The Future of Magic Bullets

Cartoonist Ted Rall shows us how to save the news business

Cartoon by Ted Rall.

‘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?

“[A]s flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush’s administration”

“Reporters are increasingly skeptical about Carney’s demeanor and the veracity of some answers”

A future where writers can gain wealth through a “freelance economy”

Public television’s attempts to placate David Koch

She replies she’s an atheist

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Who Owns What

A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Questions and exercises for journalism students.

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