Darts and Laurels
Darts & Laurels
The Phoenix’s ashes, Weil’s catch, the WSJ’s ‘experts,’ etc.
By The Editors May 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Laurel to In These Times, for exposing how, in the face of tough economic times, state legislatures are slashing budgets... More
A laurel to Zahira Torres and the El Paso Times
Dogged investigative work exposed a test-score scandal that harmed students
By Richard Parker Apr 26, 2013 at 11:52 AM
AUSTIN, TX -- In El Paso, the former school superintendent is now in prison, the Justice Department is investigating,... More
Insult to injury: stolen wages, weak enforcement
A Laurel to In These Times for a solid expose
By Corey Hutchins Mar 18, 2013 at 11:16 AM
On the cover of this month's issue of In These Times, a progressive magazine based out of Chicago, is... More
A kids’ magazine takes on obesity
A laurel to ChopChop
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 23, 2013 at 03:15 PM
Every now and then a throwback to the legacy media comes along and reminds us that not all of... More
Darts & Laurels 2012
2012’s media highlights and lowlights
By The Editors Jan 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM
DART for inflaming an already tense situation: Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Michelle Malkin, NBC News Following Trayvon Martin’s death... More
Darts & Laurels
2012’s media highlights and lowlights
By The Editors Dec 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
DART for the most imaginary friends: Karen Jeffrey, Cape Cod Times In December, her editors at the Cape Cod Times announced... More
Darts & Laurels
2012’s media highlights and lowlights
By The Editors Dec 28, 2012 at 06:50 AM
DART for foul balls: ESPN What is going on in Bristol, CT? As rival Deadspin gleefully reported, ESPN made some big,... More
Darts & Laurels
2012’s media highlights and lowlights
By The Editors Dec 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
DART for callowness: Vice magazine After crowing about its access to on-the-lam software pioneer John McAfee (“We are with John McAfee... More
Darts & Laurels
2012’s media highlights and lowlights
By The Editors Dec 26, 2012 at 06:50 AM
DART for grade inflation: Charles Jaco, KTVI, St. Louis, MO When you’re interviewing a senatorial candidate who says, as Todd Akin... More
Darts & Laurels
2012’s media highlights and lowlights
By The Editors Dec 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
DART for inflaming an already tense situation: Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Michelle Malkin, NBC News Following Trayvon Martin’s death... More
Meet the Debt Fixers
A laurel to New York magazine
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 18, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For weeks on end the dominant financial story has been: (A) the consequences of falling off the fiscal cliff;... More
A laurel to the Hartford Courant
Local coverage at its best
By Sara Morrison Dec 17, 2012 at 06:45 PM
Connecticut is the third smallest state in the country, area-wise, with a total population less than half that of New... More
A magazine editor shops for health insurance
And offers lessons for reporting on the stuff
By Trudy Lieberman Dec 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Frank Lalli, the long-time editor of Money, undoubtedly edited a health insurance piece or two during his career. But... More
Dart: CBS and the Goldman Sachs solution
Another weak showing on Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 27, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Maybe CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley was so awestruck by a chance to visit one of the seven... More
A dart to Yahoo Finance
For utterly confusing its readers about Social Security
By Trudy Lieberman Nov 12, 2012 at 02:50 PM
By now we’re accustomed to weak reporting about Social Security, but a piece on Yahoo Finance, part of its... 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)
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.
