Culture
Misbegottens
More twisted idioms
By Merrill Perlman Jul 29, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Last week, we talked about some idioms that have been twisted by people who write them as they hear them,... More
The game has changed
As moves by Nate Silver and Pete King suggest, it’s better to be cocooned inside Big Media than go it alone—even for stars
By Robert Weintraub Jul 24, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Over the weekend, the media world was shaken by the announcement that mathematical guru Nate Silver, the dude who buried... More
Nate Silver’s next steps
At ESPN, he’s going to build his brand into a staffed site
By Kira Goldenberg Jul 22, 2013 at 04:45 PM
Nate Silver's move from The New York Times to ESPN is turning the reporter-statistician into the editor in chief of... More
Righting speech
When people misspell while talking
By Merrill Perlman Jul 22, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Here's a shocker: People don't talk the way they write, or the way they should write. They have accents; they... More
Weathering heights
Unusual terms for not-so-unusual phenomena
By Merrill Perlman Jul 15, 2013 at 04:00 PM
Had the Weather Channel been around in the 1930s, it's possible that the period of severe drought, crop failure, and... More
A new film shows how much we knew, pre-Snowden, about Internet surveillance
Snowden’s disclosures “didn’t feel much like revelations,” says the director
By Sarah Laskow Jul 15, 2013 at 02:00 PM
There was a moment in Terms and Conditions May Apply, a new documentary about the dangers of using the Internet,... More
Body parts
Spelling malpractice
By Merrill Perlman Jul 8, 2013 at 02:50 PM
At a recent concert in Milwaukee, John Mayer dedicated a song to his girlfriend, Katy Perry, for helping him get... More
Either win(s)
Verbs to use with neither/either
By Merrill Perlman Jul 1, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Either I or they is playing tricks with your head. Last week, we said that it's OK to use "or"... More
Language Corner
Orchestra pits
By Merrill Perlman Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Bob Kamman writes that he's seen "orchestrated" or "carefully orchestrated" misused a lot. He quoted a New York Times article... More
News havens
Dan Kennedy shows why news startups matter
By Michael Meyer Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The New Haven Independent is almost surely the smallest news organization ever chronicled at book length. Founded in 2005 by... More
Wingnut commander
Roger Ailes, Fox News, and the future of journalism
By Jim Sleeper Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Roger Ailes Off Camera: An inside look at the founder and head of Fox News By Zev Chafets Sentinel... More
A book review in comic form
Anna Badkhen’s The World is a Carpet
By Ted Rall Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Brief encounters
Short reviews of Cotton Tenants, Media Capital, and Death Zones and Darling Spies
By James Boylan Jul 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Cotton Tenants: Three Families | By James Agee and Walker Evans, Edited by John Summers, Preface by Adam Haslett |... More
Neither regions
Using “nor” or not
By Merrill Perlman Jun 24, 2013 at 03:00 PM
Neither you nor I set the "rules" of English; we do it together, by using words in certain ways. But... More
Stupidity trap
Atlanta’s ‘Mayhem in the A.M.’ were smart sports-talkers—until Monday
By Robert Weintraub Jun 19, 2013 at 02:50 PM
I live in Atlanta and have two small children, so I am up early and often in the car, schlepping... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
