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State of the Union
New York’s Obama WH Profile Juicy and Lite
Heilemann on the Obama redux
By Joel Meares Jan 24, 2011 at 12:01 PM
John Heilemann has the cover of New York this week—out today with a picture of the president on the front,... More
A Note on the State of the Union
Let’s go beyond the theater
By Joel Meares Jan 25, 2011 at 06:22 PM
If you hadn’t already dismissed the State of the Union address as a kind of political Oscars—a room full of... More
Debt and Weed
The president faces a YouTube nation
By Joel Meares Jan 27, 2011 at 02:32 PM
At 2.30 p.m. (EST) President Obama will appear on YouTube answering questions submitted by the website’s users. With questions... More
Science Faltering?
Obama wants more R&D, but few willing to discuss research productivity
By Robert Fortner Jan 31, 2011 at 12:45 PM
President Obama wants “to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space... More
SOTU Spoilers Make For Dull Reading
A day is not a long wait
By Joel Meares Jan 24, 2011 at 02:58 PM
Could not help but notice two Tweets today that seem to sum up my own view of State of the... More
SOTU Vague on Health Care
Plenty of reading to do between the lines
By Trudy Lieberman Jan 26, 2011 at 03:14 PM
The president’s remarks about health care last night were, well, short and to the point, and that’s pretty much what... More
SOTU: What the pundits are saying
A morning-after roundup
By Joel Meares Jan 26, 2011 at 10:59 AM
So the State of the Union played out something like a slowly deflating balloon—robust and shiny in the beginning,... More
What Not to Do in Campaign Reporting
Star Tribune writes down Bachmann’s “strong opinions”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 25, 2011 at 03:56 PM
Campaign 2012 is underway, even with but one declared Republican contender. And so comes an example of What Not to... 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.
