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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
Rubio and the Big Lie of the Crisis
The press fails to push back on the senator’s SOTU response whopper
By Ryan Chittum Feb 15, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Big Lie of the Crisis keeps rearing its ugly head. The latest spotting: Senator Marco Rubio's response to Obama's... 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
State of the Union media prebuttal II
What reporters should do instead of overhyping the SOTU
By Brendan Nyhan Feb 12, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Early each year, I brace myself for an onslaught of poorly informed commentary and polling about the effects of the... 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
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”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
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The NYT shows us why
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CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
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Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
