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Today, it’s an Obama Gaffe
By Greg Marx Jul 24, 2009 at 03:47 PM
From Wikipedia: "A Kinsley gaffe or 'gaffe in Washington' in American politics is the term used for telling the truth... More
The Boy Breaking News Alert Who Cried Wolf
By Megan Garber Jul 24, 2009 at 03:09 PM
Dear New York Times: Do you really--really, in your heart of hearts--think that the following is an appropriate use of... More
Further Thoughts on Mr. Cellophane
By Greg Marx Jul 24, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Megan’s already made the most important points about that odd “White House Memo” in today’s New York Times, but just... More
Post Publishes a Reply to Palin
By Greg Marx Jul 24, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Phrases used in Barbara Boxer and John Kerry’s reply to Sarah Palin’s Washington Post op-ed on cap-and-trade that weren’t used... More
Troubled Times for Transit Agencies
By Greg Marx Jul 24, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Over at The Nation, Ben Adler takes a look at an economic story that probably hasn’t gotten the coverage it... More
The New York Times, or, Cellophane, Mr. Cellophane
By Megan Garber Jul 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Here are some news organizations that are not The New York Times: PBS, CBS, NBC, The Washington Post, the blogosphere,... More
Tasty Treat of the Day: Birther’s Original
By Megan Garber Jul 24, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Jon Stewart takes on the Birther, um, movement: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Born... More
Chinese Characters (140 of Them)
By Megan Garber Jul 24, 2009 at 09:23 AM
On today's "Morning Edition," NPR's Andrew Kuhn takes a look at Twitter's usage in China. It's a look predicated on... More
This Man Was Made for You and Me
By Megan Garber Jul 24, 2009 at 09:12 AM
This weekend's New York Times magazine will feature a Deborah Solomon interview with...Arlo Guthrie. Among the tidbits, per Greg Mitchell's... More
A Few Wise Words on GatesGate
By Greg Marx Jul 23, 2009 at 04:57 PM
As Richard Thompson Ford writes in Slate today, many of the reactions to the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis... More
Because All Things Will Return, Eventually, to the Miracle Ear
By Megan Garber Jul 23, 2009 at 02:55 PM
Remember that weird moment, during last night's White House presser, when the president called on Steve Koff of the Cleveland... More
George Will and Climate Change: Have We Seen This Movie Before?
By Greg Marx Jul 23, 2009 at 02:46 PM
He’s ba-ack. After igniting a firestorm in the blogosphere (and attracting some attention from mainstream media) with a February 15... More
Photo Press-tige
By Megan Garber Jul 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Via Editor & Publisher, here's a great slideshow of The New York Times rolling off the presses at its printing... More
Shocker of the Day: Stewart (Still) Most Trusted Newscaster in America
By Megan Garber Jul 23, 2009 at 08:35 AM
Time magazine, in a (tangential) tribute to the erstwhile "most trusted man in America," recently asked its readers: "Now that... More
Who Wrote the Book of Love Journalism?
By Megan Garber Jul 23, 2009 at 08:01 AM
What are the essential books of journalism? A survey conducted at the Joint Journalism Historians Conference this spring, supplemented by... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Things have always been getting worse
Yes, women’s magazines can do serious journalism
In fact, we’ve been doing it for a while
The people who run the American security apparatus are in the overwhelming majority diligent people with a deep concern for civil liberties. But their job is to find creative ways to collect information. And they work within an institution that, because of its secrecy, is fundamentally inimical to democracy and to a free society
Fast Company is hacking the newsroom
Here’s why
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
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.
