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The Froomkin Affair: A Roundup of ‘Terrible Disappointment’
By Megan Garber Jun 19, 2009 at 08:16 AM
Here's the official reason for White House Watch blogger Dan Froomkin's unceremonious dismissal from The Washington Post, courtesy of Washington... More
The First Time as Tragedy, the Second as Farsi
By Megan Garber Jun 19, 2009 at 07:48 AM
Status: Persian!!! Yep, take that, Twitter: Last night, Facebook--this week's second-most-talked-about social networking site--released a test version of its site... More
Stephen Knows Why…He Swatted That Fly…
By Megan Garber Jun 19, 2009 at 07:28 AM
This Colbert Report clip is belated (it's from Wednesday night's episode)--but it's a Friday, and the clip's hilarious...so here it... More
Photog Arrested in Iran Speaks Out
By Megan Garber Jun 19, 2009 at 07:22 AM
Photo District News has a fascinating Q&A with a photographer (European) who was arrested on Tuesday while covering the events... More
“It’s Like an Electronic Leash to Yank Me Back In”
By Megan Garber Jun 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM
...is how Contessa Brewer described her work-issued BlackBerry on MSNBC just now. (The comment came as Brewer was readying herself... More
More Op-Charts, Please
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 18, 2009 at 10:20 AM
There's something about getting straight data --presented on a pretend clip-board, in the middle of an opinion page-- that I... More
“First Line of Surveillance of All The News…”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 18, 2009 at 09:52 AM
... is how Josh Marshall described the role of TalkingPointsMemo.com's readers on last night's Colbert Report. (From Colbert's intro: "Here's... More
Twitter Karma
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 18, 2009 at 08:31 AM
Beware, Jack Shafer ("Doubting Twitter. Let's not get carried away about its role in Iran's demonstrations"). When you speak ill... More
Who Remains To Report In Iran
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 17, 2009 at 02:34 PM
From the New York Times: After the visas of most visiting journalists expire [including, today, NPR's correspondent and the Times's... More
NYT’s “Coy” Iran Coverage?
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 17, 2009 at 12:58 PM
From Time's James Poniewozik, via Twitter: Is it just me or does nytimes #iranelection coverage seem strangely coy? As if... More
President Harms Fly; TV News Harms America
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 17, 2009 at 09:40 AM
CNBC's John Harwood had a sit-down with President Obama yesterday during which they discussed.... during which the president addressed... um,... More
CNN’s “Unverified Material”
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 17, 2009 at 09:10 AM
A segment from last night's Daily Show mocking a new on-screen ID that's popped up on CNN during reports on... More
(Where To) Get Your Iran News
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 16, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Both The Nation's iran_s_twitter_revolution?rel=emailNation">Ari Berman and Politico's Ben Smith offer recommendations for where to get news (and commentary) about Iran.... More
Twitter Triumphalism? (“CNNFail” and All I Got Was This T-Shirt)
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 16, 2009 at 02:57 PM
For just $17.99, you can be the proud (triumphant) owner of this #CNNFail ringer T. Probably you've heard of #CNNFail?... More
Kristof’s Elite Tweets
By Liz Cox Barrett Jun 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof tweacts to making The Twitter Elite (or Twitter's "suggested user list," on which the... 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
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
