http://www.cjr.org/ en Copyright 2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:48:34 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It's The New York Times turn to do a nice story on "overdraft protection" practices. The Journal had one yesterday and the Washington Post did this weekend. Today, Felix Salmon of Reuters picks up the ball and advances it, too. First, the Times piece. Eric Dash has a snappy take on the issue, rounding up lots... http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/amplifying_the_drumbeat_on_the.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/amplifying_the_drumbeat_on_the.php The Audit Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:48:34 -0500 Guess what came up at today's White House press briefing? Here's a clue: "Was anyone from the White House invited to attend these Washington Post salons that were reported this morning," a reporter asked an obviously-prepared-for-the-question Robert Gibbs--after the crowd got a hearty chuckle out of the suggestion that a reporter would actually... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/gibbs_i_seem_to_have_forgotten.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/gibbs_i_seem_to_have_forgotten.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:48:10 -0500 LONDON — Amidst the gloomy climate in American science journalism, leading British editors have a decidedly upbeat view about coverage. “I have an enormously sunny outlook for the future of science journalism,” said James Harding, editor of London’s The Times. “Science is absolutely essential to what we do.” Harding said that last year he saw predictable spikes when... http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/some_optimism_for_the_future_o.php http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/some_optimism_for_the_future_o.php The Observatory Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:43:11 -0500 So the powers that tweet--Biz Stone, Ev Williams, et al--have applied to trademark one of their contributions to mass culture. Specifically, the word "Tweet" itself. Stone explains the move in more detail: The ecosystem growing around Twitter is something we very much believe in nourishing and supporting. There are lots of really awesome services and applications out... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_tweetest_taboo.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_tweetest_taboo.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:35 -0500 We may, thankfully, be putting Pitneygate behind us. But reading through press coverage of President Obama’s town hall meeting on health care reform yesterday, one could be forgiven for thinking that the episode is still weighing on the minds of the Washington press corps. Nico Pitney, of course, is the national editor of The Huffington Post, who made... http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/more_pitneygate_fallout.php http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/more_pitneygate_fallout.php Campaign Desk Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:55:13 -0500 So what are we calling this thing, FlierGate? WhineAndDineGate? SpiritedYesConfrontationalNoGate? Regardless, behold the affair's inevitable--and quite funny--parody: http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/washington_post_all_access_fir.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/washington_post_all_access_fir.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:09 -0500 Andy Alexander, ombudsman for the Post, has now weighed in on the “salon” scandal. His post provides some news about how the flier came to be distributed: The flier came out of the office Charles Pelton, who joined The Post recently to find ways to generate business through conferences and events. The Post, like many struggling newspapers, is desperately... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/more_on_wapo_salon_deal.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/more_on_wapo_salon_deal.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:59:36 -0500 Like Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz, I am sincerely worried about the future, as the revenue streams dry up and along with it, support for in depth, investigative, and accountability journalism by newspapers. I’m also not a fan of the solution she outlined to protect newspaper profits in her June 28 column. It’s unworkable, illogical, and... http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/in_partial_defense_of_connie_s.php http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/in_partial_defense_of_connie_s.php Behind the News Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:39:44 -0500 In the wake of Mike Allen’s story in Politico this morning about The Washington Post advertising “salons” at which deep-pocketed sponsors could obtain access to administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper’s own editorial staff–-and WaPo Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli’s quick repudiation of the events–-CJR spoke to a clearly exasperated Brauchli. Here’s what he had to say:... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/brauchli_on_wapo_salons.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/brauchli_on_wapo_salons.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:49:59 -0500 On a day of flurries, some happier news: kidnapped New York Times reporter has had his homecoming at the Times newsroom. Per Gawker's report: According to Times Twitterers Jennifer 8. Lee and Jodi Kantor, Rohde, his wife Kristin Mulvihill, and his Afghan fixer Tahir Ludin entered the newsroom minutes ago to what Kantor calls a... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_long_and_winding_rohde.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/the_long_and_winding_rohde.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:16:51 -0500 Michael Calderone has the indignant-toned memo WaPo executive editor Marcus Brauchli issued to the paper's staff earlier today in response to HaveDinnerWithALobbyistGate: Colleagues, A flyer was distributed this week offering an “underwriting opportunity” for a dinner on health-care reform, in which the news department had been asked to participate. The language in the flyer... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/our_independence_from_advertis.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/our_independence_from_advertis.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:06:59 -0500 The New York Times leads its print edition with a dispatch about the latest victim of the recession: summer school. The federal government has been urging local school districts to use some of the $100 billion in education funding provided by the stimulus bill to maintain summer programs, but most districts have used the money for other purposes. As... http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/the_economy_today_schools_out.php http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/the_economy_today_schools_out.php Campaign Desk Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:40:00 -0500 That didn't take long. The Journal reports this morning that Wall Street compensation is on track to possibly outdo 2007 levels. The paper doesn't explicitly say it, but that would set an all-time record. Goldman Sachs employees are on pace for a $673,000 payday, according to the WSJ average of analysts' estimates. Morgan Stanley employees are headed for a... http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/journal_wall_street_pay_could.php http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/journal_wall_street_pay_could.php The Audit Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:36:17 -0500 MSNBC viewers have suffered no shortage of discussion of Todd Purdum's anonymous source-heavy Vanity Fair article exploring "the pheromonal reality" of the "[Sarah] Palin phenomenon." Yesterday, Clint highlighted (see post below) a comment from MSNBC's Chuck Todd about how reporters use the anonymous ID "senior advisor" rather loosely because, well, "we've got to make the story... http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/that_turns_out_to_be_pretty_cl.php http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/that_turns_out_to_be_pretty_cl.php The Kicker Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:56:41 -0500 Last fall, soon after Barack Obama was elected president, Sheila Burke was waiting to discuss Obama’s campaign promises, via Webcast, with students specializing in health reporting at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. Burke, a health-policy expert who now teaches at Harvard’s Kennedy School, laid a spreadsheet on the table and whispered to another guest. “See,”... http://www.cjr.org/feature/groundhog_day_1.php http://www.cjr.org/feature/groundhog_day_1.php Feature Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0500