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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged SPJ

1. February 23, 2011 08:07 PM

   Audit Notes: A Mirror For Scott Walker, SPJ Outraged at Blogger, Foreclosures

   By Ryan Chittum

   Steven Pearlstein goes into his columnists' bag of tricks to show how crazy Governor Scott Walker's agenda would be if a Democrat tried to pull it: One old trick is to suggest a thought experiment that asks readers to consider the mirror image of what is going on. In this case, you'd be asked what the reaction would be from...

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2. January 7, 2011 11:51 AM

   Cable Access

   Once again: WikiLeaks did not publicly release 250,000 diplomatic cables

   By Craig Silverman

   [Update: Craig Silverman elaborates on this column in a new CJR podcast, which you can listen to elsewhere on CJR.org here, or via iTunes here.] Time for a pop quiz: How many of the leaked diplomatic cables in WikiLeaks’s possession has the organization released publicly? A) Roughly 2,000 B) Roughly 250,000 C) None. They’ve all been released by media outlets....

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3. January 19, 2011 01:09 PM

   The SPJ’s Tough Call

   Should SPJ have retired the Helen Thomas Award?

   By The Editors

   In June of last year, White House press corps vet Helen Thomas resigned from her columnist’s post with Hearst Newspapers following an outpouring of condemnation aimed at controversial comments she made about Israel. Asked by a Rabbi for “any comments on Israel” at a WH Jewish Heritage Celebration, Thomas responded, “Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine.” She...

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