carr puts a new spin on the old question
By Megan Garber Dec 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Three words sum up, I think, the current state of our generally scenic but sometimes arid Media Landscape—three words manage... 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 (18)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
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.
