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Be Big in Somalia
By Liz Cox Barrett May 21, 2009 at 09:25 AM
Out-of-work cartoonists: want to draw for and about Somalia, being "humorous where possible" about such things as "persistent insecurity, natural... More
Colbert on Newspapers
By Katia Bachko May 21, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Stephen Colbert weighed in on future of journalism right now, taking a side in the debate over the role of... More
There’s An App For…What?
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Folio reports on iPhone applications developed thus far by magazines (often "monetized" by ads or corporate sponsorships). "In February, Lucky... More
Your Local TV News (Soon With More Snuggie Ads)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM
The Philadelphia Inquirer's TV critic, Jonathan Storm on how "local TV broadcasters, both in Philadelphia and across the country, [are]... More
“Is Anyone Okay?” Tweeting the Quake
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Two accounts of how the Orange County Register newsroom used Twitter (handle: OCReggie) during the May 17th earthquake in Southern... More
“Controversy” and Candor On Cable
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Heard earlier this morning on MSNBC, accompanying the headline: "TEEN BIRTH 'SHOCKER,' YouTube pulled graphic viral ad, but it is... More
From WaPo to HuffPo
By Liz Cox Barrett May 20, 2009 at 09:36 AM
"Will P.R. pros take the baton of investigative journalism?" wonders Tim Cavanaugh at Reason, arguing that such a baton-pass wouldn't... More
Today on the Frugality Beat
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2009 at 03:43 PM
Last month, the New York Times told us about people who don't really have to penny-pinch but choose to spend... More
Do You Work For A “Magazine?” (How To Tell)
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Folio's Tony Silber lists the following "six key properties for what a magazine is," quoting Bob Sacks, a "publishing consultant"... More
Expert: Women Buy Bags, Men Buy Cars
By Katia Bachko May 19, 2009 at 01:44 PM
Time magazine has an enticingly headlined column, "How Shoppers Make Decisions in a Recession," which turned out to be a... More
Somalia? Sri Lanka? “Good Luck” Finding Coverage
By Liz Cox Barrett May 19, 2009 at 12:19 PM
"Two recent situations show us exactly what the world will be like when there are no regular foreign correspondents left,"... More
“The Big Story Starting Off The Week…”
By Liz Cox Barrett May 18, 2009 at 03:03 PM
... says Josh Marshall (or was it Maureen Dowd's friend?): Robert Draper's GQ piece. Draper contributes all kinds of memorable... More
Because Papier-Mâché Is Always Funny
By Megan Garber May 18, 2009 at 02:26 PM
The Boston Globe lists eleven sad realities about A World Without Newspapers, courtesy of humor columnist Beth Teitell. These include:... More
Groundhog Play
By Megan Garber May 18, 2009 at 01:49 PM
Things that will, apparently, never leave us: 1. Cockroaches 2. Styrofoam 3. The simple poetry of children's laughter 4. Columns... More
Framing the News
By Megan Garber May 18, 2009 at 12:30 PM
The New York Times today launches Lens, a photojournalism blog "presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting... 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?
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
Elizabeth Spiers on launching media brands
What do news publications need to do to adapt to digital? Any publication you see doing it really well?
Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters
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.
