The Kicker
Twitter’s Time Has (Now Officially) Come?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 15, 2009 at 10:24 AM
"Is Twitter no longer an ultra-hip refuge for the perpetually plugged-in?" wonders the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz today. How might... More
The News From Iran
By Clint Hendler Jun 15, 2009 at 09:27 AM
According to Associated Press writer Sally Buzbee: Iranian authorities criticized international media reports and took steps to control the flow... More
When Novelists Report
By Jane Kim Jun 12, 2009 at 03:31 PM
In the name of experimentation...send out novelists to report the news! Well, no, actually, it was in honor of Israel's... More
Going Digital Today
By Katia Bachko Jun 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Today is the day that TV stations cut analog signals, and American television goes fully digital. For those unclear about... More
Best. Press Release. Ever.
By Clint Hendler Jun 12, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Without any further ado: STATEMENT OF SEN. HOWELL HEFLIN HANDKERCHIEF JULY 19, 1994 I mistakenly picked up a pair of... More
Huffy HuffPo
By Jane Kim Jun 11, 2009 at 03:43 PM
The headline of a post on the Washington City Paper’s City Desk blog reads, “HuffPo Scolds Washingon City Paper for... More
The NYT’s “Aged News”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 11, 2009 at 08:04 AM
Seeking, perhaps, a high-profile way to appear the "good sport," the New York Times granted The Daily Show a tour... More
“I Admire [Maureen Dowd’s] Writing But…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 10, 2009 at 04:16 PM
...not so much the stuff in today's column about President Bush. Fox News's Karl Rove on the New York Times's... More
FOIA’s New Ombudsman
By Clint Hendler Jun 10, 2009 at 04:06 PM
The National Archives and Records Administration has just announced that Miriam Nisbet will be the first director of the Office... More
On Michelle Obama’s Westminster Abbey Outfit
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 10, 2009 at 01:47 PM
From the (London) Times: While Mrs. Obama is "correct" to wear her bright colors "stacked," and the colors themselves are... More
What? You Expected Intelligent Discussion Roses?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM
I'm not sure why any of this is news (what Dave Letterman said about Gov. Sarah Palin; what Palin said... More
Covering Abortion
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 10, 2009 at 10:50 AM
At the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Eyal Press, who wrote a book on the 1998 murder of Dr.... More
Saberi’s Advice For Lee and Ling
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 10, 2009 at 09:58 AM
"Try to turn the challenges you are facing into opportunities...No one can hurt your soul," are among the bits of... More
Lede of the Day
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Via Reuters (h/t James Downie of Foreign Policy's Passport blog): A man who tore the wig off a telegenic Taiwan... More
“Finally.” (As You Were)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 9, 2009 at 01:02 PM
Coverage of American Idol almost-winner Adam Lambert coming out in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone: Is there a lede... 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?
Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism
“[T]he most militant I have seen since the Nixon administration”
‘It was approved at the highest levels— and I mean the highest’
Holder OK’d search warrant for Fox News reporter’s private emails, official says
If cable is dying, why is it still making so much money?
The story behind one of the best business models in the country
What TVGuide.com watchlist data reveals about the season’s new dramas
“What was once genre is now the Zeitgeist”
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.
